Example sentences of "they [be] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | And perhaps we might imagine that they are the same but different . |
| 2 | It will readily be noticed that the elements of causing death by reckless driving are virtually the same as those of ‘ reckless manslaughter ’ : indeed , in Seymour ( 1983 ) the House of Lords held that they are the same , and the only doubt arises over the reference to ‘ substantial damage to property ’ in the Lawrence test . |
| 3 | They are the same thing . |
| 4 | They are the same as us . |
| 5 | They are the same as us . |
| 6 | They are the same phenomenon as water seeming to appear on a dry English road on a sunny day . |
| 7 | Eventually the chances of developing lung cancer and other diseases will also be lessened , until they are the same as for non-smokers . |
| 8 | A real teacher is unlikely to use an instruction like this , for 11-year-olds : ‘ Find three ways in which you can tell from the drawings ( of spider and crane fly ) that they are the same as each other and three ways in which they are different . ’ |
| 9 | A real teacher is unlikely to use an instruction like this , for 11-year-olds : ‘ Find three ways in which you can tell from the drawings ( of spider and crane fly ) that they are the same as each other and three ways in which they are different . ’ |
| 10 | Tom : Yes , they are the same but yours are a bit different . |
| 11 | Andrew : Yes , but they are the same . |
| 12 | Bruce : Look , they are the same ! |
| 13 | Khusam : They are the same . |
| 14 | The rules of the game are that each person is allowed to turn over two cards and , if they are the same , to withdraw them and place them by their side . |
| 15 | If they are the same say something like ‘ I think this is going to be a fun game ’ and at the same time smoothly slide a card from the top to the bottom . |
| 16 | It was a hundred and fifty years ago that the French writer Alphonse Karr said : ‘ the more things change , the more they are the same . ’ |
| 17 | I think it is helpful to think of the latter as debtor ( creditor-supplier ) agreements since this emphasizes the fact that in such agreements there is some connection between the creditor and the supplier : either they are the same person eg in the credit-sale , conditional sale , of HP agreement ; or there are business arrangements between them . |
| 18 | They are the same machines used everywhere else in the world . |
| 19 | These people are not ‘ different ’ — they are the same as you and I , except that they have lost the ability to use their legs and have to rely on a wheelchair to get about . |
| 20 | They are the same size , have the same green skin , and overall it would be hard to tell one from another were it not for their distinctive styles of dress and skin painting . |
| 21 | Much of the literature on goals has linked recognition and power and concluded that they are the same goal set . |
| 22 | I SUPPOSE THIS WAR too was like all the others , but it was different , except in the ways they are the same . |
| 23 | More precisely , they are the same if particles are replaced by antiparticles , right-handed is replaced by left-handed , and the velocities of all particles are reversed . |
| 24 | Yet all this motion makes no difference to the laws of physics ; they are the same for all observers . |
| 25 | Sometimes , to show that learning is not forgotten , the two terms are run together in the phrase ‘ teaching and learning ’ , as if they are the same kind of activity with similar aims . |
| 26 | My guess would be that they are the same advisers or perhaps from the same coterie of advisers . |
| 27 | The powers of the interim receiver may be restricted by the court but , if they are not , then they are the same powers as the official receiver would have as receiver and manager ( in the period between the making of a bankruptcy order and the appointment of a trustee ) ( s 286(3) ) . |
| 28 | ‘ They wear similar clothes , and they are the same build and colouring when you come to think of it . |
| 29 | For the sake of graphic unity they are the same size as the blocks used elsewhere in this section . |
| 30 | " They are the same , " she replied . |