Example sentences of "be [adv] the same thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | If initial position is reserved for theme and if topic always occurs in initial position , then theme and topic are presumably the same thing . |
| 2 | Perceptions are not the same thing as knowledge , but they are what the holder of the perception believes to be knowledge . |
| 3 | Remember that quotations and estimates are not the same thing , and that a low estimate can very easily turn into a high bill . |
| 4 | Kähler 's insistence that faith and historical research are not the same thing is obviously valid . |
| 5 | Although they recognize that social relations , discourses , and language are not the same thing , their practice tends to belie this . |
| 6 | However , scientific problem-solving and public policy-making are not the same thing , and Carter as a policy-maker was ‘ a scientific man searching for certitude in an area of human experience , that of political conflict , which lacks mathematical or material certitude . ’ |
| 7 | It is not the same thing , ’ she had said , ‘ they are not the same thing . ’ |
| 8 | Mourning and depression are not the same thing . |
| 9 | But of greater importance for the social anthropologists themselves is that in many societies the distinction between biological kinship and sociological kinship is quite clearly recognized and the degree of their identification or dissociation is a matter of formal rules : " Copulation and marriage are not the same thing " or : " Copulation and marriage are the same thing " as the case may be . |
| 10 | ‘ Peers and friends are not the same thing … ’ |
| 11 | Peers and friends are not the same thing . |
| 12 | It should be noted that an omission is not sufficient for unlawful act manslaughter and that neglect ( omission ) and negligence are not the same thing . |
| 13 | Whereas Russia is erm , is to do with the Cold War situation but I take Michael 's point that fascism and communism are not the same thing and to say that he has fascist ideas does not necessarily mean that he therefore represents Russia in this political equation |
| 14 | In fact , as I have developed this chapter , I realise that within the definition I am using they are exactly the same thing . |
| 15 | No they 're not the same thing , er , cooperatives are er , organizations of workers who come together to provide services , and the County Council has actually provided some support and enabled them to get started . |
| 16 | Frankfurters are the most widely known of all the scalded sausages , and many other varieties such as Bockwurst , Knackwurst and Weinerwurst are really the same thing but in different sizes . |
| 17 | Making love and loving are n't the same thing . ’ |
| 18 | However , if good and this property are simply the same thing , then the judgement that what has this property is good is just a tautology , and can not serve as the kind of important value judgement it is meant to be . |
| 19 | He wrote about his own temptations , and came close to presenting the revolt of the Noldor as a felix culpa , a ‘ fortunate sin ’ , when Manwë accepts that their deeds will live in song , so that ‘ beauty not before conceived [ shall ] be brought into Eä ’ ; fiction , poetry , craftsmanship are seen as carrying their own justification and as all being much the same thing . |
| 20 | My idea of a nature reserve and what I was actually looking at were not the same thing at all . |
| 21 | At this period umbrellas and sunshades , later known as parasols , were often the same thing . |
| 22 | So that 's twenty two years go , and ecstasy , I think 's only the same thing reoccurring . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course he wrote music , ’ Haverford explained patiently , ‘ but it 's much the same thing . |
| 24 | Or if it is , and you keep it too long , it stops being important , and that 's much the same thing . |
| 25 | It seems more likely that the knot symbolized the bond between the communicant and the deity , or that it was an attempt to bind the deity by magic , which is much the same thing . |
| 26 | It 's exactly the same thing . |
| 27 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 28 | Erm , and yet it 's exactly the same thing . |
| 29 | it 's exactly the same thing . |
| 30 | As far as we are concerned it is exactly the same thing , ’ says Mike Stock . |