Example sentences of "operate [prep] the same [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Soon they were selling goods to Faccenda 's customers at lower prices , operating along the same routes as Faccenda and generally making calls earlier in the week than Faccenda .
2 After three years of operating under the same roof , the section of Art Basel devoted to contemporary prints will now move to a separate location and take place earlier than the main body of the fair .
3 Under these conditions it is necessary to organise all employers operating within the same market to preclude the possibility of a wage increase secured at one firm adversely affecting its competitive position , and therefore employment .
4 He estimated that at that time the local wind had become steady at 15 to 20 mph from 300°M , which was less than that on previous occasions when he had operated from the same field .
5 It is operated in the same way as the trumpet , i.e. by means of three valves , and differs only from it in tone-quality ( owing to its wider bore and larger mouthpiece ) , which is on the whole rounder and less brassy than that of the trumpet .
6 Dhondt 's argument seems to fit Flanders best : but the Count Baldwin ( died 879 ) who held some counties in that region in the latter part of Charles 's reign is never called " Count of Flanders " in any ninth-century text ; the hallmarks of entrenched territorial power ( systematic fortifications ; minting of coins ) are not to be found during his lifetime , but rather in that of his son ; Baldwin had no monopoly on power in Flanders , for other magnates operated in the same region ; finally , no hereditary transmission of the " principality " can be demonstrated here during Charles 's reign but only , again , after Charles 's death .
7 In the worst possible case , with all errors operating in the same direction and all being at plus or minus two standard errors ( a most unlikely occurrence and an overstatement of the true joint confidence intervals ) , the estimated expenditure needs might range from £108 to £509 for every child aged 5–17 .
8 Would there be two bodies operating in the same field ?
9 There is in any case no guarantee that bureaus operating in the same policy area will compete .
10 The first reason why the market could no longer be perceived as limiting economic power was that the structure of the market ceased to correspond even loosely with the model of perfect competition which required numerous firms operating in the same industry so that no firm was capable of affecting the price of its product by varying the level of the output of that product .
11 ‘ An Englishman named Woodhouse introduced winemaking to the town in 1773 , and his firm is still operating from the same premises .
12 Wave-producing species shift their frequencies slightly to avoid confusion with nearby fish operating on the same frequency .
13 EXTERNAL VERIFICATION is the process by which SCOTVEC ensures that , on a national basis , centres are operating to the same standard .
14 No underhand tactics as then , everything out in the open , everyone operating to the same rules .
15 The cashier holds the other key and the safe deposit box can only be opened if both locks are operated at the same time .
16 We may tend to assume that other companies and cultures operate with the same sorts of motivations and criteria of success as we do , despite the fact that Japanese companies , for instance , turn in a very low rate of profit compared to those in the United Kingdom , and indeed do not need to do so because of the low interest charges and ready availability of capital in their country .
17 But this notion — that one set of activities is serious and therefore by implication another set must be non-serious — is a naive view , for it presupposes that first and second order experiences operate within the same frame and are therefore amenable to comparison .
18 Because the horizontal and vertical externalities here operate in the same direction , the clear prediction is that , in the absence of any agreements , too little promotional and demonstration activity will take place .
19 The markings of this sea slug ( below ) operate in the same way .
20 They operate in the same way as the lighthouse you read about on page 1 .
21 They will allow themselves to be stripped of savings by bucket shop practitioners who are not , strictly speaking , licensed dealers , but who operate on the same principles .
22 The fuzziness of the boundaries and the technical differences between the three types of cohesive device need not concern us here ; after all , they may not even operate in the same way in other languages .
23 As dependent individuals are not vociferous consumers , ordinary market forces can not operate in the same way as might be possible for the acute sector .
24 In this particular organisation planning will not take a major role because the system is already well-defined and should operate in the same way on a day-to-day basis .
25 If British Rail is under pressure to increase the frequency of its service , there is a case for a coordinated transport system operating bus and rail services , If there is a need for transport when it is not convenient to run rail services , or if only a certain number of trains can run on a line because goods trains and passenger services can not operate at the same time — although perhaps British Rail should be more innovative in its mix of passenger and freight services perhaps it is a good idea for British Rail and the bus services — as they are today , not as they will be affected by the Bill — to get together .
26 Second , educational research operates under the same principles as the rest of the service : for example , codes of practice in relation to gender , race or social class must be strictly adhered to .
27 The apportionment , usually expressed in percentage terms , operates with the same penalty as in the normal Tender , viz. that in the event that after Proof the party to whom the Tender has been made is found liable for a greater proportion of the claim than was offered to him , then that party becomes responsible for the Tenderer 's expenses from the date when the Tender was lodged .
28 The client still operates from the same premises , having negotiated a new lease at the expiry of the old one .
29 The dip tank operates in the same way as a break tank in fluid circuit .
30 This operates in the same way as the MIRAS scheme for mortgages , with relief given at the basic rate by deduction at source .
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