Example sentences of "both [verb] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both provided the same amount of calories . |
| 2 | The size of the type itself varies enormously , 12 point Bookman looks much bigger than 12 point times even though they both occupy the same amount of space vertically on the page . |
| 3 | And Steffi Graf earned £130,000 MORE than fellow countryman Boris Becker , although they both played the same number of official tournaments — 15 . |
| 4 | When it comes to business , you 'll see we both speak the same language . |
| 5 | Ann said they kept both wanting the same thing at the same time . |
| 6 | Both commemorate the same scene : the reception by the Emperor Augustus of a victory won by Tiberius and Drusus in 15 BC . |
| 7 | You 've both got the same surname yes ? |
| 8 | Funny enough , Peter and I have both been swimming together and we 've both got the same thing |
| 9 | They both look the same style |
| 10 | That one that we both bought the same size ? |
| 11 | I mean , in the long run their both , they both give the same outcome , alright , but farmers want to try and avoid that variability of income , alright , so they 'll much prefer to , instead of having , you know , they probably prefer erm , a certain income of forty pounds rather than erm , an equal chance of getting one hundred pounds or zero . |
| 12 | We can express the above information as In fact MV must equal PT since both measure the same set of economic transactions in two different ways : indeed we can only observe P , T , and M , so V can not be calculated independently of the rest of the variables in the equation , as can be seen in our example . |
| 13 | They both get the same pocket-money each week . |
| 14 | Thus in R v Stanley ( 1965 ) , Lord Chief Justice Parker explained the meaning of the terms ‘ indecent ’ and ‘ obscene ’ by suggesting that they both convey the same idea , ‘ namely , offending against recognised standards of propriety , indecent being at the lower end of the scale and obscene at the upper end ’ . |
| 15 | We 're both doing the same job , we 're both the same function , which is , find the next prime number up , from whatever number you 're given . |
| 16 | Yet they were both examining the same world . |
| 17 | Erm , that neither of them can be here , they 're both attending the same meeting , 'cos I think it 's going to slow down progress , if that 's the case . |
| 18 | But I never dared to think we should discover that we both felt the same way . |
| 19 | For instance , even today they both use the same gauge guitar strings because in the old days it was cheaper to buy one gauge in bulk . |
| 20 | Actual living and theatre , which is a depiction of living conditions , both use the same network of signs as their medium of communication ; namely the human being signalling across space , in immediate time , to and with others , each reading and signalling simultaneously within the action of each passing moment . |
| 21 | Gedanken noted that they kept pace with each other , both showing the same number . |
| 22 | Two groups of animals can appear to be distantly related because of their size and body shape , and begin to diverge and then become similar in form much later because both share the same way of life . |
| 23 | ‘ We both had the same instinct . |
| 24 | And then by one of those quirky coincidences that make life interesting both women spoke at once , and both said the same thing . |
| 25 | On the larger ships there are two restaurants which both serve the same meal at the same time . |
| 26 | They both have the same thought : Who will begin today ? |
| 27 | It is this interest differential that distinguishes euro-dollars from domestic dollars ; both have the same exchange rate against other currencies . |
| 28 | But this full equilibrium position , at C , is inferior to the one at which inflation is zero and unemployment is equal to its natural rate , point B. This is clear from the fact that both have the same unemployment rate , but point C has a higher inflation rate ; it is also indicated by the fact that at point C the popularity of the government is lower than it is at point B. We therefore have the odd result that the position which is optimal , point B , is not feasible , whereas the position that is feasible is sub-optimal . |
| 29 | In fact , they both have the same father . |
| 30 | Apart from the grants to a local authority over which the Central Government exercise control and such other controls as are provided by legislation , the Central Government is in no stronger a position to take action against the local authority than an individual citizen — both have the same right to go to the courts to prevent illegal expenditure by ‘ relator action ’ at the instance of the Attorney-General of the Crown . |