Example sentences of "similar [noun] [prep] [art] same " in BNC.

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1 If we take a 10-year view , we see that manufacturing investment is up by a third in comparison with a similar part of the same cycle .
2 Six months later , the same newspaper produced a similar story from the same magistrates ' court : ‘ COME TO BED ’ PLEA BY GIRL , 15 ( ‘ A saucy schoolgirl sent a sexy message to prisoner [ NAME STATED ] .
3 This also holds true for items of similar groups within the same country ; a top quality Nain will tend to be more expensive than a second-grade Isfahan ( and vice versa ) , while both can be expected to command a higher price than the average Hamadan or Heriz .
4 This compares with similar losses in the same period of last year of $17m .
5 Note that solvent effects on CO stretching frequencies in metal complexes are often appreciable , and comparisons should always be made between samples of similar concentration in the same solvent .
6 It can develop as fast as a Charolais if fed appropriately and under ideal circumstances it can achieve similar weights within the same time span , especially if breeders are selective in their choice of stock .
7 Such patients could be matched with similar HCWs in the same area .
8 Since the publication of the first edition of this book , I have seen a remarkably similar rock of the same age — the Cupido Limestone — dominating the Mesozoic scenery in north-east Mexico .
9 The enumerator found out or estimated the number of rooms in the household and the number of residents ; the Census Offices then used the ‘ hot deck ’ method of imputation , finding a similar household in the same area and assigning values for other Census variables to the absent household .
10 Fieldworkers used list A as a basis and the other two as a back-up resource ; B and C were ordered in such a way that if researchers failed to record an interview at , for example , household number 4 on list A , household number 4 of lists B and C would be of a similar type in the same locale .
11 However , is he aware that the Royal Navy is proposing to hold a similar exercise in the same waters on the day immediately following that anniversary ?
12 There were similar protests on the same day in Pusan , Kwangju and several other cities , when anti-government sentiment was increased by the self-immolation of a student from Chonnam National University .
13 The way in which credit granters make this decision will affect not just how that individual uses credit but through its effect on similar individuals in the same circumstances may also affect general patterns of credit use .
14 The trustee ill bankruptcy can sell the goodwill of a business and its trade so as to exclude the bankrupt , when discharged , from commencing a similar business under the same name , or issuing the same or similar trade mark : Melrose-Drover v. Heddle ( 1901 ) 4 F. 1120 .
15 A comparison of the figures in the table with similar figures for the same areas between 1955 and 1964 shows an overall decline of about 35–45 per cent .
16 A comparison of these figures with similar figures for the same areas between 1947 and 1964 indicates no overall change in status .
17 The winter populations in 12 major wildfowl localities in the county for the period 1964/65 to 1974/5 are summarised in the table on page 86 , and a comparison of these figures with similar figures for the same areas between 1947 and 1964 indicates an overall decline of about 30 per cent .
18 A comparison of these figures with similar figures from the same areas between 1947 and 1964 indicates little overall change in status ; a small increase is possible .
19 In many such cases the evidence created by the satisfaction of the criteria is defeated by other evidence ; for example , we see him wincing and holding his stomach , but we know that he has done this at this point in the play every evening this week , and hence we are not justified in believing here what similar evidence of the same sort would perfectly justify elsewhere .
20 You have to present a case based upon comparison with similar properties in the same area .
21 In south-east Leicestershire is a lead shell of c.1650 with its own lead lion's-head grip-plates and iron stirrup-handles ; a similar coffin of the same date exists in the western St John vault at Lydiard Tregoz in Wiltshire .
22 However , the degree of flexibility is limited , and a dealer will rarely sell a rug for less than the lower limit associated with items of similar quality from the same group .
23 Hungary and Russia signed a similar treaty on the same day and also established diplomatic relations .
24 There is evidence to suggest that one victim in five in Northern Ireland is likely to be the victim of another similar offence within the same calendar year .
25 Sony launched a similar drive at the same time .
26 So the ordered structure of the Sun , with its retinue of planets , repeated what was occurring a million times around other similar stars of the same mass and density — what is known as ‘ main sequence ’ stars .
27 In a similar attack at the same spot , Robin Hanna , his wife Maureen and their son David ( 6 ) were killed in 1988 .
28 Clearly the health authority does not argue that because it is about to honour a similar referral to the same unit in Birmingham .
29 Alternatively , you could press some similar flowers in the same colourings and use those to decorate the picture .
30 The Marby rug is now housed in the Statens Historiska Museum in Stockholm , and a very similar item from the same period graces the Berlin Museum .
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