Example sentences of "cut [prep] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against the wall were ranged , in regular array , a long row of elm boards cut into the same shape : looking , in the dim light , like high-shouldered ghosts with –heir hands in their breeches-pockets . |
| 2 | Sheet music and mirror tiles are cut in the same way as sheet glass — that is , on a large , flat surface , with the mirror lying on a blanket or newspaper . |
| 3 | With some plain fabrics , all drops will need to be cut in the same direction in order to match a pronounced woven design , or to ensure that fabrics with a high sheen catch the light evenly . |
| 4 | While the adhesive in the clamped assembly sets a circle of material is cut from the same thickness of stock , slightly larger in diameter than the opening in the bottom of the segment ring just assembled . |
| 5 | The later books have very much the air of contrived sequels , with young conspirators or princes in training cut from the same pattern and taking , one by one , the centre of a story , none of them capturing attention as the Stormy Petrel had done as a boy . |
| 6 | We were all essentially cut from the same cloth , so to speak . |
| 7 | These young men — sanguine , bold , resourceful and opportunist as they are — do seem to be cut from the same cloth . |
| 8 | ‘ Just because you could have twisted those three bimbos round your little finger this afternoon , do n't assume all women are cut from the same cloth . ’ |
| 9 | Having cleaned the mirror surface as well as you can , you must then cover it with a sheet of clear glass cut to the same size , that has also been well cleaned . |
| 10 | Fabric for the back of the cushion , cut to the same size as the interfacing . |
| 11 | Put two carnations , cut to the same length as the shorter iris , on either side . |
| 12 | Get a piece of glass cut to the same length and depth as the tank , 3mm thick . |
| 13 | All wires are cut to the same length |
| 14 | Our lives are cut to the same pattern , touching here , overlapping there , and thus forming rich convolutions of colour and shape . |
| 15 | But the signals will get through only if there is budget discipline : if , in other words , the still massive indirect subsidies to factories — tax exemptions , soft credits , loans — are cut at the same time . |
| 16 | If quality could be improved , customers would be happy and costs would be cut at the same time . |
| 17 | Like he always has his hair cut by the same man . |
| 18 | The result is often cannibalism , especially in chickens and turkeys , which are debeaked and often have their toes cut by the same hot-knife machine as a preventative . |