Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] to the same [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Unless both parties successfully anticipate inflation by fixing the terms of loans in such a way as to compensate for inflation , the lenders find that the real value of their loans declines , and the borrowers find that the real value of their debts declines to the same extent .
2 Therefore although both proteins bind to the same site , the details of their structural interactions must differ .
3 Every one of his books points to the same thing — unless we apply inhibition in our lives we will never be able to use intelligence in the way it was designed — to assist fulfilment .
4 In our society , such ritual celebrations of changes of status through ageing are now restricted to religious occasions like baptism , confirmation and burial , though ‘ coming-of-age ’ parties amount to the same thing .
5 The minimal acceptances are thus essentially sets of channels , and so in constructing them we must identify all guards corresponding to the same channel .
6 Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) .
7 The fact that a wide number of manufacturers work to the same pattern means that the caterer who is topping up need not return to the same source for the top-up .
8 It is very interesting the way two different groups react to the same situation .
9 The ritual vessels placed on altars conformed to the same tradition .
10 Instead , we need to measure the number of words that have senses related to the same domain , since these are more likely to co-occur in typical usage .
11 As there is much variation in numbers of thymocytes between mice of different litters of the same age but much less between mice belonging to the same litter , the numbers of total thymocytes are shown in comparison to wild-type or heterozygous littermates in a logarithmic scale .
12 The alternative criterion for assigning lexical units to a single lexeme is that their senses should be local senses belonging to the same sense-spectrum .
13 Here there was room to have a dig at ‘ trade unionists … too , screaming abuse and interfering with others on their way to work ’ , alleging that excitement on picket lines and at rock films amounted to the same thing : ‘ These are all manifestations of the primitive herd instinct . ’
14 Nelson argues that the failure of other reviewers to come to the same conclusion was because they used vague definitions of depression and failed to take into account the severity of the disorder .
15 ‘ Demand has been increasing steadily since November and we 're now dealing with twice the number of applications compared to the same time last year .
16 I think all the classes go to the same place
17 It also adds to the objectivity of research if information gathered from several independent sources points to the same conclusion .
18 Nodes belonging to the same generation share the same horizontal level .
19 In other words , we can make two pointers reference the same variable , or we can test whether or not two pointers point to the same variable .
20 It is difficult to believe these comments refer to the same Report as that evaluated in a balanced leader in the Independent ( 16 November 1988 ) under the headline ‘ A blow for literacy ’ .
21 When electrical currents flow they produce magnetic fields and so it is possible that these two therapies amount to the same thing .
22 All these techniques lead to the same conclusion .
23 Max homo-oligomers bind to the same DNA sequence yet they do not detectably transactivate , and they can antagonize the function of Myc+Max by occlusion of DNA binding sites .
24 In an extremely well sorted sediment all particles approximate to the same size .
25 A translation of the Swedish version of the creative climate questionnaire was applied in eight independent product departments belonging to the same division .
26 The key point , to repeat it , is that a parasite whose genes aspire to the same destiny as the genes of its host shares all the interests of its host and will eventually cease to act parasitically .
27 Microsoft divides these template packages into three : those just described fall into the category of ‘ collaboration templates ’ which enable multiple users to contribute to the same document , however others fall into ‘ tracking templates ’ such as project schedulers , which help to co-ordinate particular activities .
28 So the players belong to the same club for the duration .
29 One of the things that those of us who were involved in local government campaigns were trying to do was to achieve some measure of redistribution in favour of all those lesbians and gays who do not belong to the charmed circles of The Swimming Pool Library — people who have no private income ; people who depend on their jobs and would welcome job security ; people who want council tenancies free of harassment , with friends and lovers of their choice ; people who want to meet others at venues which have disabled access , which are not commercially exploitative and which are run for the benefit of the community ; people who want to display affection or consensual desire publicly without fear of violence or arrest ; people who want to bring up children without intimidation from the courts or social workers ; people who have survived the indoctrination of the education system but do not want to see the next generation of lesbians and gays subjected to the same process ; people who wanted themselves and their lifestyles to be treated with respect by the health services .
30 Quotations conform to the same pattern of assessment and explanation type .
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