Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of farm servants stayed only the one year with their master after the annual hiring , but they moved only into the service of other farmers drawing labour from the same hiring fair . |
| 2 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |
| 3 | I recall Leslie Compton of Middlesex bowling and keeping wicket in the same match and , somewhat to the annoyance of the spectators , padding and unpadding at the end of each over . |
| 4 | A property which was neither helping — as a qualifier forming part of the same noun phrase — to identify that entity , nor ascribable to any entity within the sentence , and which was not simply adverbially qualifying the verb , would have no convincing reason for appearing in the sentence at all . |
| 5 | I think current motor cars will become you know sort of erm boxes all looking sort of the same , nothing outstanding . |
| 6 | The plaintiff had originally brought the action also against other defendants , seeking relief in the same terms as against the fourth and fifth defendants , but before action came to trial those defendants Norfolk Line Ltd. , Kent Line Ltd. , Transit Freights Ltd. and Britholdings Ltd. , ceased to be parties to the action . |
| 7 | Bobby Downs , Ernest 's 28 year old brother , who shot his wife in front of his two young children ; serving life in the same jail . |
| 8 | Our proposal , then , is that postnominal position expresses the intensional pattern which contains an adjective linked to its head noun by assignment , while remaining part of the same phrase . |
| 9 | The fish is eating well , but every now and again it goes to the surface , collects a mouthful of air and then returns quickly to the bottom , chewing and releasing air at the same time . |
| 10 | In contrast , subspecialty trainees , undergoing training in the same institution and at the same time , are allowed a full year of credit but are not expected to undertake any general obstetrics and gynaecology during their subspecialty years . |
| 11 | We were having tea at the same hotel when Mrs Harvey came in , with another old dear . |
| 12 | ‘ That the Dawson International Executive Share Option Scheme 1993 , the provisions of which are summarised in the Appendix to the letter to members of the Company dated 16th June 1993 , to be constituted by the Rules produced in draft to this meeting and for the purposes of identification initialled by the Chairman hereof , be and is hereby approved and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all acts and things which they may consider necessary or expedient for implementing and giving effect to the same including making such amendments to the Rules as may be necessary to gain the approval of the Inland Revenue . ’ |
| 13 | One union man giving evidence at the same time , said that it was " not … above twelve months " . |
| 14 | It made her very uneasy having hir in the same building as Ari at such a dangerous and important time . |
| 15 | This is a felicitous choice , since it serves the dual purpose of examining design at the same time as providing a basis for a definition of art , from which it is distinguished . |
| 16 | The incident follows the death less than two weeks ago of a marine warrant officer taking part in the same exercise . |
| 17 | Presumably this principle would apply to trade unions taking action in the same dispute where their fellow members had been injuncted . |
| 18 | He was educated at Regent House School and later articled to a solicitor , reading law at the same time at Queen 's University , Belfast . |
| 19 | Apart from indicating past , present , and future reference , each past or future reference is marked to show whether the event in question is immediately connected to the present , is separated from it by a period of time but taking place on the same day , or is separated from the present by at least one night . |
| 20 | It was thought locally that attendance might be down because of a Gaelic football regional cup tie taking place at the same time , but many people managed to do both . |
| 21 | Goodwill , training , time , skill and pupil support are all likely to be in shorter supply than would be the case if there were not such a plethora of assessment innovations taking place at the same time . |
| 22 | Taking place at the same time as the development of graphics capabilities was the introduction of printing devices that could reproduce the images created on the screen . |
| 23 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 24 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 25 | Used in this way the comparative approach can afford a perspective and lead to greater insight into domestic issues by sharpening understanding of the same phenomena in one 's own country . |
| 26 | Others awaiting trial by the same court for corruption during Pasok 's eight-year term of office ( 1981-89 ) included the former Prime Minister , Andreas Papandreou , who stated after the verdict that not Athanasopoulos and his actions but " a collective political decision by a government " had been on trial . |
| 27 | Three other people are also awaiting committal to the same court accused of similar offences . |
| 28 | Twenty-one of Lafontant 's alleged accomplices were also standing trial on the same charge . |
| 29 | Indeed , in the course of our research it became increasingly clear that many of those commenting upon the " new " temporary working were making reference to the same small number of examples of this practice — examples , moreover , in which the number of temporary workers actually employed was often very low [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
| 30 | ‘ Secrets of Making Love to the Same Person Forever ’ — the title says it all really . |