Example sentences of "be [prep] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their only conceptual connection was that someone ( often a foreign observer ) had produced numbers about one phenomenon that could be correlated with numbers from other societies purporting to be about the same phenomenon . |
| 2 | His kids must be about the same age . ’ |
| 3 | The natural litter of the foster mother should be about the same age as the animals to be fostered . |
| 4 | The second youth was said to be about the same age and was wearing a bright coloured top . |
| 5 | The set part of the sentence should be about the same length as the variable part which is used to finish it . |
| 6 | Different people solving slightly different problems in separate rooms create no difficulty — until they come to communicate their solutions , which are assumed to be for the same problem . |
| 7 | I had always imagined that when I finally lost my virginity , it would be for the same reason I smoked and drank , because it would have seemed unsophisticated not to . |
| 8 | A sweet young thing from Smash Hits is n't going to be after the same kind of material as some cerebral haircut boy from Melody Maker or a hack from your local paper . |
| 9 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 10 | This model did not have to be of the same sex . |
| 11 | Such a negative criterion could be that the parties should not be of the same sex , as could be the notion that one party should not be an animal . |
| 12 | There are four possible distributions of sexes compatible with this sentence , since there is no requirement that the two children should be of the same sex . |
| 13 | The mind puts together certain things and deems them to be of the same kind . |
| 14 | When rooted by the autumn and replanted this would , in due course , become a fine bush and one superior to those budded or grafted because its suckers would be of the same kind . |
| 15 | Both photographs seemed to be of the same occasion . |
| 16 | Colonel Peter Young was a popular officer , well liked by everyone , always seemed to be of the same temperament , in action , or sitting at the bar in a country inn . |
| 17 | That conception , for all the problems it raises , can not reasonably be said to be of the same character . |
| 18 | The transcendental practices of the Australia Aborigines seem to be of the same order as those of the Tibetan practices , even if not so highly developed . |
| 19 | I do n't know the figures for mental illness , but they must be of the same order , though better hidden . |
| 20 | I do n't know the comparable figure for a willow seed or an ant , but it will be of the same order of staggeringness . |
| 21 | Isolated bacteria usually prove to be of the same type normally found in the human gut , but why some men should suffer rather than others is unknown . |
| 22 | I can say truly on two occasions " I 'm getting alarmed " and yet the mental events not be of the same type . |
| 23 | That is , it is a logical and conceptual possibility that two mental events , one in my conscious life and one in yours , be of the same type . |
| 24 | In the male , the equivalent chromosome may be of the same type — an X chromosome — or it may be roughly the shape of the letter Y , in which case it is known as a Y chromosome . |
| 25 | Some of the sites under consideration may be of the same date and status , but they may be occupied for part of the year , or for a few years only . |
| 26 | The masters in painting , Reid says , ‘ know how to make the objects appear to be of the same colour by making their picture really of different colours ’ . |
| 27 | These three papers are said to be of the same standard as the six Law Society 's finals papers . |
| 28 | In addition , as a ley , the markers could all be of the same age . |
| 29 | In other words : " if it looks different it must be of the same age " , and " if it looks the same it must be diachronous " . |
| 30 | As I represent 25% of the total population of women presidents to date , if my predecessors did not share my feelings a 25% opinion still deserves to be heard , and I believe that some of my successors may well be of the same mind as I am . |