Example sentences of "of exactly the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important point , however , that emerged from Hartner 's investigation was that by 503 BC the Babylonian astronomer-priests had discovered that the tropical year ( the year of the seasons ) is not of exactly the same length as the sidereal year ( the ‘ true ’ astronomical year ) . |
| 2 | Some owners have observed that two helpings of exactly the same cat food , given at different times on the same day , are treated differently — the first being eaten , the second rejected . |
| 3 | It seems to be made of exactly the same grade of rosewood as the fingerboard and I think a tighter , less coarse grain would have been more attractive . |
| 4 | ‘ East or west all woods must fail ’ is then a statement of exactly the same class as ‘ The Road goes ever on and on ’ : literally true , literally unhelpful or even banal , but in its literal truth making a symbolic promise . |
| 5 | The Minoans , under the influence of exactly the same drug , may well have had visions of a fantastic , maze-like building , and based the design for the Labyrinth on their visions . |
| 6 | [ Honeymoon , by the way , just in case you ca n't cut the etymological mustard , has only in recent times come to denote a nuptial holiday involving the purchase of duty-free goods and the taking of too many colour prints of exactly the same scene . |
| 7 | Also , that in spite of the immense price difference between various designs , the basic china was of exactly the same high standard . |
| 8 | Far better that its messengers take it only to plants of exactly the same kind where the genes it carries will unite with eggs and form seeds . |
| 9 | And yet Victoria has accused me of exactly the same sin as I am so lightly attributing elsewhere ( incidentally , to people who are more fiction than fact ) . |
| 10 | I tore off the wrapping paper to reveal a framed version of exactly the same photograph we 'd sent to Joe 's dad . |
| 11 | In 1623 an elderly Roman organist , Paolo Quagliati ( C. 1555–1628 ) included in his Sfera armoniosa a duetto da camera for two sopranos and violino obligato in three sections distinguished by different characters , different metres , and ( obviously ) different tempi : EX. 87(ii) is a triple-time aria of exactly the same type as those by Berti and d'India just mentioned . |
| 12 | There are massive quartzites of similar type in the Ordovician of other parts of the world , from Bulgaria to the Canadian Rockies , but in my ignorance I will not risk saying that they are of exactly the same age . |
| 13 | ‘ No , ’ she interrupted , ‘ but you seem to be accusing me of exactly the same things I accused you of — or at least had to ask about . |
| 14 | However , one local authority should not receive double the amount of grant received by another only a few miles away for the provision of exactly the same level of service , which is the case at the moment . |
| 15 | People who get in a car when it is stolen are associated with that act and can be convicted of exactly the same offence . |
| 16 | Likewise , the behaviour of galore should receive a historical explanation of exactly the same sort , being derived from the Gaelic gu leòr , an adverbial phrase that can be translated literally as to sufficiency . |
| 17 | In these the concentration can be changed in situ , whereas fresh solution concentrations of exactly the same volume must be introduced for each measurement in the non dilution Cannon-Fenske . |
| 18 | He can however close out the position by simply buying an option of exactly the same description as the one he had previously sold . |
| 19 | It had been the great achievement of the geologists to explain how , given enough time , the operation of exactly the same forces visible today could explain the enormous variety of what could be observed on the inanimate earth , past and present . |
| 20 | Moreover , the Leicester mosaics themselves can hardly be construed as the work of exactly the same group of craftsmen , because the St. Nicholas Street mosaic appears to include work of a standard below that of any in the Blackfriars mosaic ( see section 4.4 ) . |
| 21 | Thus the diphthongs could be made up like this ( our usual transcription is given in brackets ) : Long vowels : Diphthongs and long vowels are now of exactly the same phonological composition . |