Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] the same " in BNC.

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1 I know it sounds stupid , but I was trying to do all my sessions at the same speed I was used to at home .
2 The difference was that , having applied my colours in the same direct way , drawing from the end and edge of the pastel stick .
3 I would be grateful if you could try to protect my interests in the same way .
4 This is a game I invented to allow me to get some exercise and amuse my children at the same time .
5 There is some kind of conspiracy of bureaucrats : they all have their fingers in the same profitable pie .
6 ‘ If we discover the SDLP and Alliance Party requested their meetings at the same time or later , there will be one major political row , ’ he said .
7 Even before Branshaw is let to an American , to whom his tenants do not raise their hats in the same way , the house has already begun to alter :
8 Sweden 's 7-5 win over France gave them the overall title by virtue of more individual wins , because while France enjoyed victories over Italy and Scotland , the unbeaten Swedes halved their contests against the same opposition .
9 Meanwhile , Iomega has enhanced its products to the same drive to work with Unix , Apple Macintosh and personal computers machines , has also made its drives work with the NeXT Inc and Silicon Graphic Inc 's boxes via interfaces .
10 Because they do not have the sublime sensations of princes , they do not express their passions in the same dignified tone ; but that contrast , in itself , should make more truly pathetic the fate of their superiors .
11 If our tea and lunch breaks could be structured on the lines of the ancient Egyptians I am sure that by 10.30am each day there would be a smile on the face of each and every member of staff ; and if we could ensure that all our members were treated by their employers in the same way , our membership figures would double instantly .
12 Where the people rest with their wood or timber and unload it from carts outside the close of the franchise of the Charterhouse among the towns , and afterwards take up their loads of the same wood or timber , the Foresters attach them and amerce them grievously at their will without right .
13 Managers should be obliged by the Takeover Panel to provide their shareholders with the same information , particularly three-year cash-flow forecasts and industry analysis , that they show their bankers .
14 Sure enough , they dropped their sticks at the same moment and ran across to the downriver side of the bridge to watch for the winner .
15 On the way home from school that afternoon she began to mull over the various possibilities , and when at last the germ of a brilliant idea hit her , she began to expand on it and lay her plans with the same kind of care the Duke of Wellington had done before the Battle of Waterloo .
16 He managed to convey some contempt for the TAS and its operations at the same time .
17 The best way to mimic an earthquake is to place a building on a shaking table which subjects its Foundations to the same force as the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake .
18 When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar .
19 Or perhaps the New Horizons people would prefer you to buy WinMail , which Software Partners also have on their lists at the same price — we 'll perhaps look at that another time .
20 A friend said of John Piper , ‘ He does things properly , for he sends carriages and four , or boats for those who like the water , and returns his guests to their homes in the same manner .
21 Like Hornblower , whose temperament was delighting readers with its contradictions at the same time as that of the Quinn adventures , Septimus has adopted certain measures of what could be called self-defence .
22 Gandhi speaks of loving enemies and reacting to their wrongdoings in the same way as you would react to the wrong-doings of friends and relatives .
23 In fact , their necks are so mobile that they can keep their heads in the same position while a branch sways in the breeze underneath them .
24 The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time .
25 The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time .
26 Caroline tossed back her head , curved her lips into the same sort of bright smile she wore on the catwalk , and took Sabatini 's outstretched arm .
27 Women may insert articles into their vaginas for purposes of masturbation , and men will insert articles into their urethras with the same intention .
28 Nicandra shrank away — she was not at all courageous about horses , especially when they were fidgeting threateningly and blowing out through their noses at the same time .
29 The attraction between the positive and negative electricity was supposed to keep the electrons in their orbits in the same way that the gravitational attraction between the sun and the planets keeps the planets in their orbits .
30 The standard of living is another key measure which has its origins in the same source .
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