Example sentences of "[adv] be [prep] the same " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps they had some kind of masonic understanding , they 'd all been through the same initiation .
2 They did not pause on her arrival , though Alix , ever polite , waved obliquely to welcome her back : watching them , it occurred to Liz that perhaps in all the years they had all known one another , this was one of the very few occasions on which they had all been in the same room .
3 Also , if larger-than-normal books are stacked separately , or if special books are kept in separate collections , every book on the same subject will not necessarily be in the same place in the library .
4 Make sure the water the fish arrive in is at the same temperature as the pool before they are released .
5 Almost every book taken down was from the same college .
6 They have not been under the same review process as pension funds where every three years or so managers are changing .
7 Similarly , the interglacial periods have not been of the same duration and have presumably not resulted in equal melting of the ice .
8 Top footballers the world over are about the same standard but the hun-grier , more aggressive animal is the victor .
9 People who superficially are in the same position in a family — brothers and sisters , mother and fathers — are likely to define their responsibilities very differently and , perhaps more importantly , to be expected by others to define them differently .
10 Both my parents smoke , and my sister smokes and I ca n't any longer be in the same room as them !
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 In this case , the transfer is being made off a camcorder which is acting as the source-machine ; the record-machine is a VCR which need not be of the same format .
13 I can say truly on two occasions " I 'm getting alarmed " and yet the mental events not be of the same type .
14 ‘ A constable may arrest a person without warrant if — ( a ) he engages in offensive conduct which the constable warns him to stop , and ( b ) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning ( 5 ) In subsection ( 4 ) , ‘ offensive conduct ’ means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section , and the conduct mentioned in paragraph ( a ) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature . ’
15 This could well relate to the design of the hospital bed which may not be at the same height as the one with which the patient is familiar .
16 It has not proved possible to determine the composition directly , which is difficult for a condensate , but the measured abundance of ammonia in the gaseous phase above the top of these clouds is about what would be expected were this ammonia in equilibrium with solid ammonia at the typical cloud top conditions of 0.5 bar and 148 K. There are thought to be relatively few breaks in the ammonia clouds , though the cloud tops need not be at the same altitude everywhere .
17 According to the new constitution , the Federal President ( to be elected by the legislature ) and Prime Minister might not be from the same republic .
18 For economy of space occupied by the site of the lift the two inclined ways would generally be side by side and although at the same inclination and extending between the same levels they would not be in the same plane but echeloned so that the one extends , so to speak , from the right side of the head bay to the right side of the tail bay whilst the other extends from the left side of the head bay to the left side of the tail bay .
19 They may not be in the same class as the Springboks , but Namibia and Romania will be as heartily cheered by the tournament 's crowd when they make their appearances next year .
20 Moreover , he would not be in the same position as the rest of us to cotton on to their use .
21 You should not be in the same place as your mother .
22 The chancel belonging to the rector may not be in the same style as the nave maintained by the parishioners , reflecting differences in wealth or involvement Even in those churches where the rector was a monastery , there may be a variety of interest displayed , from great ostentation where the monastery has been concerned to maintain its property , to neglect where the church is on a distant or poor estate , or where the monastery itself was poor .
23 ‘ Then there would have been bloodshed , for I tell you I could not be in the same house with them and keep my temper .
24 They pick a year in the future when they know that there will have been a general election and that they will probably not be in the same job as when they gave the commitment .
25 ‘ We may not be in the same league as Servette but where we score over most teams is with our spirit .
26 A win for Alinova in tomorrow 's Merchant Adventurers Maiden at York might not be in the same class but any success could prove vital in the battle for the champion jockey 's title .
27 More of the helplessness of simply not being on the same wavelength as the person you were supposed to be closest to .
28 Aware that she was causing David a deal of agony just being in the same room as Luther , Beth turned to him now , saying with some tenderness , ‘ And you , David ?
29 He had managed to strip her of all her protective layers , and just being in the same room as him made her feel vulnerable and helpless .
30 Just being in the same room as him sent shivers of something down her spine that up to now she had never experienced .
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