Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] the same " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Secondly , in an exchange like the following ( from Lyons , 1977a : 668 ) : ( 94 ) A : I 've never seen him B : That 's a lie the pronoun that does not seem to be anaphoric ( unless it is held that it refers to the same entity that A 's utterance does , i.e. a proposition or a truth value ) ; nor does it quite seem to be discourse-deictic ( it refers not to the sentence but , perhaps , to the statement made by uttering that sentence ) . |
| 2 | True , it belongs to the same group of viruses , but within that group it is only distantly related . |
| 3 | It is related to the hedgehog , or rather it belongs to the same family of insectivores . |
| 4 | It belongs to the same broad group as the coelacanths and the lungfish . |
| 5 | If in doubt , one compares another specimen with the type in order to see if it belongs to the same species . |
| 6 | It lies in the same field as the rather reddish Nu² ; ( 3.9 ) , forming a triangle with Nu² ; and Sirius . |
| 7 | It lies in the same × 7 field with Epsilon . |
| 8 | These units could then be regarded as repeatedly subdivisible to the point that the final dimension is so minute that it stands in the same relation to the highest human capacity for feeling as does the single cell to the supreme achievement of cellular development , which is the physical human being . |
| 9 | It looks like the same sort of swarf that 's lying under Orrie 's bench . |
| 10 | It looks like the same i , is it the same as our one ? |
| 11 | same hat , so it looks like the same woman so he says , oh my God ! |
| 12 | But — with exceptions of course — it has at the same time been unable or unwilling to devote enough time and effort to understanding and pursing financial and accounting matters , perhaps because these often lack the immediate and general glamour of other aspects of policies . |
| 13 | The difference is still more striking when it occurs in the same work , e.g. Arnold von Bruck 's ‘ O du armer Judas ’ ( published by Hans Ott of Nuremberg in his collection of 121 newe Lieder , 1534 ) which ends with a Kyrie : |
| 14 | His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) . |
| 15 | It becomes gradually more probable as lung area decreases below an optimum ( and as it increases above the same optimum , for different reasons connected with economic waste ) . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I 'm a scientist , but it amounts to the same thing . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It amounts to the same thing , surely ! ’ |
| 18 | This last point does not necessarily mean that you have to be using a page description language but , for the moment at least , it amounts to the same thing . |
| 19 | The use of Form N111 , even if it has become ‘ obsolete , ’ was in fact more appropriate than the use of Form N79 , although it suffers from the same defect as the High Court form in that it does not draw the attention of the contemnor to his right to apply to the court to purge his contempt . |
| 20 | and then it gets to the same value again |
| 21 | More or less , yes , except that , because the human ear responds to different frequencies , or pictures of sound , with different sensitivities , the sound meter has to be adapted so it responds in the same way . |
| 22 | ‘ What is remarkable about it is that in its own way and by its own route it struggles after the same message as Christ . ’ |
| 23 | It takes about the same time to do a simple drawing on a 2D machine as on a drawing board . |
| 24 | The basic idea can be captured in minutes and the total concept fully realised in , at most , a couple of hours , which is a lot faster than it takes for the same degree of finish to be achieved in any other medium . |
| 25 | It conforms to the same overall syntax as LIFESPAN 's configuration file but with different keywords . |
| 26 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 27 | If we are referring to a mass of matter we can say that it is the same so long as it consists of the same particles , whereas if we are referring to a living body this need not be so : ‘ a colt grown up to a horse , sometimes fat , sometimes lean , is all the while the same horse : though … there may be a manifest change of the parts . ’ |
| 28 | The glorification of action in Aeschylus ' Prometheus Bound is the antithesis of Sophocles ' endorsement of saintly passivity , but it rests on the same pessimistic basis . |
| 29 | And as it dissolves , it releases at the same rate any compounds mixed in with it . |
| 30 | It operates on the same lines as the rest of the prison , with the same rules and system of privileges and punishments . |