Example sentences of "were [vb pp] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall see that in the nineteenth century this limited and special capacity was extended with some modifications to all married women ( see pp. 50–4 ) ; but that in 1935 it was swept away , and married women were given the same capacity to own property and make contracts as a man . |
| 2 | They should have been , as they were given the same rations as a British farm labourer . |
| 3 | From the beginning of Phase 2 , BRAC implemented a change in the method of teaching the LGS message to the villagers : Whilst 90% of the unions ( subdistricts ) visited by Oral Replacement Workers in Phase 2 were given the same ‘ Standard ’ training which had been offered to the other unions during Phase 1 , 10% of the Phase 2 unions were chosen to test an experimental Concentrated Reinforcement Programme ( CRP ) developed by BRAC . |
| 4 | It is time MPs were given the same protection so they can vote without fear of reprisals . |
| 5 | Mice receiving lower mediastinal irradiation ( L ) were given the same dose of radiation to the same sized but adjacent field ( T5-T10 ) . |
| 6 | Is n't it time that members standing for C E C elections were given the same equality with Regional Secretaries , who as we all know , all year round , in all regions , when a leaflet or a booklet goes out to members , in most of them there is a photograph of the Regional Secretary . |
| 7 | A pair of identical twins of very similar abilities were taught the same topic by teachers of greatly different experience . |
| 8 | But what it does show was that , in 1979 , small savers were treated the same as larger savers . |
| 9 | However , if ’ payment ’ were assigned the same index as ’ pay ’ , then a strong overlap would result . |
| 10 | These councils were granted the same economic development powers as the ‘ other districts ’ , but they were additionally invited to submit an annual programme that would normally lead to greater Urban Programme funding than would be made available to the lowest tier of authorities . |
| 11 | Harvard dealers were granted the same perk and for that reason kept it concealed from clients , even if it would swing the sale . |
| 12 | Non-radioactive oligonucleotide duplexes were prepared the same way by mixing 2 pmol each of the complementary strands . |
| 13 | The only group claiming responsibility was the hitherto unknown " Mohammed El Boukhima " , and about 15 people detained for questioning in the Albi area on May 23 were freed the same day . |
| 14 | Broadly parallel announcements were made the same day in respect of Wales and Scotland . |
| 15 | They were offered the same curriculum as the rest of the unstreamed class , i.e. they were on course to fail the 11 plus . |
| 16 | I always felt an affinity with Donna , I thought it was because we were born the same day — ’ |
| 17 | As a comparison , he pointed out that if the entire population of China were set the same task , it would take them more than four hours to complete it . |
| 18 | On Oct. 26 a further search was made and Wolfgang Pöhl , the party treasurer , and another party official were arrested the same day under suspicion of embezzling party funds . |
| 19 | The figures are different to the perception of those not incontinent who were asked the same question : 71% ( 2564 ) thought that the condition would have a great deal or fair amount of effect on their lifestyle and only 20% ( 692 ) not much or none at all . |
| 20 | This means that the taxation system in Britain became more regressive , since all those living in particular areas were charged the same , regardless of their ability to pay . |
| 21 | One reason is that , if each firm were charged the same price or tax for a marginal unit of pollution , then every firm would pollute up to the point at which the marginal cost of reducing pollution was equal to the price of pollution . |
| 22 | As volunteers for the day we were accorded the same privilege . |
| 23 | If the Cytherean greenhouse effect were ‘ switched off ’ but everything else were left the same the average surface temperature would fall from 730 K to 230 K. For the Earth , the corresponding temperatures are 288 K and 253 K. Thus , though Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth its surface temperature would actually fall below that of the Earth . |
| 24 | The dogs who attacked Becky were destroyed the same day . |
| 25 | The TA bring up the rear , dressed in their lightweight trousers , boots and shirts ; many a member of staff and Regular recruit wishes that they were dressed the same , as the sun is high in the sky and their No 2 dress is somewhat warm . |
| 26 | Article 5(1) of Council Directive ( 76/207/EEC ) provided that the application of the principle of equal treatment with regard to working conditions , including the conditions relating to dismissal , meant that men and women were guaranteed the same conditions without discrimination on grounds of sex , and the term –dismissal' in that context included retirement in accordance with an employer 's policy . |
| 27 | Olive Saunderson and Norman Field met and fell in love in predictably romantic circumstances when the Fields and the Saundersons were guests on board Lord Vestey 's yacht on a cruise to Norway in 1909 They were married the same year in Dublin and returned to England to set up home . |
| 28 | Jack Adams , the unions ' chief negotiator , said they would be seeking to ensure production staff were paid the same as those doing similar jobs at Jaguar — in which Ford recently took a stake — who were earning up to £34 a week more . |
| 29 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 30 | She argued that if women were paid the same as men " it would result in many women being dismissed from many trades " , and also accepted without demur , when giving evidence to the Fair Wages Committee a few years later , the proposition that women were satisfied with less money because they were earning " pin money " if married , and " pocket money " if not.38 With such pessimism about equal pay entrenched in the mind of their organizers , with such low evaluation being set on their work , one might argue that it would have been surprising if a militant women 's union could really be organized in the prevailing atmosphere . |