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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Secondly, with regard to the prices package: it is the same as it was before and is getting worse and it will have worse consequences. Sir, my advice is the same as it was before the secretary's misadventure. And I'm afraid my disposition is the same as it was 75 years ago. The regime isn't the same as it was. The general rule of jurisdiction in the new Convention is the same as it was in the 1988 Convention. Well, I see that your hair is the same as it was yesterday. Beijing is the same now as it was then. And yet, the situation is the same as it was at the beginning of the 1980s.

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Secondly, with regard to the prices package: it is the same as it was before and is getting worse and it will have worse consequences.
Sir, my advice is the same as it was before the secretary's misadventure.
And I'm afraid my disposition is the same as it was 75 years ago.
The regime isn't the same as it was.
The general rule of jurisdiction in the new Convention is the same as it was in the 1988 Convention.
Well, I see that your hair is the same as it was yesterday.
Beijing is the same now as it was then.
And yet, the situation is the same as it was at the beginning of the 1980s.