But recent results show that not all outsourcing firms are cut from the same cloth.

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Many say the new housing minister, Mohammed Fathy ElBaradei, is cut from the same cloth.

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But the Arab countries bordering Israel are not cut from the same cloth.

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With the 49ers and Ravens both cut from the same cloth, these teams were built to play against each other.

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Or you can drop the simile and say they are one of the same (or cut from the same cloth).

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Colonels Rajoub and Dahlan, who might one day be contenders for the leadership themselves, are cut from the same cloth.

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Clearly, all of these proposals were not cut from the same cloth.

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Veteran Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu is cut from the same cloth as his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger in his firm belief in keeping the ball on the ground and attacking in fluent short-passing moves.

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Will the new owner retain the services of Ned Colletti as general manager or will we see another wunderkind executive cut from the same cloth as Theo Epstein, Paul DePodesta, Jed Hoyer and Jon Daniels?

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Corey is cut from the same cloth.

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Collier sounds like he was cut from the same blue cloth.

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The son of a coach cut very much from the same cloth that allowed his father, Mike Rice Sr.

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