Example sentences of "could [verb] [art] difference [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting others involved in your aims and aspirations could make the difference between success and failure . |
| 2 | Two key decisions , still to be taken , could make the difference between bust and boom for Berlin . |
| 3 | Properly installed — and full instructions accompany the Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm — a smoke detector will warn you of smouldering in the earliest stages of a fire and give you the vital few minutes that really could make the difference between death and survival . |
| 4 | They established and operated a revenue system which , if far from pure , was less venial and more efficient than that of any other European state : " The ability of government administrators to establish the routine by which revenues were collected , money raised and supply requisitioned could make the difference between victory and humiliation . " |
| 5 | Whilst the inconclusive debate between monogenists and polygenists in anthropology , and the influence of Christianity and political liberalism , somewhat tempered the ethnocentrism of scientific and official attitudes , the Darwinian revolution swept away many of the restraints which checked the development of racist views , at least for those who could see no difference between evolution in the natural world and human achievements . |
| 6 | In a confrontation , it could mean the difference between survival and serious injury . |
| 7 | Chairman Peter Swales insists there is no more money for signings — but City made nearly a million in the last financial year and gambling now could mean the difference between success and failure . |
| 8 | It could mean the difference between life — or death . |
| 9 | Eight extra bullets in a tight spot could mean the difference between life and death . |
| 10 | It could mean the difference between life and death . |
| 11 | This vaccination is extremely effective but it only guards against one type of meningitis Mothers should be aware of the symptoms because early diagnosis could mean the difference between life and death . |
| 12 | The pattern generated by co-operative behaviour could distinguish one social group from another and could mean the difference between group survival and communal death … |