Example sentences of "[verb] the difference in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To locate faint sounds we automatically maximise the difference in time of arrival and loudness of the sound by turning our head until one ear is facing the source of the sound . |
| 2 | It is possible to imagine that for some people such consolation might make it easier to reconcile the two , and to wonder what it was that made the difference in Fraser 's case . |
| 3 | There is no doubt that the strong union organisation in the factory , which forced the union to back them , made the difference in saving the jobs . |
| 4 | Leave an equal amount of fruit unsoaked , so that children can compare the difference in size and weight . |
| 5 | Those who initially questioned whether or not the online catalogues were in fact catalogues may have recognized the difference in essence . |
| 6 | In one sense this is comforting for the concerned public in Britain , since visions of an apocalypse for those discharged seem less credible given the differences in approaches to welfare . |
| 7 | We would all prefer to be in first , and becoming a fund-holder is a bit like a traveller being given the difference in the fare between the two classes . |
| 8 | By contrast , the analogous question in the case of postnominal attributives , aimed at a determiner and noun but omitting a following adjective , is not possible , as we can see from ( 22 ) , whichever of the two ways we try to do it ; and again this is predictable given the difference in structure . |
| 9 | Given the difference in the spread of support between the parties , it is possible for one party to get more votes than its opponent party but receive fewer seats . |
| 10 | These figures clearly highlight the difference in world living standards . |
| 11 | A headhunter needs to be an excellent listener , receptive , willing and able to see the difference in peoples ' backgrounds and how those people might fit into a very different environment . |
| 12 | you have this amount of trade in and this amount of prospect and your telling me if I have half trade in and half prospect , I 'd like to see the difference in how much time you spent on |
| 13 | Although they acknowledge the use of this potent immunomodulator in other diseases , however , they fail to emphasise the differences in monitoring cyclosporin treatment in autoimmune diseases . |
| 14 | Indeed , at this rate the City 's fears of Labour 's policies could make the difference in getting Labour elected . |
| 15 | In trusting God we are living out our assumptions , putting into practice all that we say he is in theory , so that who God is and what he has done can make the difference in every part of our lives . |
| 16 | Similar studies have been carried out for other countries , although the methods vary , reflecting the differences in availability of data and in fiscal systems . |
| 17 | It is an important difference , reflecting the differences in political culture . |
| 18 | The result of seeing the difference in women 's experiences in positive rather than negative terms — seeing women as having something to offer philosophy rather than seeing them as inferior or aberrant versions of a male norm — is that the contours of familiar conceptual landscapes begin to change . |
| 19 | Rachel allowed herself to be swept along in her father 's excitement , drinking champagne on the sunlit , steamy terrace with him and seeing the difference in his face and demeanour as the news gradually sank in . |
| 20 | As the authors explain , the small sample size ( 38 babies ) led to imbalances in the baseline variables , which could explain the differences in outcome . |
| 21 | This could also explain the difference in biliary lipid secretion rate between the two groups . |
| 22 | Spreads involve the difference in the current prices of two futures contracts , and it was shown how an intercommodity spread between two index futures can be used to create a synthetic index future . |
| 23 | The regulator must know the difference in price . |
| 24 | Although they were all very different ( Boy spent a lot of time noticing the differences in their physiques , techniques , cars and living rooms ) , they were also all the same in one respect . |
| 25 | I am not too old to accept the difference in life , Miss Cress , and nowadays , people do not dance , they lead such serious , earnest lives . |
| 26 | Erm the only purpose of the information presented is to establish the differences in strategic terms between the the districts in in the county . |
| 27 | According to stimulus-response theory , learning to respond with highly distinctive names to similar stimulus situations should tend to lessen the generalization of other responses from one of these situations to another since the stimuli produced by responding with the distinctive name will tend to increase the differences in the stimulus patterns of the two situations . |
| 28 | The greater affluence of rural patients may explain the better pick up rate in rural areas , but compensating for socioeconomic and ethnic differences between rural and urban areas ( which were small ) would be expected to increase the differences in retinopathy observed . |
| 29 | His two mill owners , Mr Millbank in Coningsby and Mr Trafford in Sybil , conduct their enterprises on lines that are similarly feudal , but acknowledge the difference in their status by building themselves houses that are classical , not baronial . |
| 30 | Table 6.6 is an illustration of the three measures in practice and illustrates the differences in rankings between them . |