Example sentences of "[verb] made [adj] difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day after a very difficult time with him , I exploded and said to him : ‘ I ca n't say that the Christian faith has made much difference to your life ! ’ |
| 2 | A new head teacher has made much difference in the last two years and the school is beginning to pick up in many ways . |
| 3 | A final line of analysis insists that the government has made little difference , particularly on unemployment . |
| 4 | Within the industry , the war has made little difference to most people 's expectations : the reduction , they say , is going to happen . |
| 5 | The addition of nutrients has made little difference to the rate of succession at sites in Sheffield . |
| 6 | The recent heavy rain has made little difference because many of our rivers rely on ground water . |
| 7 | The conclusion to be drawn from this chapter is clearly a somewhat negative one : the action project has made some difference to certain kinds of dementia sufferer , but overall its impact has been negligible . |
| 8 | I do n't know whether it has made any difference , but now we 're obliged to abandon some of our defences and it 's certain that your presence can no longer help us . |
| 9 | Inclusion of any of these studies would have made little difference to our conclusions about mortality reduction . |
| 10 | Quite possibly , it would have made little difference . |
| 11 | If he allowed them to know he understood German , it would have made little difference . |
| 12 | The day before , Norway had declined Germany 's offer of a non-aggression pact , which no doubt weakened her position some months later , though even had she signed one , it would probably have made little difference . |
| 13 | It would have made little difference , however . |
| 14 | Hence the major cause of unemployment lies outside the government 's responsibility and a Labour government would not have made much difference . |
| 15 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 16 | But if they get it wrong they have the consolation that , for all the recriminations , it probably wo n't have made much difference to the outcome of the election . |
| 17 | Would it have made any difference if I had ? |
| 18 | Mr Tony Brighton , the TGWU 's representative at RAF Stafford , said : ‘ We can not say whether the presence of the RAF ambulance would have made any difference to saving a life , but there was delay . ’ |
| 19 | But I do n't think we had it or that it would have made any difference if we had . ’ |
| 20 | In those circumstances it is unnecessary for me to discuss the rival contentions of fact or to reach any conclusion upon whether , if Winchester had been enabled to make representations before 30 October , those representations would have made any difference . |
| 21 | They could have shot her there and then and it would n't have made any difference . |
| 22 | It could n't have made any difference to them if we knew what was happening . |
| 23 | Even if Koskas had woken up it would n't have made any difference . |
| 24 | ‘ And it would n't have made any difference even if Marius Steen remarried ? ’ |
| 25 | Should it have made any difference ? |
| 26 | If she 'd been forty , I doubt if it would have made any difference — to either of us . ’ |
| 27 | It would n't have made any difference to my daughter 's well being , but it made a hell of a difference to her erm her social standing . |
| 28 | Not that it would have made any difference because I mean , people used to go into shops on that side , which never came up our way and the same with us , coming up there and not going that way is n't it . |
| 29 | It would not have made any difference in that borough . |
| 30 | As for communication , there is no way of knowing whether a cab radio would have made any difference in this accident , but I agree with my hon. Friend that it is desirable that cab radios should be fitted into locomotives and multiple unit fleets . |