Example sentences of "[verb] to make [adj] difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fact that no one seemed to know where Wimbledon Parish Church was , that no one in Maple Drive had seen the vicar , even at Christmas or Easter , seemed to make little difference . |
| 2 | Ten minutes seemed to make little difference , with the jerry-cans still discernible on the roof-rack . |
| 3 | The more of these properties a dummy possessed the more strongly it was mobbed , but it seemed to make little difference whether the object was a stuffed owl with real plumage or an owl-shaped piece of painted wood . |
| 4 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
| 5 | It was a stupid idea but nothing she said seemed to make any difference . |
| 6 | Thus , whatever success individual parents may have achieved via the 1980 Act 's appeal system , it seemed , by 1986 , that ‘ rights of school choice do not appear to make much difference to the outcomes of school admissions or to the LEAs ' management of school rolls ’ . |
| 7 | I do n't think that 's going to make much difference . ’ |
| 8 | The Judaeo-Christian tradition regards cannibalism as a sin , but other major religions beg to disagree , on the grounds that , if a person is dead already , the consumption of his or her body is not going to make much difference . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think a few crocuses in Hyde Park are going to make much difference , ’ Estabrook said . |
| 10 | I can go to all the dinners and banquets on earth , but it 's not going to make any difference to the world . |
| 11 | This Act is n't going to make any difference . |
| 12 | Electronics industry consultant Bob Heikes reckons he 's likely to hang on to the job , but for all the wrong reasons : ‘ Bull is hopeless , ’ he told the International Herald Tribune — ‘ a new guy is n't going to make any difference . ’ |
| 13 | No , it really is n't necessary — if you 're eating a healthy balance of foods then no extra vitamin is going to make any difference . |
| 14 | Similarly there are individuals that go through the court system and are punished , that are perhaps sent to prison , and come out of prison saying it 's not going to make any difference , I now know how to break into every type of car , every type of building . |
| 15 | After all , it 's not going to make any difference , is it ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Nothing 's going to make any difference . ’ |
| 17 | Ah , but it is n't going to make any difference |
| 18 | Well the problem as I see it is that you do n't know what the variety of this peach is , if it was bought out of greenhouse variety and is reasonably tender then I do n't think whatever you do with it in Preston it 's going to make any difference . |
| 19 | So I 'd suggest again that the sensible place to shout armed police is as soon as you enter because the fraction of a second between you getting from the hall to the bedroom is n't going to make any difference . |
| 20 | But being on a priority list did n't , after all , seem to make any difference . |
| 21 | It is usually found ( from pilot studies ) that ‘ personalization ’ of the letter of introduction is of no benefit , nor is use of a printed letterhead ; neither the colour of paper nor the day ( of the week ) received seem to make any difference . |
| 22 | Often a change of publisher does wonders for an author , but it seems to make little difference to this man 's sales . |
| 23 | Social class seems to make little difference . |
| 24 | So convinced are such people that to be impaired is to ‘ die ’ that no amount of protestation to the contrary seems to make any difference . |
| 25 | But this does not seem to make much difference to the behaviour . ) |
| 26 | According to it did not seem to make much difference to tax on income differentials , rich peasants were still about two and a half times better off than poor peasants . |
| 27 | Nor did it seem to make any difference to ability to perform everyday activities ( such as selecting the correct coins for shopping ) which were poor for many in both samples . |
| 28 | It did n't seem to make any difference , though . |
| 29 | That did n't seem to make any difference to you . |
| 30 | Medication does n't seem to make any difference . |