Example sentences of "[vb past] all [art] difference " in BNC.

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1 Pot-growing and planting in good soil near sea level made all the difference .
2 What apparently made all the difference to the price was that the clock came from a historic house , Cassiobury Park , and that it is illustrated in an important book on the craftsman — Thomas Tompion , His Life and Work by R W Symonds .
3 The drop in temperature made all the difference and the tyres chosen were too hard .
4 ‘ The rum made all the difference ’ she said .
5 That made all the difference .
6 Comparing the show scene with that in Barbados , I would say that the fact that there was an established breed club that held its own breed show with specialist judges made all the difference , Barbadian entries being quite small in comparison to the Jamaican ones .
7 And , with all due respect to the other players , it was , frankly , as well that he did , because time and again it was his superb displays that salvaged precious points for Palace against the odds ; points which , at the end of the season , made all the difference between survival and relegation .
8 He was a Swaledale man who arrived in 1910 and that made all the difference .
9 The salaries of staff , the replacement of vital instruments and many large items had to be funded from the National Health Service funds , so that there was never enough left to buy the extra comforts that made all the difference to the welfare of the patients .
10 With 12 players on call from the World Cup compared to the USA 's six , Canada could rely on experience and it made all the difference , especially among the backs where the Eagles paid a heavy price for dropped passes , missed tackles and errant kicks .
11 For the first time Janine felt that she had an ally , and it made all the difference to her .
12 And the arrival of paddock hellraiser Birchall made all the difference .
13 ‘ I wish we still had patrons ’ , Roy Spring says , ‘ they made all the difference . ’
14 In practice , at least in South-East Asia , it made all the difference whether aid was given before or after independence .
15 She reached to the gap between back and seat where years ago she had stuffed a cushion that made all the difference to that small problem with her spine .
16 Our two days off duty every twelve days could now be spend with our families , flying either from Aberdeen or Edinburgh airports and this made all the difference to working in Scotland .
17 He said they must n't , not adding that the sight of Commander Abigail on the green-painted seat made all the difference .
18 What the crew were not aware of was when I went into the starboard turn and dive without knowing that my aileron controls had been severed , and the fortunate miss of the four throttles made all the difference to the immediate arrest of the desperate attitude of " Charlie " .
19 The fact that not one made it past 25 in the second innings made all the difference .
20 And that made all the difference for them .
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