Example sentences of "[vb base] make a difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | THAT governments do make a difference is an important presumption of free competitive elections . |
| 2 | One school , led by S. E. Finer , claims that the parties do make a difference and that , because parties have become more partisan , this is regrettable . |
| 3 | So , " parties do make a difference in the way Britain is governed … [ but ] the differences in office between one party and another are less likely to arise from contrasting intentions than from the exigencies of government " . |
| 4 | Owen , significantly , makes repeated reference to the work of those who insist that ‘ schools do make a difference ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ People accuse us of being a chain hotel with a standardised product , but we believe our staff do make a difference , and that our systems should never be unwieldy . ’ |
| 6 | The domestic situation in which things take place , they are really very different and you can start to draw up categories , of course , of countries , small big maybe , small medium big democratic non-democratic , er military dictatorships civilian government erm and so on , so there are whole series of categories of governments that you can draw up and you can say well these do make a difference in the way erm foreign policy is created . |
| 7 | Even if you get discouraged from seeing no results from all your efforts , what you write makes a difference . |
| 8 | Overhead is the splendid architraved knife-edge about which the guidebook says : ‘ Delightful open and delicate climbing … ‘ and : ‘ Small wires have made a difference to this once very bold lead . ’ |
| 9 | Mr. Beloff accepts that there remain issues between Lautro and Winchester and he further accepts that there may be room for argument as to whether the material now available would , if it had been produced before 30 October , have made a difference to the decision taken on that day . |
| 10 | The basis of the book is that we are unfulfilled because we 've grown too sophisticated for God , we 're lonely , we 're morally confused , and I think God is the answer for this , it fashions , religion fashions the kind of community in which you 're redeemed from loneliness , it gives you the sense that when you come close to the end of your life you do n't have to panic that you have wasted your life because religion can show you that you have made a difference to the world . |