Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adj] difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be important as a recent study has revealed some differences between caecal and faecal flora , an observation which may limit the conclusions made from measurements with faecal inocular . |
| 2 | 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 ! ’ |
| 3 | A new head teacher has made much difference in the last two years and the school is beginning to pick up in many ways . |
| 4 | A final line of analysis insists that the government has made little difference , particularly on unemployment . |
| 5 | Within the industry , the war has made little difference to most people 's expectations : the reduction , they say , is going to happen . |
| 6 | The addition of nutrients has made little difference to the rate of succession at sites in Sheffield . |
| 7 | The recent heavy rain has made little difference because many of our rivers rely on ground water . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The meaning of the decision in Lonrho has produced radical differences of opinion in courts here and abroad . |
| 11 | Construction of these clauses has produced considerable differences in judicial opinion . |
| 12 | Now a setback has brought long-buried differences to the surface . |
| 13 | These include the ‘ legacy of the British ’ , who promoted an overtly punitive penal philosophy , more concerned with the repression of dissent than with ordinary crime , and who ran the prisons as cheaply as possible ; a labyrinthine criminal justice system , which causes many accused persons to spend years in gaol before their trial is completed ; widespread political interference with the police , whereby criminals with ‘ connections ’ often escape justice , leaving the gaols populated predominantly with poor rural labourers ; the designation of prisons , under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution , as primarily the responsibility of the thirty-one individual states and union territories rather than the Indian government — which has perpetuated gross differences in practices and standards ; and the generally low priority attached to ‘ non-productive ’ areas like penal reform in a country with 250 million people below the poverty line , where economic development dominates planning and expenditure . |
| 14 | A series of papers by Quigley and his associates ( e.g. Quigley et al. , 1976 ) tends to confirm these differences in syntax knowledge and handling . |
| 15 | Often a change of publisher does wonders for an author , but it seems to make little difference to this man 's sales . |
| 16 | Social class seems to make little difference . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In this context , if there exist differences in the unit cost and therefore the competitiveness of nations which are not connected in a customs or monetary union , then attempts to eliminate such differences ( reflected in associated balance of payments positions ) can potentially be made via trade restrictions or movements in relative exchange rates , although the effectiveness of the latter policy is by no means certain . |