Example sentences of "they differ [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They differ from real property in two main respects . |
| 2 | They differ from causal circumstance and effect in that they lack either or both of the features that give rise to the difference between causal circumstance and effect-the priority of the causal circumstance . |
| 3 | But they differ from private enterprise in that their defining characteristic , indeed the rationale for their existence , is that they are subject to some form of political control . |
| 4 | The very high turnover of caregivers in institutional settings is perhaps the major way in which they differ from ordinary family life . |
| 5 | Histologically they differ from skeletal muscle in having smaller fibres , linked by desmosomes and sometimes containing only one fibril . |
| 6 | This point is exemplified with reference to tense and mood variation in Spanish si clauses ( see 50–52 above ) ; Lavandera points out that although the alternants may be defined as variants of an underlying variable in the sense that they are truth-conditional semantic equivalents , and pattern according to external social factors , they differ in modal meaning ( see Huddleston 1984 : 165 for a discussion of these semantic issues ) . |