Example sentences of "is different [prep] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If , for some reason , the time of high tide is different at the two ends of a strait , there will obviously develop a strong gradient between the two , giving rise to a tidal current which in narrow straits can become very strong .
2 In short , the only technical thing that is different between the two platforms is the fact that they can not actually run the same programs off the same disk .
3 Hutton and Lawrence ( 1981 ) , in their comparisons of the training , careers and status of German and British engineers , argue that the relationship with pure science is different in the two countries ( but see Chapter 2 , note 1 ) .
4 For inhale and inconspicuous , the semantic constituency of in — is easily established , although the semantic identity of in — is different in the two cases :
5 We pointed out earlier that such a proposal can not be accepted for the prenominal case because the prenominal and the clause structures are far from equivalent ; they admit different ranges of adjective , and the relation of the adjective to the head noun is different in the two cases .
6 Another possibility is that the genetic regulation of the isotype response is different in the two populations of inflammatory bowel disease patients .
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