Example sentences of "[verb] made [det] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! ’ |
| 2 | Those familiar with philosophical writing on causation , or touching on causation , will have noticed that our analysis so far of it has taken the terms necessary connection " , " nomic connection " , and " lawlike connection " as synonymous , but has made little reference to laws . |
| 3 | Within the industry , the war has made little difference to most people 's expectations : the reduction , they say , is going to happen . |
| 4 | The addition of nutrients has made little difference to the rate of succession at sites in Sheffield . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The only way in which she has made any reference to what happened during the night has been in the form of two pictures . |
| 7 | It is the first time since the split was announced six days ago that Diana has made any reference to the break-up . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’ |
| 9 | She considered this encouraged regular habits and represented a kindness to her tenants , but the policy could have made little sense to the working class woman managing on a tight and often irregular housekeeping allowance . |
| 10 | Inclusion of any of these studies would have made little difference to our conclusions about mortality reduction . |
| 11 | But if they get it wrong they have the consolation that , for all the recriminations , it probably wo n't have made much difference to the outcome of the election . |
| 12 | Travel agent Peter Marsh , 46 , of Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ Both should have made more effort to be together and to make the marriage work . |
| 13 | Mr Tony Brighton , the TGWU 's representative at RAF Stafford , said : ‘ We can not say whether the presence of the RAF ambulance would have made any difference to saving a life , but there was delay . ’ |
| 14 | It could n't have made any difference to them if we knew what was happening . |
| 15 | It would n't have made any difference to my daughter 's well being , but it made a hell of a difference to her erm her social standing . |
| 16 | It was shortly before the time Luke usually arrived on Fridays , and up until today she would have made some excuse to Florian , but reviviscent pride demanded a gesture . |
| 17 | This punctuation would have made some difference to the reader 's processing of the sentence ; [ 14 ] in particular would have made the " click " seem a matter of importance and surprise in its own right , dividing the reader 's attention between the two events , instead of making him see them as integral parts of a whole . |
| 18 | However , this failure appears to have made little difference to the fortunes of the Labour Party . |
| 19 | The recent introduction of comprehensive schools appears to have made little difference to the kind of schooling that children from different socio-economic backgrounds receive . |
| 20 | You 'd , you 'd expect me erm er with my finger on that pulse to have made that point to the directors , may be help me make it several times during our sort of discussions about er both this year 's budget and next year 's projections . |
| 21 | The structure plan is essentially about where jobs and housing should be , not what sort of jobs and housing , and they 've made this submission to the structure plan . |
| 22 | Leaders noted that islanders in the region had made little contribution to the problems which now threaten their way of life . |
| 23 | I believe a close examination of his recorded opinions , and of the idiom in which those opinions were expressed ( an idiom , even to the end , as much British as American ) , would show that Pound too was not insensible to the ideal of the aristocratic amateur in the arts , and was at least sometimes resentful , just as Yeats was , that political and socio-economic developments had made that attitude to the arts impracticable and sterile . |
| 24 | Later , she was to ask herself if the decision had made any difference to subsequent events . |
| 25 | We have made that concession to modern times . ’ |
| 26 | Pictures of stars who have made most contribution to the music industry over the last 25 years featured at a glittering party in New York 's Four Seasons Restaurant . |
| 27 | Once again I would stress that neither my client nor I have made any approach to the company apart from this letter . |
| 28 | DURHAM concert secretaries have made another contribution to a local cancer relief fund . |
| 29 | The shiny black eyes were wide with fear , and nothing she could say made any difference to the racing heartbeat . |