Example sentences of "in mean [prep] the two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other linguists imply even more clearly that there is no difference in meaning between the two versions of the infinitive by claiming that to is meaningless when it precedes the bare infinitive form . |
| 2 | Indeed , most grammarians claim that there is absolutely no difference in meaning between the two constructions , the only contrast being that the bare infinitive is more colloquial , or more American ( cf. |
| 3 | Such uses suggest very strongly that there is in fact a difference in meaning between the two constructions . |
| 4 | In a diagram : There is a significant distinction in meaning between the two nevertheless , and it accounts for the use of the bare infinitive with the former . |
| 5 | The difference in meaning between the two coincides therefore with the distinction already made between to infinitives evoking their event as a " subsequent potentiality " and those evoking it as a " subsequent actualization " . |
| 6 | A number of scholars up to the present have held that Mozart intended no difference in meaning between the two symbols . |