Example sentences of "[noun sg] make a [adj] difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this will in practice make a great difference may be doubted , since it seems unlikely that a court will come to the conclusion that a chief constable of police has come to a decision that he could not reasonably arrive at , which is the critical test for the exercise of the powers of judicial review . |
| 2 | As for those stubborn areas which you may have thought beyond the reach of any cleaner — the stained or mouldy grouting round the back of the basin , the bath and the shower , plugholes and taps — you 'll find that the Steamatic 's powerful cleaning action makes a tremendous difference . |
| 3 | Thus the distribution of fat and lean work made a considerable difference to the pay-packets of piece-workers . |
| 4 | The pier and the hydro and the telephone made a big difference to it . |
| 5 | Did the war make a big difference to the wages ? |
| 6 | Having work at an appropriate height in relation to distance from the eye makes a real difference to avoiding unnecessary fatigue , and this can only be effected by a comfortable working position . |
| 7 | For a small percentage of children , the Feingold diet makes a dramatic difference . |
| 8 | Whether or not people had actually used a particular type of credit made a little difference to their overall attitude to its costliness . |
| 9 | Even in 1987 voters did not expect the return of a Labour or Conservative government to make a significant difference . |
| 10 | But will the arrival of the BAF make a discernible difference to the lot of road runners , many of whom feel that structures and attitudes within athletics have for years worked against the interests of road runners at all levels ? |
| 11 | We had to change the design of the orchestra 's stage seating so that the cameras could get the proper angles on the players , and the new wooden structure made a great difference to the sound we were able to get in the hall . |
| 12 | Dark , smouldering eye tones and strong lip colours are the simplest way to make a big difference to your make-up — and it works for anyone , at any age . |
| 13 | These protein molecules curl up into a particular shape determined by their own amino-acid sequence , which in turn is governed by the DNA code sequence of the gene G. When G mutates , the change makes a crucial difference to the amino-acid sequence normally specified by the gene G , and hence to the coiled-up shape of the protein molecule . |
| 14 | What they do say is that the close coupling and phasing between the coprocessor and main processor makes a dramatic difference to coprocessor intensive applications , such as CAD , and will make a substantial difference to other coprocessor applications . |
| 15 | In order to sustain a more robust disagreement , individualist theorists must contend that human autonomy makes a substantial difference to the explanation of action , and stands in the way of the determinist account supposedly favoured by holists . |