Example sentences of "[adj] [art] difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples of the contrast most commonly given use relative clauses as in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , containing a restrictive and a non-restrictive relative , respectively : ( 1 ) silk which comes from Thailand is taxed more heavily than Malaysian silk ( 2 ) silk , which is a natural fibre , incurs less tax than artificial fabrics There are , of course , certain linguistic devices in English which can help to indicate which interpretation is intended ( though surprisingly few , given that the difference in effect can sometimes be considerable ) . |
| 2 | What is it that makes perceptible the difference between and ? |
| 3 | In 1979 people in the South spent 12.5 per cent more per head than people in the North , but by 1986 the difference had widened to 23.4 per cent . |
| 4 | Tone-unit boundary placement can , then , indicate grammatical structure to the listener and we can find minimal pairs such as the following : a ) The Con servatives who like the pro posal are pleased b ) The Con servatives who like the pro posal are pleased The intonation makes clear the difference between ( a ) ‘ restrictive ’ and ( b ) ‘ non-restrictive ’ relative clauses ; ( a ) implies that only some Conservatives like the proposal , while ( b ) implies that all the Conservatives like it . |
| 5 | Only the room she was in and the company she was among marked the difference . |
| 6 | At the end of Stage Xl the difference between Morrison ( VUPP ) and McLachlan ( UPNI ) was 1,043 which was less than the combined surpluses of Lindsay ( VUPP ) and Dunlop ( DUP ) . |
| 7 | In 1957 the biggest three US car firms sold 11.6 times as much as their three biggest rivals ; in 1972 the difference was 4.2 times . |
| 8 | • for the part of the payment between the exempt amount and £50,000 , first calculate your income tax as if this part were included in your income and then your tax as if it were not ; the relief on this part is half the difference ; • for the part between £50,000 and £75,000 , first calculate your tax as if the part between the exempt amount and £75,000 were included in your income , and then your tax as if only the part between the exempt amount and £50,000 were included ; the relief on this part is 25 per cent of the difference ; |
| 9 | It claimed the tenancy was worth half the difference in value between the tenanted land and equivalent vacant possession land , and taxed half this amount . |
| 10 | our ILEA studies suggest that only about half the difference between reading scores of children from West Indian homes and their white counterparts may be accounted for by socio-economic factors . |
| 11 | The geometric no-arbitrage condition contains an extra term ( y ) which is half the difference between the average of the variances of the instantaneous returns on the shares in the index ( ) and the variance of the instantaneous return on the index ( ) , that is , y = ( ) /2 . |
| 12 | Increase the time on the outbound leg by half the difference between the time taken on the first turn from the entry heading ( 145° above ) and from the hold axis . |
| 13 | With minor exceptions , landlords have been permitted since 5th November 1973 to collect only the rent applicable before 6th November 1972 , plus half the difference between that rent and any higher rent agreed between the parties at normal rent reviews , or settled by arbitration , or otherwise determined . |
| 14 | Just very similar the difference is there in the pronunciation . |
| 15 | The bigger the difference in shade between your own natural colouring and the new , the more your roots will show up . |
| 16 | The bigger the child benefit , therefore , the bigger the difference between welfare income and income from work for those claimants with children . |
| 17 | Yet a flexible stem makes such a difference ; horizontal placements , angled placements , pockets , all gobbled up by its voracious cams . |
| 18 | ‘ What shocked me was that one wall could make such a difference , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Why does Sinai make such a difference ? |
| 20 | The difficulty with such ‘ sympatric ’ speciation is that species differ , not at a single gene locus , but by many genes ; it is hard to see how such a difference could build up if sexual crossing was continuously breaking it down again . |
| 21 | Friedman and Carlson ( 1973 ) report just such a difference in a one-stage experiment employing the equivalent of this design . |
| 22 | She had never imagined wearing clothes like this , or that they could make such a difference . |
| 23 | However , such a difference can be reconciled , because these type of victim-based surveys can only include crimes where there is a victim who can be interviewed . |
| 24 | Why is there such a difference ? |
| 25 | Since there is such a difference between the two documents , and since the Dunrossness District Plan was designed for immediate public consumption ( the Structurn Plan had not been disseminated widely at the time of our research , June , 1978 — January , 1979 ) one could suggest that the tenor of the document reflects the desire to underplay any potential conflicts between Shetlanders and incomers . |
| 26 | We look after those little things , which make such a difference to your enjoyment … baby changing facilities , an exciting quiz trail designed to test the whole family , a free camera loan facility … and more ! |
| 27 | If we can remove these little stresses , or ‘ weeds ’ , from our lives it makes such a difference . |
| 28 | It 's amazing how a few simple changes can make such a difference ! ’ |
| 29 | However , it is unlikely that this is an entirely sound basis for making a sharp distinction between ‘ psychotic ’ and ‘ non-psychotic ’ forms of creativity , if such a difference exists . |
| 30 | Prayer makes such a difference . |