Example sentences of "[verb] any difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | His largest fault , perhaps , and one natural to a good hater , was a congenital inability to accept that mortal creatures hold incompatible views and behave in ways incompatible with their views , so that to the end of his days he declined to accept any difference between holding a speculative opinion that is evil and being bad . |
| 2 | As will be seen below in the section on search repetition results , the objective difference between the two systems was not great , and it is not at all surprising that users did not seem to find any difference . |
| 3 | Besides the fact that it is not always true — the bare infinitive has many uses where it is not in relation with an auxiliary — this distinction between the two infinitives is also purely distributional : Schibsbye simply lists the various contexts where each infinitive is found without developing any difference of meaning . |
| 4 | But after spending more than £2,500 on a facelift and suffering a few weeks of looking and feeling like she had gone 12 rounds with Lennox Lewis , Fiona found that few people noticed any difference . |
| 5 | The parliamentary group is opposed , with Mr Wallace noting : ‘ When the Ulster Unionists withdrew from Parliament , nobody noticed any difference and they had to come creeping back . |
| 6 | Nor did the questionnaires completed by patients ' relatives show any differences in the signs of hypoglycaemia with either insulin ( median ( range ) score for signs at onset of hypoglycaemia 34 ( 4–48 ) for human insulin v 32.5 ( 5–45 ) for porcine ; 95% confidence interval -5 to 15 , Z =0.3 , p=0.79 ) . |
| 7 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 8 | Have n't noticed any difference so far this year . |
| 9 | I have n't noticed any difference . |
| 10 | Would it have made any difference if I had ? |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think it 's made any difference . ’ |
| 13 | In the end the loss of the canoe had not made any difference as there was no shipping in the harbour anyway . |
| 14 | Step 12 Evaluate the success of your actions by asking : ‘ Have my actions made any difference to the person 's behaviour ? ’ |
| 15 | But I do n't think we had it or that it would have made any difference if we had . ’ |
| 16 | I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether it has made any difference , but now we 're obliged to abandon some of our defences and it 's certain that your presence can no longer help us . |
| 18 | Would the flight from the towns to the countryside in the early thirties of made any difference ? |
| 19 | He made detailed admissions and at the end was asked whether not seeing a solicitor had made any difference , He said not , but would like to see a solicitor , and refused to sign the notes of interview until he had done so . |
| 20 | In those circumstances it is unnecessary for me to discuss the rival contentions of fact or to reach any conclusion upon whether , if Winchester had been enabled to make representations before 30 October , those representations would have made any difference . |
| 21 | They could have shot her there and then and it would n't have made any difference . |
| 22 | It could n't have made any difference to them if we knew what was happening . |
| 23 | Even if Koskas had woken up it would n't have made any difference . |
| 24 | ‘ And it would n't have made any difference even if Marius Steen remarried ? ’ |
| 25 | It had n't made any difference . |
| 26 | Should it have made any difference ? |
| 27 | But none of these made any difference to the basic shape of these key results : on the first repetition , t was not important but both and k were — and in the direction predicted by the theory ; on the second repetition , t was important ( and with the right sign ) , as were σ and k — but they both had the wrong sign ( the opposite of that predicted by the theory ) . |
| 28 | Nothing she said made any difference . |
| 29 | If she 'd been forty , I doubt if it would have made any difference — to either of us . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |