Example sentences of "[det] [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 • 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 ;
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Yet a flexible stem makes such a difference ; horizontal placements , angled placements , pockets , all gobbled up by its voracious cams .
9 ‘ What shocked me was that one wall could make such a difference , ’ he said .
10 Why does Sinai make such a difference ?
11 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 .
12 Friedman and Carlson ( 1973 ) report just such a difference in a one-stage experiment employing the equivalent of this design .
13 She had never imagined wearing clothes like this , or that they could make such a difference .
14 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 .
15 Why is there such a difference ?
16 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 .
17 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 !
18 If we can remove these little stresses , or ‘ weeds ’ , from our lives it makes such a difference .
19 It 's amazing how a few simple changes can make such a difference ! ’
20 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 .
21 Prayer makes such a difference .
22 There is such a difference between him and these old timers .
23 The arguments for a biological difference in the sexes in this regard are far from conclusive , but in cases where such a difference is put forward , the general conclusions of humanity 's aggressive nature are not revised .
24 Such a difference in conceptions of gender and gender roles has strong implications for the event of peace or friction in the play of daily life , and can not be too much emphasized .
25 Chinese Charlie had altered the lot to fit him , and he had pressed it , too , and it had made such a difference to Ben .
26 While there was such a difference in the length of time it took to acquire qualifications , many working class youngsters who had achieved good grades in the sixth form tended to view a course in teacher training as marking the limit of their ambitions .
27 If one takes the position that human right to life is absolute , then one must show a morally relevant difference between human and animal life that justifies denying that an animal 's right to life is absolute , and I believe we have shown that such a difference is not readily found .
28 Here , no difference was observed between enalapril and hydrochlorothiazide on the glomerular filtration rate ; however this study 's design ( conceptualised exclusively for studying microalbuminuria ) does not allow such a difference to be ruled out .
29 Moreover , there is such a difference between one man and another that the man of 70 may still be at a higher level than the man of 20 at his peak : although the latter , starting so to speak from a lower level , will normally reach the later age at a much lower point than the former .
30 and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you .
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