Example sentences of "[vb -s] [det] difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | If another language uses this difference contrastively , you would need to practise those two sounds with the words they go with . |
| 2 | He sees little difference between acting on stage and screen : ‘ It seems to be the same internal life that you try to discover in a character and the way you go about it is the same . |
| 3 | Underlexicalisation is also found when the narrator adumbrates another difference between Neanderthal man and homo sapiens . |
| 4 | Ah well , when one thinks one sees these differences , and I believe that they are real . |
| 5 | The law of libel reflects this difference . |
| 6 | Gilligan relates this difference to the differing social roles and relationships of men and women . |
| 7 | For example , if a cell doubles its discharge rate under one set of conditions but quadruples under another , does that difference affect how subsequent levels in the circuit respond so that one group of cells is excited by the first set of conditions but a second group is activated by the second set ? |
| 8 | Does this difference constitute a part of the variable capital or should it be considered as being part of the social surplus-value ? |
| 9 | Where does this difference between the past and the future come from ? |
| 10 | But at what stage does this difference appear , and why ? |
| 11 | Though in the longterm , as I have said before , he wrote , it makes little difference , the tide always wins out , sooner or later all vanishes into the sea . |
| 12 | However , if one turns to the report 's tables , based on a growth in energy demand of between 1 and 2 per cent a year , it makes little difference whether gas or coal is the main fuel used to produce electricity . |
| 13 | And the bleak conclusion is that it makes little difference whether the intruding whites are well- or ill-intentioned : the result , for the Indians , is disease and destruction . |
| 14 | There are some waters that lie in valleys where the wind has little if any influence on the water , apart from a scurrying ripple that makes little difference to the temperature layers , dissolved oxygen , or food distribution . |
| 15 | Obviously if the whole of the surplus-value is consumed unproductively it makes little difference how it is consumed , either as necessaries or as luxuries . |
| 16 | It makes little difference in any case , one of them had said to him once . |
| 17 | If the object of our faith were as elusive as the Loch Ness monster or as inconsequential as whether to have a third cup of afternoon tea , then doubt makes little difference . |
| 18 | From a practical standpoint , however , this distinction makes little difference . |
| 19 | At Long Wittenham I the presence of amber beads makes little difference to the nature of the brooches accompanying the graves , but those graves with such beads had significantly higher quantities of rings , coins , pins and toilet implements . |
| 20 | But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid . |
| 21 | Similarly , girth of the penis makes little difference since direction and technique of thrust in intercourse have far more effect than closeness of contact . |
| 22 | But short of such extreme situations , it seems that what punishments are actually inflicted on offenders makes little difference to general deterrence . |
| 23 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
| 24 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
| 25 | This makes little difference to the behaviour of the companies so far as the production of policies and their conduct of business are concerned , but it does impose further constraints on the marketing of what are now clearly seen as forms of saving . |
| 26 | It makes little difference . |
| 27 | ‘ If a patient is old , say over 65 , their cholesterol level makes little difference to their life expectancy . |
| 28 | And if Pound so blithely overlooks that difference , does n't that mean that we have in him a critic who attends to form , to style , at the expense of what that form and that style are used so as to convey ? |
| 29 | Instead an elder ( like any human ) is understood as having enough power to act in a way that makes some difference to what happens . |
| 30 | That makes some difference to your life . |