Example sentences of "the difference [is] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The nature of stress is simple enough — practically everyone would agree that the first syllable of words like ‘ father ’ , ‘ open ’ , ‘ camera ’ is stressed , that the middle syllable is stressed in ‘ potato ’ , ‘ apartment ’ , ‘ relation ’ and that the final syllable is stressed in ‘ about ’ , ‘ receive ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , and most people feel they have some sort of idea of what the difference is between stressed and unstressed syllables , though they might explain it in many different ways .
2 Explain briefly what the difference is between financial risk and business or commercial risk .
3 At the moment I 'm not entirely clear what the difference is between these two forms of words .
4 But the EXPERTS say the difference is of little consequence .
5 The difference is of immense importance .
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