Example sentences of "the difference [is] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of the difference is critical with inkjets . |
| 2 | Verbrugge ( 1989 ) considers that only 10 per cent of the gender difference in late-age mortality is due to biological or intrinsic factors and 90 per cent is a result of differences in social variables such as smoking behaviour ; Waldron ( 1976 ) suggests that 75 per cent of the difference is attributable to behavioural factors . |
| 3 | The difference is attributable to the low price and ready availability of cigarettes in Zimbabwe where tobacco is one of the main crops and a major foreign currency earner . |
| 4 | And when species differ in colour pattern , for example , it not at all infrequently turns out that it 's just one gene , or perhaps a couple erm I mean trituris marmaratis , which is rather a nice green newt , christatus , which is rather a nice black and yellow spotted newt , you can hybridize them and the difference is due to a single gene as far as the colour is concerned gene . |
| 5 | The difference is akin to that between a bag of marbles and a pillar of marble . |
| 6 | The difference is central to the case being presented . |
| 7 | Indeed , the awareness of the difference is crucial to the power of the metaphor . |
| 8 | The explanation of the difference is important for a number of reasons . |
| 9 | The difference is analogous to that between breakaway Protestantism and Catholicism , as rock was a breakaway from pop . |
| 10 | The design of the studies was similar , so although the difference is likely to be real , the reason is unclear . |