Example sentences of "difference is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this phase difference is negligibly small , say , less than a few degrees , then the line may as well be represented in terms of lumped components corresponding to the total series and parallel impedances . |
| 2 | He listened to my question and said : ‘ The difference is easily explained : imagine Kings to be a photograph and Chronicles to be a portrait — both are true . ’ |
| 3 | One factor in this difference is probably the attitude of the medical profession , since the other bowel complaints studied were all recognized conditions which are not dismissed as psychosomatic . |
| 4 | The reason for this difference is probably that the one wishes to justify cuts in welfare expenditure whereas the other is aiming for more direct state control of industry . |
| 5 | This difference is probably because of the lower energy per pulse transmitted with the piezo electric system compared with the electrohydraulic one . |
| 6 | One such difference is largely a matter of emphasis but it seems to me of significance . |
| 7 | Many observers feel , however , that this difference is largely a matter of social role ; and that , as female sexuality becomes increasingly recognised and acceptable , sex-differentiation with regard to pornography is diminishing . |
| 8 | The difference is clearly seen by comparing the ideologies of mobility held by the members of the two sorts of system . |
| 9 | This difference is clearly illustrated in the work of Michael Riffaterre , my example of the stylistics of self-reference , which is interesting both for this reason , and because it contains a forceful criticism of and alternative to Jakobson 's linguistic poetics . |
| 10 | For example the rate of atomic clocks , one on Earth and one 10 000 km above the Earth in a rocket , have been compared and the difference is successfully explained by GR . |
| 11 | The difference is best illustrated by a case example . |
| 12 | Thus , it could turn out that a difference is best accounted for not by the first social variable that you quantify ( for example , social class ) , but by a second or third one ( for example , sex of speaker ) . |
| 13 | If this difference is simply accepted , it will only serve to strengthen stereotypes . |
| 14 | The first difference is simply that we are allowed to specify less in the way of " conditions or data " in order to fix the state . |
| 15 | This difference is primarily an effect of the composition of the lava , but to a certain extent it may also be the result of the high proportion of phenocrysts present in the lava . |
| 16 | Secondly , the technique can be used for any type of dissimilarity ; shape difference is just one example . |
| 17 | The difference is partly due , we suspect , to Cox 's own bias in the selection and interpretation of her data ; a bias just as strong as — though , of course , in the opposite direction from — that of which the pathographers have been accused . |
| 18 | The difference is partly that gifts and the offence-vengeance cycle are routes to intragenerational mobility , while exchanges of women and wives have more to do with intergenerational mobility . |
| 19 | In this study this difference is again apparent . |
| 20 | This difference is most noticeable in his ability to hold ecclesiastical Councils . |
| 21 | There are two types of locust , for example , the solitary and migratory types , that are so different in form and behaviour that they were once mistakenly classified as different species but the difference is environmentally triggered ( by the degree of crowding ) and the two types are not genetically different . |
| 22 | From Table V it is evident that the cost difference is principally caused by the expenses incurred in ward stay associated surgery ( £2483 ) , and to a lesser extent the theatre costs ( £783 ) . |
| 23 | And the cultural difference is even more pronounced when it comes to personnel . |
| 24 | Among carers living in the same household as the person receiving care , this difference is even more apparent , with 62 per cent of women providing help with personal care and 53 per cent being responsible for giving medication , compared with 43 per cent and 37 per cent of men respectively . |
| 25 | But this difference is also a social fact : people are normally aware of differences of this kind , and they often attach the utmost importance to them . |
| 26 | Knowledge of sexual difference is thus established in looking . |
| 27 | In the context of a dispute over the future of pits and communities , the main difference is thus likely to be between those areas with good prospects ( because of high productivity capabilities and substantial quantities of accessible , easily-worked coal ) and those with much less secure futures . |
| 28 | The difference is thus 155 W mol-1 . |
| 29 | The difference is particularly marked for cars and telephones ; more than 8 out of 10 two adult households with children have a car or a van compared to only 3 in 10 on adult households with children and whereas 9 in 10 of the two adult households with children have a telephone , this is true for only 6 in 10 of the one adult and children households |
| 30 | This difference is particularly visible in the phenomenon of pornography which serves to foreground the issue of the nature of the body , an issue not discussed by Descartes and completely absent from subsequent post-Cartesian philosophy . |