Example sentences of "the [noun sg] difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | That working-class wages would remain at subsistence level — the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot — the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany — the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism — the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet-Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise — the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after-tax , after-benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions — the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet . |
| 2 | But if you ordered a ten thirty delivery and it arrived before noon , we would just give you the money difference the before twe , ten thirty and the before noon price , not the complete price . |
| 3 | But I was , and that 's always going to be the brute difference between us , is n't it ? |
| 4 | Current account surplus or deficit : The deficit difference between exports and imports provides a country 's current account position . |
| 5 | If the concentration difference K=Ca 2 + ; -3H + ; is positive then , for example , brown trout will thrive ; if negative they may not survive ( concentrations are expressed in microequivalents per litre ) . |
| 6 | Experiments using sucrose solutions show that , at a constant temperature , osmotic pressure is directly proportional to the concentration difference across the membrane ; at a fixed concentration , the osmotic pressure is directly proportional to absolute temperature . |
| 7 | Within each layer convection is occurring , but the density difference between the layers associated with the concentration difference prevents this convection penetrating from one layer to another . |
| 8 | For our present discussion , the most interesting finding concerns the difference between these two narrative conditions : both comprehensibility and recall were better in the after-theme condition than in the no-theme condition , although the recall difference did not reach significance . |
| 9 | The slope , b , is mathematically very close to the proportion difference , d . |
| 10 | In years to come the percentage difference is likely to be much larger . |
| 11 | Value of new commissions awarded to architects for the second quarter of 1990 , showing the previous quarter ( left ) and the current quarter ( right ) , and the percentage difference between the two . |
| 12 | Figure 10.1 shows the percentage difference in correct identification of stimuli between visual fields for each condition . |
| 13 | Table 9.4 shows the percentage difference of allocations for Regional Health Authorities from their ‘ RAWP Targets ’ for four funding years , each three years apart . |
| 14 | This obviously causes a minor slow down in perceived performance as far as the SX chip is concerned , but the percentage difference is small enough to be negligible in real world applications . |
| 15 | Even taking into account scene nine , the percentage difference between instances of hesitation in the first six scenes ( 43 instances ) and the last six ( 5 instances ) is 860 per cent , a figure which would suggest that the difference would be perceptible to the reader or audience . |
| 16 | Do we really need Kaplan-Meier and log rank techniques to dismiss chance ( ie , accept that there was a real effect ) as the explanation of the outcome difference ? |
| 17 | Despite the reams of analysis of new environmental taxes , Mr Major did next to nothing , except raise petrol duties by 10% and widen the tax difference between leaded and unleaded petrol by less than 2p , to 16p a gallon . |
| 18 | ‘ However , the tax difference is small and affects relatively few people . |
| 19 | Leaving aside such considerations as whether you would still be able to have your grandchildren to stay and looking at the matter strictly in financial terms , it is as well to realise from the outset that the cash difference on the exchange — in other words , your profit — will invariably be less than you expect . |
| 20 | LOOK FOR THE LINEN SYMBOL , ONE OF THE NATURAL REWARDS OF LIFE , FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO CULTIVATE THE LINEN DIFFERENCE . |
| 21 | This forms the basis of the technique known as differential thermal analysis ( DTA ) in which the change is detected by measuring the enthalpy difference between the material under study and an inert standard . |
| 22 | the chunk difference : hypertext consists of several small chunks linked together , rather than one stand-alone document . |
| 23 | The value of relative inheritance arises because of difference ( 6 ) — the chunk difference : for example , assume a chunk of text includes a title that is to be in a bigger font than the surrounding text . |
| 24 | Now you might think to yourself Well what the devil difference does it make , whether we know whether it red or amber ? |
| 25 | ‘ Tesco 's , with its recent price promotion , has highlighted the price difference between home consumption and that in a pub , ’ state the report . |
| 26 | What few realised was that diesels were more costly than their petrol-engine counterparts , and that the break-even point ( when the fuel savings outweighed the price difference ) did n't occur until very large mileages had been covered . |
| 27 | I would n't expect it to compete for the funnel-web spider ‘ small but deadly ’ award in the same way that a Mesa Boogie .22 could , but look at the price difference and you 'll appreciate why . |
| 28 | When you purchase any Micro Series system , you will be able to upgrade the processor to any available processor in the Graphite Micro Series range , ( e.g. from a 286–12Mhz to a 286–20Mhz or even any of the superfast 386 and 486 processors ) , within 18 months of your original purchase for the price difference between the new and existing processor . |
| 29 | The committee addressed itself to three issues : the absolute price-level of CDs ; the price difference between CDs and cassettes ; and the price difference between CDs in America and Britain . |
| 30 | The committee addressed itself to three issues : the absolute price-level of CDs ; the price difference between CDs and cassettes ; and the price difference between CDs in America and Britain . |