Example sentences of "the time difference " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told friends that the time difference between Britain and the United States would enable her to play a starring role by keeping one step ahead . |
| 2 | The time difference between here and there is staggering . |
| 3 | ( N. B. If a client bought one stock today , and sold another tomorrow to pay for it , the time difference served as a cover for the dealer 's churning . |
| 4 | The time difference is tiny — less than a thousandth of a second — but the brain can not only detect this difference but also use it to compute the position of the sound source . |
| 5 | The time difference between London and Mexico City is six hours , and because we had been travelling with the sun , it was still quite high in the sky as we descended into the sepia haze that hung over the whole flat expanse of what had once been a great lake . |
| 6 | The time difference between pulses emitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver with or without the specimen in place can be measured to the order of 1 ns . |
| 7 | The weaknesses are lack of security the time difference that it can bring if there 's lots of replies going backwards and forwards erm it might get mislaid , it might never get read , you do n't know you ca n't be sure that people are actually reading the memo er you do n't know what the reaction of the people is you ca n't go back on what you 've said because it 's on paper er and it lacks that personal touch can be expensive on time , times to you but sorry erm but can be expensive not on time but on materials . |
| 8 | She 'd forgotten the time difference . |
| 9 | And they all make a bee-line for the famous phone box , calling whatever part of the world they come from , no matter what the time difference is . ’ |