Example sentences of "[adj] deal of difference " in BNC.

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1 In fact , there is n't a great deal of difference between the two and the one merges into the other .
2 For example , there is a very great deal of difference between sawing a large log by hand and stitching , or between playing a game of tennis and a game of cards .
3 Here is a most revealing instance of the way a difference within the same , teleologically construed , can make a great deal of difference : in effect a difference of degree can be as real as a difference of kind but in a different way : the lesser is inferior and thereby inimical in a way the antithetical can not be , and the same becomes more ditferent than difference itself .
4 The figures in Table 7 suggest that there is not a great deal of difference in the use of educational facilities by one and two parent families ; lone parents make more use of day nurseries and two parents of play groups .
5 In summary then , the action project appears not to have made a great deal of difference to people 's receipt of other services , except that it has probably kept some sufferers away from day care and has increased home help hours for its own clients ( and probably allayed the need for home help among other clients ) .
6 Thinking about it carefully in a practical way rather than just muddling through makes a great deal of difference in coping successfully day by day .
7 Luckily in all three of the situations outlined above , the carers have eventually discovered that support for them is available and this has made a great deal of difference to their lives .
8 A second question which I am struggling with is whether or not there is a great deal of difference between bass flangers and guitar flangers .
9 Stress and conflict belong together , and the way we feel about what we do makes a great deal of difference to our inner store of pressures .
10 There 's not a great deal of difference to being at a Carter gig in America and a Carter gig in Britain .
11 ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added .
12 If consent were not successfully produced and reproduced , this could ultimately affect the condition and prospects of the economic base , not least by making a great deal of difference to the likely success of the revolutionary struggle .
13 Er if I 'm going to give two weeks after anyway for the Councils , I do n't really think it makes a great deal of difference whether it be Friday er afternoon or Monday afternoon .
14 But , I mean , do , to be more realistic , I mean , o , if , obviously if , if all the government took a fifty percent pay cut it still would n't make a great deal of difference ?
15 So it did n't make a great deal of difference really , you know , you you 'd still got er some jurisdiction over them even though they were the foreman like .
16 But the single patient with x and not y does make a great deal of difference as far as the theoretical use of the concept is concerned .
17 Also , at the end of the day there may not be a great deal of difference between a system which requires all charges subject to exceptions to be registered as opposed to the present one which requires specified charges to be registered subject to the power of the Secretary of State to add to or delete from their number .
18 Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly .
19 Using business software can make a great deal of difference to learning mathematics , because of its flexible open-ended nature as described above .
20 ‘ There 's a great deal of difference between being desired and having it spelled out ! ’ she insisted awkwardly .
21 ‘ I knew how I could make you feel , ’ he corrected , ‘ but there 's a great deal of difference between bodily chemistry and love .
22 Yes a hard disk does make a great deal of difference to how easy a machine is to use .
23 She had intended to return to London that afternoon , but one more night would n't make a great deal of difference .
24 In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose .
25 Whichever party is in power makes some but not a great deal of difference .
26 ‘ A great deal of difference . ’
27 ‘ A contract does not make a great deal of difference .
28 It should by now be clear that there is a great deal of difference between the way words are pronounced in isolation and in the context of connected speech .
29 So it would make a great deal of difference in areas where there 's very little available in the way of medical services .
30 I mean if Glasgow breaks down for I mean if the pros get called out for two weeks it 's not gon na make a big deal of difference at Norwich .
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