After all, a cover letter can never make as much an impression as the person writing it! (coverlettersandresume.com)
The others didn't make much impression - I'd seen it all before. (theguardian.com)
In the foyer of Tate Liverpool, just by the café and the shop, stands Rodin's The Kiss; it made almost as much impression on my young son as the exhibition on the sinking of the Titanic in the Maritime Museum next door. (independent.co.uk)