Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How this system of allocation has been operated and controlled has long had a significant effect in moulding the social composition of the rural village , for it has largely influenced who lives where . |
| 2 | NOW entering its third year , Teesside Training and Enterprise Council has already made a significant contribution to the social and economic life of the region . |
| 3 | Caterham has already had a significant success in the US when it was invited to compete in the Sports Cars of America 's 24-hour race in Ohio , and won . |
| 4 | In the UK , franchising has always played a significant role , although relations between franchisor and franchisee have not always been smooth , according to the report . |
| 5 | Under the agreement , Olivetti is to distribute the two new devices and has also acquired a significant minority investment in Eo though the exact figure has not been disclosed . |
| 6 | Tourism has also had a significant impact on many national parks in Africa which attract visitors for safari holidays , the forerunners of which were the big-game safaris of the late nineteenth century . |
| 7 | The fact that no powerfully theoretical recreation geography has emerged , however , should not be seen as a defeat for the subject , for the empirical work that has been produced has not only been very useful in its own right , but has also shown a significant mismatch between leisure aspirations and recreational resources . |
| 8 | Michael 's love of animals has even played a significant part in moulding his career . |
| 9 | No-one has yet made a significant case for inclusion . |
| 10 | But now , rather like recording afresh over the existing programme on an audio or visual cassette , Sylvia had superimposed a successful situation and had thereby made a significant change in the data recognized by her subconscious . |
| 11 | This noticeboard had already played a significant part in my life : nearly thirty years before then it had displayed the result of my own first degree ( second-class honours ) ; a few years later had come the perfunctory notice saying my doctoral thesis had been accepted by the college ; and shortly after that an even briefer note to the effect that I had joined the teaching staff . |
| 12 | These results agree with those of a preliminary study of eight normal subjects given 200 mg of acarbose after a 380 kcal breakfast , where we had also observed a significant acceleration of MCTT in comparison with placebo . |
| 13 | They had invented a new social custom but they had also annexed a significant part of the working-class experience . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , Noriega 's attorneys had previously won a significant victory : on Aug. 8 presiding US District Court judge William Hoeveler ruled against the Justice and State departments and the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) that the defence should have access to classified government documents concerning the relationship between US intelligence agencies and the accused . |
| 15 | His energy and enthusiasm have already made a significant contribution to the style and driving forward of the many issues with which the Association is involved . |
| 16 | Some abattoir operators think they have already spotted a significant shift in beef trading patterns . |
| 17 | As Lewis and Piachaud point out in their chapter here , unmarried women have traditionally played a significant role in the care of elderly parents and other relatives and the same appears to be true today . |
| 18 | As Barker and McGregor point out , however , land-use practices have also played a significant role in landscape change since colonial times when deforestation began . |
| 19 | Here and elsewhere , however , the barriers to the outward movement of the lower paid and ethnic minorities have also played a significant role , leading to further social polarization not just between inner city and suburb but also between different parts of inner city areas . |
| 20 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
| 21 | Cause : Almost certainly down to poor water quality : check your filter , and test for ammonia , nitrite and ( if you have recently performed a significant water change ) chlorine/chloramine from the mains . |