Example sentences of "a [adj] [conj] [adv] significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this context I want to refer to a brief but highly significant passage in Richards 's Practical Criticism . |
| 2 | The New Deal was a complex and highly significant process of change , the effects of which have continued to be felt in American history ever since the 1930s . |
| 3 | Kimura also found that among normal right handed subjects there was a small but statistically significant advantage in recall of verbal material presented to the right ear . |
| 4 | It is , however , questionable whether Manne 's ‘ negative ’ insider dealing conception ( that is , not selling on the basis of inside information ) is a dominant or even significant means of insider dealing . |
| 5 | A related and equally significant problem arises from Kemp 's search for causal historical relations between science and art . |
| 6 | They share a common and deeply significant trend in philosophy , and that trend is to get away from hierarchy and control and to move towards emphasis upon what Peters calls ‘ The Front Line People ’ — and we know who they are ! |
| 7 | He regressed the change in the spot price on the change in the futures price for the previous five-minute period and found a positive and highly significant relationship . |
| 8 | At least one study has found a positive and statistically significant relationship between maternal ratings of children 's command of specific vocabulary items and performance on a formal language test ( Cunningham and Sloper 1984 ) and this provides some support for the validity of checklist assessments . |
| 9 | It is true , however , that taken as a whole , the 1947 Act created for the first time a comprehensive framework for planning and thereby laid the groundwork for a permanent and highly significant change in the public attitude to private property and its use and development . |
| 10 | The anthropologist 's appetite for information and his curiosity are boundless , and he is naturally particularly attracted by those avenues of inquiry where the answers come hard , suggesting that he has touched on a sensitive and hence significant vein . |