Example sentences of "has [vb pp] a significant [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Infrastructure-building assisted by official Japanese loans has played a significant role in promoting economic self-reliance and development in Asian countries by stimulating local private economic activities through trade and investment . |
| 32 | Rhetoricians ancient and modern have noted that the word ‘ metaphor ’ comes from the Greek word metaphorein , meaning to transfer or to carry over , and the idea of transport or mobilization inherent in its original meaning has played a significant role in the conceptual evolution of the figure . |
| 33 | A whole succession of international agreements have come into being since then , including the Montreal Protocol to phase out the manufacture and use of ozone-depleting chemicals ( such as CFCs ) and the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) , which has played a significant role in helping to protect some of the world 's rarest flora and fauna . |
| 34 | She has been with us since 1988 and has played a significant role in the development of CCG 's in-house marketing strategies . |
| 35 | The institute has played a significant role in Kuwait 's mariculture development , as three of our graduates , Dr Sulaiman Al Matter , Dr Abdul Aziz Al Ameeri and Dr Khaled El Allah , now work at KISR plus Dr Albert Tacon who worked at KISR for a short time before being forced to flee Saddam Hussein . |
| 36 | Rentokil Retail Cleaning has become a significant force within the cleaning industry , with many national contracts being serviced on a daily basis . |
| 37 | Short-time work and temporary lay-off has affected a significant minority of those working in manufacturing industries , and this too could make it hard for people to keep up with credit payments . |
| 38 | The recent Lipid Research Clinics primary prevention programme ( Lipid Research Clinics Program , 1984 ) , in support of other studies ( Dayton et al , 1969 ; Committee of Principal Investigators , 1978 ) has demonstrated a significant reduction in the incidence of all coronary artery disease events among patients in whom serum cholesterol was effectively reduced using a combination of diet and cholestyramine . |
| 39 | A significant increase of urokinase type plasminogen activator antigen in carcinomatous tissue extracts of oesophagus and stomach has recently been reported by Nishino et al , while Takai et al has found a significant increase of total plasminogen activators and urokinase type plasminogen activator activity in gastric carcinomas . |
| 40 | But the greater professionalism of the top search consultants and their measurable success in the business by the 1980s has influenced a significant number of clients to go beyond a basically negative attitude ; and in the words of one regular user of search , to see headhunting not just as a convenient time and money saver , but as an objective , imaginative , innovative , creative and even indispensable management tool . |
| 41 | During its six-year life the Metrobus has established a significant position in the UK double-decker market , capturing about 30 per cent of all sales in each year between 1983 and 1986 and earning the reputation of a mobile road block among motorists in the congested capital since a driver-only policy was introduced by London Transport . |
| 42 | John Stork , until recently also an entirely British-owned search firm , has established a significant niche in the British headhunting business but , unlike GKR , it has concentrated less on building up a large volume of business in London and more on expanding into Europe . |