Example sentences of "[art] [adj] significant [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this , the companies were aided and abetted both by the dislocating and isolating processes that impinged on the people who came to their villages and by the key agents in both pits and communities ( the buttymen and the Spencer group ) who contrived a particular mixture of deference , self-interest and non-political association in the locally-constructed significant reality of the working people . |
| 2 | The second significant thing in the comments is the absence of any desire to follow Hamilton 's advice and revert to the nineteen thirty three act . |
| 3 | It will also be only the second significant merger the industry has yet seen . |
| 4 | The first significant expression of nationalist discontent after Gorbachev 's accession was in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan , following the nomination of an ethnic Russian , Gennadii Kolbin , to replace the Brezhnevite incumbent Dinmukhamed Kunaev as party first secretary . |
| 5 | A UN-chartered ship succeeded in docking in Mogadishu port on May 3 and unloading 5,000 tonnes of wheat — the first significant emergency food relief for almost six months . |
| 6 | Planning and control in ‘ real money ’ — cash limits The first significant change from PESC volume control which was broadly recognized as having failed , came with the widespread introduction of cash limits . |
| 7 | The first significant change to the political map of the Merovingian kingdom occurred with the campaign of Theudebert II and Theuderic II against Chlothar II in the year 600 , as a result of which the latter was left only with the territories of Beauvais , Amiens and Rouen . |
| 8 | Similarly it was during the RPF years that the first significant evolution in de Gaulle 's attitude towards Germany occurred . |
| 9 | ( c ) A sign character ( or some other character , such as a currency symbol ) may be inserted immediately before the first significant digit of the value , or some sign indication ( such as " DR " and " CR " ) may be placed immediately after the value . |
| 10 | The editing pattern consists of one entry per character position in the destination string : each of these specifies insertion either of a designated character or of the next character from the source string , and this may depend on the sign of the value being converted or on whether the first significant digit has yet been reached . |
| 11 | The edit operation may also provide the address of the first significant digit , to facilitate insertion of a special character immediately before this digit , as mentioned in ( c ) above . |
| 12 | In the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 18 — the first significant contest — the state dealt the most serious electoral blow to an incumbent President since that suffered by Lyndon Johnson in 1968 . |
| 13 | The foundation of the ECSC marks the first significant step towards European union that went beyond being merely consultative and intergovernmental in character . |
| 14 | The first significant area for improvement concerns visible vehicle identification numbers , which are critical in stopping the international trade in car crime . |
| 15 | The first significant point is that over the last decade environmentalists have learnt how to use science much more authoritatively , to bring a new professional competence to their campaigns . |
| 16 | The first significant result has been a nationally coordinated programme of enforcement against the spread of child pornography in the United States . |
| 17 | There are changes in relations of production , too , most importantly , the first significant encroachment on music production resources by the working-class young , and accompanying this is the opening up of a new youth market , which is structurally less tied to established class roles than older generations . |
| 18 | The authorities in England and Wales also brought over 600 charges under the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 for ‘ watching and besetting ’ premises , including the homes of working miners ; this was the first significant use of this section in living memory . |
| 19 | In addition to other recent mineral discoveries , the first significant oil deposits ( other than in the Kutubu oilfield area ) to have been located in the area since the 1950s were discovered on the southern slopes of the Highlands . |
| 20 | Politically , the office of postmaster had additional value , for much of the minor patronage was filled by the Treasury upon the first significant application , and here timely notification of a death , or a serious illness , was essential . |
| 21 | Although this represented no more than 4–5 per cent of their combined nuclear arsenals , it was nonetheless the first significant agreement of this kind between the two powers since the ABM treaty of 1972 , and was held by both sides to presage the conclusion of an agreement the following year which would make cuts of up to 50 per cent in strategic nuclear arms . |
| 22 | The first significant manifestation of joint labour action was halted by General MacArthur in January 1947 when he banned a general strike . |
| 23 | Peaceful demonstrations by students and intellectuals during January constituted the first significant challenge to the ruling Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) since it took power in 1924 . |
| 24 | Rilly-la-Montagne is the first significant growth , in terms of quality and quantity , to be encountered on the D26 , as one winds one 's way eastwards from the N51 through the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 25 | The first significant appointment of this kind was that of Joseph ( later Sir Joseph ) Crowe as British commercial attaché in Paris in 1880 . |
| 26 | If the plan proceeds , then Dangerfield is set to become the first significant tourist facility to commemorate the history of textile manufacturing in the Borders . |
| 27 | Although January had ended with the first significant ground fighting of the war — the Iraqi offensive against Khafji — the Iraqi forces made no further offensive moves , and the allies continued with the air assault which they had begun on Jan. 17 . |
| 28 | The most popular option is the DOS-based WordPerfect system which has launched version 6.0 , being the first significant enhancement since 5.1 . |
| 29 | Perhaps the first significant initiative came from France , although the Dutch politician , Sicco Mansholt , had already drafted a plan for agricultural free trade that would benefit Western Europe as a whole , but especially the cost-effective Netherlands agricultural industry . |
| 30 | The talks represented the first significant move towards peace since the announcement in February 1988 of the withdrawal of Soviet troops which was completed in February 1989 [ see pp. 35785 ; 35970-71 ; 36448-49 ] . |