Example sentences of "[vb past] a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government saw chena cultivation as a threat to the state 's right to forest land , a matter of some importance because the sale of Crown land provided a significant proportion of official revenue in the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | The revenue from arrack and toddy provided a significant portion of official income , as did the salt monopoly , railway receipts and income from the commutation of an annual labour levy on adult men . |
| 3 | A parallel-group study with 24 children given half the dose of evening primrose oil that we used for 4 weeks , demonstrated a significant difference between active and placebo groups , a finding that we can not explain . |
| 4 | This was based on the 1975 white paper which proposed a significant increase in home food production to reduce dependence on imports which had risen sharply in cost . |
| 5 | In written recommendations presented on July 24 Boutros-Ghali proposed a significant strengthening of the UN operation in Somalia , with a UN presence to be established throughout the country . |
| 6 | The Liberal Party devoted a significant part of its one-party election broadcast to the Trident programme , the Gulf war and the role of the UN . |
| 7 | Even if he had been so inclined it would have been extremely difficult to pursue reforms which posed a significant threat to the interests of the landed nobility . |
| 8 | Bertrams ' buyer Mike Butler said the initiative had deeply shocked him , and posed a significant threat to the long-term health of the trade . |
| 9 | During the nine months of burning oil wells , acid deposition posed a significant threat not only to Kuwait and its neighbours but also as far away as 2000–3000 km . |
| 10 | Political developments in 1990 were dominated by the insurrection launched in October by armed forces of the FPR , which posed a significant threat to the Habyarimana government [ see pp. 37765-66 ; 37950-51 ] . |
| 11 | Lendrum et al took samples from the oseophagus of both normal volunteers and patients with Barrett 's oesophagus and found a significant correlation between rising pH and increasing concentrations of bile salts . |
| 12 | However , there are conflicting results ; Corbett et al found a significant fall in ejection fraction in patients who later suffered cardiac events but these findings were not confirmed by Borer or Abraham . |
| 13 | One study found a significant increase in childhood leukaemias in the corridors of land underneath the country 's network of power lines . |
| 14 | Hines and Catephores ( 1970 ) and Nobay ( 1970 ) both found a significant link between manufacturing investment and interest rate . |
| 15 | They also found a significant percentage ( 12% ) of patients with Crohn 's disease positive by their method . |
| 16 | In a further study of the platelet-aggregate ratio in diabetic subjects , Preston et al found a significant reduction in the diabetic group and this was due mainly to those diabetics with evidence of microvascular complications ( Preston et al , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | SIR — Wang and colleagues ' meta-analysis of intensive blood-glucose control found a significant reduction in late complications . |
| 18 | In 1986 , Orchard and Bickerstaff reported a reduction in all phospholipid classes , particularly phosphatidylcholine , in gastritis and especially in gastric ulcer patients compared with controls , whereas we found a significant phosphatidylcholine increase in both chronic atrophic gastritis and duodenal ulcer patients . |
| 19 | Marslen-Wilson and Welsh ( 1978 ) found a significant effect of contextual constraint on the rate of fluent restorations of excised phonemes . |
| 20 | In another case-control study Daling et al found a significant association between anal intercourse and anal cancer among men but not among women . |
| 21 | In accordance with Wyatt et al we found a significant association between the extent of gastric metaplasia and microscopic signs of duodenitis . |
| 22 | Lee found a significant improvement in bottom-up word recognition — 45.3% to 53.4% . |
| 23 | They found a significant difference between the two areas in terms of the percentage of breeding pairs with no eggs or eggshells of inferior quality ( e.g. very thin , granular , porous , fragile , without coloured spots ) . |
| 24 | We found a significant difference in the antral mucosal peptic activity before and after treatment . |
| 25 | Among the randomised trials of exercise based rehabilitation after myocardial infarction performed in the 1970s and 80s only one reported a significant reduction in cardiac mortality , but some of these trials offered only short term follow up while others were small and vulnerable to type II statistical error . |
| 26 | The Bank of Botswana reported a significant decline in revenue from the main exports of diamonds , copper-nickel and meat for the first quarter of 1990 . |
| 27 | The earliest study reported a significant association of a particular RFLP haplotype of the COL1A2 locus and alcoholic cirrhosis . |
| 28 | When the system worked at its best it realized the highest hopes : " The opportunity for college directors to purchase low-cost systems geared to institutional management , as well as to LEA or national data requirements , created a significant opportunity to improve strategic , tactical and operational management . |
| 29 | During the year our turnover received a significant boost from the enlargement of the agriculture operation and finished with a massive £612 million for the year . |
| 30 | Derry , of course , received a significant boost following their League Cup second round victory over Monaghan on Thursday night last and Coyle is hopeful that that victory will signal a return to winning ways . |