Example sentences of "has [verb] significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last decade has witnessed significant reductions in regulatory barriers to investment in foreign securities . |
| 2 | This proposal has gathered significant support in recent weeks from higher education chiefs and Tory think-tanks such as the Centre for Policy Studies . |
| 3 | The University has committed significant resources to the Centre , associated with the transfer of Dr Peter Bruce to St Andrews , and it is equipped with a wide range of electrochemical techniques . |
| 4 | Recently , reduction of the time to market has attracted significant attention as market needs become increasingly unpredictable and unstable , as technology is diversified and changes rapidly , and as competition intensifies . |
| 5 | As a result , this is usually only undertaken if a band has enjoyed significant record sales . |
| 6 | However , the Pacific-North American plate boundary has undergone significant changes over the past few million years with the subduction of part of the East Pacific Rise spreading ridge and the evolution of a predominantly transform margin . |
| 7 | The project has seen significant progress over the last few months , with major reskinning of the fuselage nearing completion . |
| 8 | The last decade or so has seen significant changes in patterns of employment . |
| 9 | The past quarter of a century has seen significant advances made by black people in the United States . |
| 10 | Bank of Ireland has made significant cost savings with the introduction of Bank Assistants and it is now time to redistribute some of those savings amongst those who most deserve it . |
| 11 | Singapore has made significant efforts to corner the market in this type of specialised service company , as well as offering special incentives to the financial services sector . |
| 12 | Lazaroni 's opposite number , Azeglio Vicini , can call on an almost full-strength squad for a game in which he hopes Italy will prove his assertion that the side has made significant progress since being defeated by the Soviet Union in last summer 's European Championship semi-final . |
| 13 | has made significant progress in recent months , improving both sales and production performance . |
| 14 | The Way Ahead Committee has made significant progress and I believe most strongly that the future lies in cooperation between the Bar Council and the Inns , built on mutual respect and trust , rather than confrontation . |
| 15 | Overseas , the Kuwait operation has made significant progress in managing its contract commitments , whilst seeking new business and extensions to its existing contracts . |
| 16 | Lotus managing director Peter Collins said : ‘ Lotus has made significant progress in 1993 and Mugen-Honda has a wealth of knowledge and experience with the V10 concept , which is currently the optimal configuration . ’ |
| 17 | Over the last two decades ICI has made significant progress in improving energy efficiency [ see graph ] . |
| 18 | Equally colleagues , we 're delighted to be here not least because the Labour Party has made significant inroads into Portsmouth . |
| 19 | It not only represents the profession towards the Institutions of the EC where it has made significant contributions , but is also the focal point for the discussion of matters of common interest to the profession throughout Europe . |
| 20 | Indeed , the investment of the premiums from their general insurance business has made significant contributions to their overall profitability . |
| 21 | ‘ Over the years ICI has made significant reductions in its mercury emissions , ’ explained Phil Edwards . |
| 22 | We did not merely see three ships come sailing by : ordering in threes has shown significant benefits and economies . |
| 23 | In the gap between that first Hayward retrospective and the current show of paintings from the last decade , Riley has had significant exhibitions in many countries , including two major touring shows . |
| 24 | His ability to see small maintenance items as important has provided significant savings because the present strategy has now allowed for the monitoring of the building . |
| 25 | The National Radiological Protection Board has proposed significant cuts in " safe " levels of radiation exposure . |
| 26 | A survey carried out by trading standards officers in Warwickshire has found significant traces of pesticides in six out of 16 samples of food labelled as organic on sale in retail outlets . |
| 27 | The spread of the TNCs has brought significant changes to the sexual division of labour in both the First and the Third World . |
| 28 | The spread of the transnational corporations has brought significant changes to the sexual division of labour in the Third World . |
| 29 | The external pattern of validation and planning for student numbers has posed significant problems to be overcome but has not significantly impaired a dynamic experiment in course development . |
| 30 | The purchaser will insist on an asset sale either because he has identified significant liabilities which he can not risk or because he is simply nervous as to the general state of the business and the risk of unforeseen liabilities . |