Example sentences of "have a significant [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The new trust will run Glasgow 's Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Queen Mother Maternity Hospital but Ian Lang took the decision because , he said , the trust 's hospitals do not have a significant teaching function .
2 It says other programs run , but the company will have to ward off criticism that it does not have a significant inventory of tested packages .
3 It says other programs run , but the company will have to ward off criticism that it does not have a significant inventory of tested packages .
4 But there are those in England , too , who also fail to see that participation in drama has two faces , or rather , a face and a mask : the ‘ game ’ of drama where a group of participants share a significant experience , and a theatrical performance where a group of actors present the drama so that an audience might have a significant experience .
5 Assumptions about the rate of payment by debtors may have a significant bearing on the expected profitability of the project .
6 In addition , new initiatives associated with action points arising from the first Road Safety Plan will have a significant bearing on pedestrian safety .
7 This situation is rarely achieved in practice and it is useful to know the form of the molar mass distribution in a sample , as this can have a significant bearing on the physical properties .
8 This may have a significant bearing on the scope and flexibility and approach used by the contractor in presenting the claim .
9 Two particularly attractive games which could have a significant bearing on the title race have been pencilled in with Randalstown entertaining Portadown on Wednesday October 13 at Antrim Forum and Portadown taking on Pegasus at Blaris on November 24 .
10 Reagan thought that if the hostages came out , the cabinet in toto would be heroes ( adding , with prescience , ‘ If we do n't , we will have a significant problem . ’ )
11 So I said erm if we say increase to five pounds now , they do n't have to , but it means that they 'll probably have a significant unit holding , you know , to compensate them .
12 It seems that some of these proteins might have a significant part to play in the treatment of nerve injury , neuropathies and tumours of glial cell origin .
13 Darlington does not have a significant air pollution problem , according to the World Health Organisation 's air quality guidelines for Europe .
14 Here also the provision of small areas of high quality forage by means of the use of suitable plants , e.g. subterranean clover , or irrigation for the production of herbage for grazing or cutting could have a significant influence in animal production .
15 In addition , government policies on taxation and welfare benefits will have a significant influence .
16 Demonstrating from a wide range of examples how appropriate costing presentations should be made , he argues that because of the complexity of child care needs and services , costs information is needed , but that because this information can have a significant influence on policy and practice it must be ‘ sensibly defined and appropriately measured ’ .
17 That is not to say that Parliament does not have a significant influence on the pattern of public expenditure , but it is exercised in various indirect ways at the formative stage of determining the pattern of public expenditure , and not through variations in the government 's proposals once they have been laid before the House .
18 Most government debt as it matures is rolled over , but the maturity of the replacement debt can have a significant influence on the yield curve in the form of humps in the market segment in which the debt is placed ( i.e. , the debt is placed at a relatively low price and a relatively high yield ) .
19 ‘ But he would n't have a significant force to actually do anything .
20 The results probably show that all subjects an relatively unfamiliar with a serial recall task involving signs and that deaf people tend to be sensitive to the language base of speech coding though they do not have a significant facilitation in overt rehearsal .
21 The North Down skipper reports no new arrivals on the scene and , although Colin Mockford has left to join Holywood , the Harp Senior League champions will have a significant input as Paul Johnston and Kyle Thompson have both been helping out first XI coach Austin Hunter .
22 However , even if governments were prepared to spend more of their gross national product on health-care facilities , while the incidence of complications from the sexually transmitted diseases might decline , no amount of money would have a significant effect on the prevalence of these diseases unless it could be used to alter people 's attitudes and behaviour .
23 The computer revolution may have a significant effect upon the way in which you are able to perform your job .
24 Although the percentage of the total budget may be small , it is surprising how small sums can have a significant effect in boosting the morale of a department or subject .
25 Partly because a large staff generates a greater amount of training need and sometimes more specialized needs , partly because the logistics of co-ordinating the movements of a large number of people generates greater need for formal timetabling , and partly because size of establishment can have a significant effect on staff mobility .
26 It was observed that the theoretical and practical commitment of local authorities themselves to training-the overall ‘ training climate ’ — with its implications for availability of resources both in the library department and elsewhere in the authority , can have a significant effect on the extent of training undertaken .
27 Keynesians have remained very sceptical of this mechanism , arguing that neither the increase in the real money supply nor the real balance effect will have a significant effect on aggregate demand- and so can not be relied upon to reduce unemployment .
28 It also may have a significant effect on the problems of Lloyd 's .
29 Several companies provide voucher schemes for employers , but Mr Eldridge points out that ‘ the commissions charged are quite high ’ , which may have a significant effect on any potential cost savings .
30 This might have a significant effect on out-of-season trade .
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