Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , the University made a significant investment to improve the quality and appearance of the Prospectus , which is the most important aid in the recruitment of the brightest and best-motivated undergraduate students . |
| 2 | The case produced a significant impact at the time , and has been restrictively construed . |
| 3 | The result was that the ’ collocational overlap ’ technique made a significant contribution toward the identification of the correct words from the alternative candidates . |
| 4 | They never in any case became a significant part of the newly emerging pattern , whereas the other four did . |
| 5 | How schools set about developing the statutory orders in the context of whole — curriculum policies represents a significant challenge for leadership and , not the least in primary schools , the strategies adopted by headteachers . |
| 6 | Teacher assessment constitutes a significant part of the assessment in all but one of the 20 principal GCSE subjects . |
| 7 | On the basis of this feedback , intensive subject assessment represents a significant step forward for SCOTVEC and , as a result of the experience , SCOTVEC is continuing to supplement its sampling visits with a programme of intensive subject assessment in session 1990/91 . |
| 8 | On the militarist question , there can be no doubt that the Boy Scouts made a significant contribution to the growth of the war mentality , although the early movement was nearly torn apart by the question of militarism which eventually led to break-away groups such as the Woodcraft Folk . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The aim of the research is to help those with responsibilities for educational provision to meet a significant challenge of the 1990s , namely : to establish systematic and credible systems for assessing the quality of schooling and thereby to improve the learning opportunities of all young people . |
| 11 | We conclude that acute cigarette smoking causes a significant fall in gastric secretion ( Vg ) , and suggest that this results in raised gastrin values that have a tropic effect on the parietal cell , thereby accounting for the raised secretory capacity of chronic smokers . |
| 12 | Further to our meeting earlier this week , I am writing to you to outline how KPMG Peat Marwick ( ‘ KPMG ’ ) may assist you with your plans to establish a significant presence in Europe in [ ] services . |
| 13 | All projects involve a significant element of software development . |
| 14 | Little evidence , sceptics argue , has been adduced to support the claim that such teaching has a significant impact in reducing prejudice . |
| 15 | The night before they reached the tributary of the Baleh river they sought , Balbindor overheard a significant exchange between father and son . |
| 16 | A more detailed analysis of the data revealed a significant association between the duration of unemployment and use of illegal drugs such as heroin ( Peck and Plant 1986 ) . |
| 17 | His eyes made a significant dip and he waited a couple of beats before adding , ‘ And the kind of body which has been known to drive men wild . |
| 18 | The methodology represents a significant change in the development of computing systems away from the technology , in particular , hardware and software ( including programming techniques and algorithms ) , and towards data and the way it is structured . |
| 19 | The boundary between the mantle and crust represents a significant change in rock density but there may also be differences in chemical composition . |
| 20 | The Banking dictionary made a significant contribution ( to 95% level ) to the recognition of Estate Agents ' text . |
| 21 | Kuwait made a significant impact on opinion in Whitehall . |
| 22 | We have already reported that lipid peroxidation plays a significant part in the pathogenesis of gastric mucosal lesions induced by water immersion restraint stress , burn shock , and ischemia-reperfusion . |
| 23 | Flow rates from the recently sidetracked Tempa Rossa-1 ST well , in which LASMO has a significant interest , are extremely encouraging , reports from Fina , the operator , confirm . |
| 24 | The earliest study reported a significant association of a particular RFLP haplotype of the COL1A2 locus and alcoholic cirrhosis . |
| 25 | Many other people have rights , including those concerned with fishing , and in my native Scotland the value of fishing has a significant part to play in the local economy , particulary in remote areas . |
| 26 | One study found a significant increase in childhood leukaemias in the corridors of land underneath the country 's network of power lines . |
| 27 | After the First World War the term ‘ regional planning ’ was used extensively , the new practice representing a significant extension to planning practice . |
| 28 | Although repeated injection therapy eradicates oesophageal varices in most patients , life long follow up with check endoscopies and repeated injections places a significant demand upon patients and hospital resources and the procedures are not without complications . |
| 29 | Have anxiety , fear , guilt , anger , personal embarrassment or ridicule played a significant part in what you have just been analysing ? |
| 30 | Meteorology is probably the most international of the sciences , and Scott played a significant part in establishing the tradition of ready co-operation between countries that became the accepted norm . |