Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think a significant point is that for the first time in ninety three we were likely to take something in , in relation to B Sky B. |
| 2 | These were the only two factors which made a significant contribution to the persistence of symptoms . |
| 3 | ALL the meals , from which you can choose freely , have been specially devised to contain a good percentage of those foods which supply a significant quantity of dietary fibre . |
| 4 | The leisure group , which has a significant holding in Rank Xerox , has included a summary unaudited balance sheet in its interim report for the first time ( the report covers the 28 weeks ended 16 May 1992 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ] . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the following chapter we shall encounter another : the recovery of an atomic theory of matter , which played a significant role in the mechanization of nature . |
| 9 | Type B non-profit — non-profit organizations which obtain a significant amount of financial resources from sources other than the sale of goods and services . |
| 10 | One solution would be to redefine the Type A in terms of current financial resources and perhaps also to replace ‘ entirely or almost entirely ’ with ‘ a significant proportion ’ , so that the Type A non-profit organizations become : non-profit organizations which obtain a significant amount of their current financial resources from the sale of goods and services . |
| 11 | The ideal result is one which shows a significant increase during the promotion , and a sustained , if somewhat smaller increase after the promotion . |
| 12 | There may be signs in recent cases of a move towards a more pragmatic approach based on the premise that only restrictions which produce a significant effect in the market fall within Article 85(1) . |
| 13 | Eroticism has been placed firmly on the feminist agenda , a challenge to the desexualisation of lesbianism which represented a significant strand of seventies ' feminism . |
| 14 | Prices rose by one-and-a-half times during the course of the war , which represented a significant achievement by the authorities . |
| 15 | The measures , which represented a significant acceleration in the government 's three-year " economic salvation programme " , followed the virtual closure of the world 's financial markets to the country . |
| 16 | The crisis which brought a significant change to American policy in Vietnam came in January 1968 . |
| 17 | There is some evidence that relationships between local government and business interests have become closer and more institutionalized , and this seems to support an interpretation which identifies a significant shift ( or structural change ) between the late 1960s and the late 1980s . |
| 18 | ( With up to 16Mb of Extended memory , a large database can be entirely memory-resident , which gives a significant boost to performance on tasks such as sort/select and reporting . ) |
| 19 | The result is cost-effective , humour-style page coverage with maximum customer impact targeted at a chosen niche market and achieved at costs which represent a significant improvement on previous performance . |
| 20 | Although orders are slow to come through , a large number of European licences are due for renewal within 18 months , ‘ which represent a significant source of potential revenue ’ . |
| 21 | An innovative attempt to distinguish between the more objectionable forms of cheque-book journalism and the literature which makes a significant contribution to the culture or contributes to the prevention of crime or the rehabilitation of offenders is being made in Victoria , Australia , where the Crimes ( Confiscation of Profits ) Amendment Act 1991 ( Vic. ) , although expanding the concept of ‘ benefit ’ to include the profits of criminal expression , will provide a court with discretion to decide whether or not to treat the profits as a ‘ benefit ’ for the purposes of the Act . |
| 22 | The Association of Directors of Research Centres in the Social Sciences ( DORCISS ) has been established to promote the effective leadership , organisation and management of those non-profit public knowledge research centres inside and outside higher education which have a significant level of research activity in the social sciences . |
| 23 | However , it is clear that currently far too much fat is consumed and it is an ideal area in which to make a significant reduction without fear of nutrient deficiency . |
| 24 | Work itself plays a significant part in defining one 's place in society . |
| 25 | The principal dimensions of overall population change in the UK are shown in Figure 4.1 Somewhat paradoxically , the total population has changed relatively little in size since the early 1970s , but this in itself represents a significant change from previous experience . |
| 26 | Dealings with clients ' money — a solicitor must keep a careful and separate account of any money of yours that he handles and must account to you for deposit interest if he or she holds a significant amount of your money for a significant length of time . |
| 27 | ‘ The evidence of student organisers and the police is that among the marchers there were 2,000 or more members of militant groups who played a significant role in encouraging demonstrators to march towards Parliament and show aggression , ’ the report says . |
| 28 | It is a picaresque , following the growth of a typical young boy , who had a significant name , as we see here , in the 1st lines of the novel . |
| 29 | As we approach the end of the diet and exercise programme , it is important to decide at this stage how you intend to proceed afterwards.If you have a significant amount of weight to lose you have the choice of continuing on the diet menus as included in the daily plans or you can follow the diet contained in my Complete Hip and Thigh Diet . |
| 30 | 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 . |