Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In line with this disjuncture , a persistent suggestion in all sorts of studies is to conduct sensitivity analyses to isolate those elements in any assessment that has a significant impact . |
| 2 | Planned comparisons of means of incremental areas were carried out using the multivariate general linear hypothesis to determine the substances that caused a significant increase in PYY and enteroglucagon concentrations from basal . |
| 3 | Thus a social security system that includes a significant proportion of means-testing is bound to be age discriminatory in its effects . |
| 4 | The expected decline in services may simply mean that we come to regret the time when we felt that having a significant manufacturing base was an optional extra we could do without . |
| 5 | Type B nonprofit : a nonprofit organization that obtains a significant amount of financial resources from sources other than the sale of goods and services . |
| 6 | For some the answer to this is the ethnic minorities that constitute a significant part of Romania 's population . |
| 7 | Many firms that had a significant executive search presence in the market place in the 1970s and early 1980s are mow not even visible in the market . |
| 8 | And clearly that had a significant effect on the discussion . |
| 9 | The Royal Society of Arts , The Royal Institute of British Architects , The Royal Designers for Industry , The Chartered Society of Designers , The Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal College of Art , British Standards Institute , Institute of Marketing , Trade Associations , Universities and Art Colleges that have a significant design faculty . |
| 10 | This pathway generates NO and plays a significant part in the regulation of resting gall bladder tone and in gall bladder emptying . |
| 11 | ‘ BP possesses first-class expertise in the subject and plays a significant role in the management of the project . |
| 12 | The Bolivian miners performed the classic vanguard role when they participated in the Bolivian revolution and became a significant partner in the revolutionary party that took control . |
| 13 | He praises the £66 million sulphuric acid recovery plant at Billingham which , when fully operational , will eliminate waste acid disposal in the North Sea and make a significant improvement to Billingham Beck . |
| 14 | Many people said that they had an enjoyable afternoon and made a significant dent in their Christmas shopping list ; it was really nice to see so many members there . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A company is treated as an associated undertaking when the group holds a substantial interest in it for the long term , and exercises a significant influence over its operating and financial policy decisions . |
| 17 | Bertrams ' buyer Mike Butler said the initiative had deeply shocked him , and posed a significant threat to the long-term health of the trade . |
| 18 | For anyone who has yet to come up with an idea , BVP will provide access into the venture portfolio of 140 successful US products , established by companies which have already developed their product and secured a significant market share . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , in the last few months , our assessors have visited and valued a significant number of hotels whose owners are seeking to obtain finance for extensions and acquisitions . |
| 20 | Keller and Bever ( 1980 ) asked right handed subjects to categorise musical intervals presented monaurally and obtained a significant REA in non-musicians for this task and a non-significant left ear advantage among musicians . |
| 21 | It was the first contact between the LDP and the North Korean government , and marked a significant shift in policy by the latter communist regime , which had hitherto rejected overtures from the Japanese government on the grounds that it had diplomatic relations with South Korea . |
| 22 | The advent of the Reformation , which began to influence Scotland from the 1520s , undoubtedly created new problems , and had a significant impact on political life and political relationships . |
| 23 | Rebleeding during a course of endoscopic sclerotherapy treatment occurs in 23%-55% of patients and remains a significant cause of death in the cirrhotic patient . |
| 24 | IFAs are an essential part of centralised mortgage lending and instigate a significant amount of business . |
| 25 | These groups are trained for a more aggressive role in crowd control , and represent a significant move away from the traditional approach to public order policing which was based on containment and the use of minimum force . |
| 26 | This study provides evidence that bFGF given parenterally or by an intragastric route is not protective agaisnt the acute gastric lesions induced by topical irritants such as ethanol or aspirin but exerts a significant protection against the stress induced lesions and considerably enhances the healing rate of chronic gastric ulcers . |
| 27 | The volume and speed of traffic not only creates a sense of danger but makes a significant contribution to noise and air pollution . |
| 28 | Individuals in the party and the government came to use the situation in whatever way they could to optimize their own position , ranging from exercising the increased power which district and regional officials now had over the citizenry , to carrying out routine tasks perfunctorily while acquiring a significant income from black market activities . |
| 29 | Direct elections to the European Parliament added a measure of democratic legitimacy , while creating a significant source of pressure for further integration , but it was not until the passing of the 1987 Single European Act that real impetus was given to the integration process . |
| 30 | But there is an additional condition : we should be able to see a prominent feature of style as forming a significant relationship with other features of style , in an artistically coherent pattern of choice . |