Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [conj] significant [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had also triggered an assertive economic nationalism amongst a small but significant sector of the Latin American elites . |
| 2 | Anna read the letter with incomprehension , then put Charlotte into her secondhand pram — donated by the Young Wives ' Group — and went out for a long and significant walk . |
| 3 | In 1980 , local elections were to be held , implementing the ‘ Gengshen Reforms ’ , which allowed for a small but significant element of democratisation at the local level . |
| 4 | ‘ The UK housing market looks set for a sustained and significant recovery in 1993 , ’ says the report . |
| 5 | ‘ The UK housing market looks set for a sustained and significant recovery in 1993 , ’ says the report . |
| 6 | We are talking about a spectacular slide in support for Conservatism in Scotland , which has taken the Tories from the high point of being the majority party in Scotland in the mid-1950s to the point today when they are on the edge of extinction as a serious and significant force in Scotland . |
| 7 | The SCC is particularly concerned with campaigning : we aim to promote cycling as a partial but significant solution to the problems of urban congestion and pollution , because cycling is not only pollution-free but also flexible , cheap and above all , healthy . |
| 8 | The SCC is particularly concerned with campaigning : we aim to promote cycling as a partial but significant solution to the problems of urban congestion and pollution , because cycling is not only pollution-free but also flexible , cheap and above all , healthy . |
| 9 | The SCC is particularly concerned with campaigning : we aim to promote cycling as a partial but significant solution to the problems of urban congestion and pollution , because cycling is not only pollution-free but also flexible , cheap and above all , healthy . |
| 10 | And in response to public concern about a small but significant number of miscarriages of justice , we have appointed a Royal Commission to review aspects of the criminal justice system , including the conduct of investigations , the handling of forensic evidence , and the powers of the Court of Appeal . |
| 11 | Somewhat surprisingly , treatment with loperamide oxide was associated with a small but significant decrease ( p<0.05 ) in vitamin B12 absorption . |
| 12 | During the talks the USA acknowledged the environmental concerns of South Pacific countries but did not respond to Forum calls for an immediate and significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 13 | Yet the same forces and influences on society which saw the emergence of the Die-hards as the main force of the radical right after the First World War also saw more extremist reactions from a small but significant group who thought like Banister , and who were prepared to use Burton 's supposed evidence . |
| 14 | It says that the money which it was prepared to commit to training will not meet the pleas of the training and enterprise councils , which are struggling to deliver the training guarantees which the Government have committed them to providing , and which can not go beyond the delivery of that guarantee to extend training opportunities in a serious or significant way . |
| 15 | Pretreatment with bFGF alone ( 100 µg/kg/hour ) resulted in a small but significant reduction in the number and area of stress lesions . |
| 16 | In this study we have shown that long term ( 18 months ) ingestion of 133 g/kg dietary fibre resulted in a modest but significant increase in cellular proliferation in the crypts of the proximal colon but not the distal colon of the rat compared with an intake of 17 g/kg dietary fibre . |
| 17 | The simple molecules from which the DNA is mainly built are of only four kinds , but they are grouped in trios and arranged in a particular and significant order on the immensely long DNA molecule . |
| 18 | Other subjects included a summary of the current business position , and an in depth discussion on the latest and significant initiative by Stoddard Templeton to introduce fabrics into the market place alongside carpets . |
| 19 | It missed out on a small but significant slice of the market . |
| 20 | We will suggest that these functions are still performed to an impressive and significant degree . |
| 21 | Within the CNAA what the partnership debates and their outcomes indicated was the crystallization of opinion around a modest but significant liberalization of the validation base of the CNAA 's roles . |
| 22 | Endorsed by the central committee , the invitation to Gorell to head the RCM was sent by a roundabout but significant route : |
| 23 | If the US team were hoping to hear that martial law may soon be lifted , they may have been forestalled by a tiny but significant demonstration on the streets of Beijing . |
| 24 | But only last year , it was suggested that collisions between the chilled atoms might change the frequency standard by a small but significant amount . |