Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] [conj] significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In patients with bladder cance , MRI has a small but significant advantage over computed tomography in assessing the presence of extra vesicle spread . |
| 2 | Bell has a small but significant place in English architectural history , not only for the strength of his designs but also as an occasional architect coming , unusually , from the mercantile community rather than from the court or the gentry . |
| 3 | Vocational training has a large and significant effect on offer arrival rates , ceteris paribus , but other educational qualifications or a completed apprenticeship matter only insignificantly . |
| 4 | Media is all-invasive and , some would say , all-persuasive , but it has a fundamental and significant role in our life for it forms a communication network between communities , between industry and industry and between government and people . |
| 5 | In the dark , the free cGMP level in ROS , estimated to be about 4–10 μM , maintains a small but significant number of channels in their open state , allowing for the influx of Na + and Ca 2+ . |
| 6 | Within the broad overall picture , built up from the 129 Prison Department establishments in England and Wales , Maidstone occupies a distinctive and significant place . |