Example sentences of "[noun sg] has a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little evidence , sceptics argue , has been adduced to support the claim that such teaching has a significant impact in reducing prejudice . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The following demonstration compares a stall with a little too much rudder to a stall in a slightly slipping turn , and shows how even slightly too much rudder has a significant effect at the stall . |
| 4 | Although AMP has a significant stake , other British insurance companies own over 20 per cent of Pearl 's shares . |
| 5 | But it can be argued that marketing has a significant role within any social work agency . |
| 6 | If your conference has a significant attendance , it may be worth your while to stage an exhibition and sell stands to related groups . |
| 7 | Where the parent company or group has a significant holding ( 10% or more shares of an undertaking or more than 10% of the investing company 's assets ) in an undertaking ( which is not a subsidiary undertaking , joint venture or associated undertaking ) the following must be stated : |
| 8 | The molar mass distribution ( MMD ) of a polymer sample has a significant influence on its properties and a knowledge of the shape of this distribution is fundamental to the full characterization of a polymer . |
| 9 | Often , the character has a significant name , like ‘ Pip ’ is significant of a seed that 's going to grow , ‘ Pumblechook ’ sounds like a pompous , fat , greedy name , which is indeed what Mr Pumblechook is . |
| 10 | This argument has a significant consequence . |
| 11 | This directed graph has a significant property which is common in real tasks : At almost all nodes , the node has at least as many children as parents , and several nodes have more children than parents . |
| 12 | One analysis of WFS statistics for 10 developing countries led to the conclusion that , although the mother 's attainment of primary schooling has a significant impact upon child survival , the step from primary to secondary school was more critical . |
| 13 | However , the Commission believes strongly that music has a significant contribution to make to the Decade of Evangelism . |
| 14 | In all this , music has a significant role to play in enabling and fostering closer relationships between the denominations . |
| 15 | The ceremony , as a religious ceremony , is a mockery , yet as a social ceremony , with the gathering of relatives and friends , the honour of being asked to be godparents , the tea-party afterwards and the christening presents given ( silver objects in particular ) , the whole thing has a significant place in the lives of the people concerned . |
| 16 | If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride . |
| 17 | Furthermore rural unemployment rates are higher on average than those in towns , so that although it is less visible than urban unemployment , because the absolute numbers involved are so much smaller , rural unemployment has a significant effect in dampening down rural wage increases . |
| 18 | Generation has a significant role in this paradigm because in many bilingual communities , the first generation who settled in Britain from abroad were native speakers of a language very unlike English and had had little or no exposure to English . |
| 19 | ‘ We are determined to ensure that nuclear generation has a significant future within an integrated and balanced energy policy . ’ |
| 20 | Where a convergent or divergent margin has a significant transform component it is appropriate to refer to it as an oblique-slip margin . |
| 21 | Expenditure per head in R&D has a significant correlation with productivity , as seen in the next section . |