Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] [art] significant " in BNC.

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1 Increased co-operation between states has been a significant feature of the post-1945 world order , reflecting the reduced ability of states to act autonomously in the global arena .
2 A stress on responsibilities as well as rights has been a significant and long-standing feature of the British culture and has been well imbued by a large part of the nation 's political elite .
3 An important side-effect of both these objectives has been the significant increase in the numbers caught in the dependency culture of means-tested assistance .
4 If these outcomes had not been possible , would protest by sufficient members have been a significant factor in determining that the organisation had acted contrary to its constitutive treaty ?
5 Housing of all types has been a significant source of work for Grove in 1992 , ranging from the Housing Association project at St James ’ Hospital , London to the infrastructure at Maidenbower Village in Crawley where the design of the major relief road in the town centre is now about complete .
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