Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essex has witnessed a significant increase in pupil exclusions in both primary and secondary schools , but still has one of the lowest rates in the region . |
| 2 | Amongst other new orders Sekers has secured a significant contract to supply the automotive industry with fabric for car interiors . |
| 3 | The past year has seen a significant increase in our successful penetration of overseas oil and gas markets . |
| 4 | Take heart : the green consumer movement has made a significant dent in manufacturing practices over a very short time . |
| 5 | Already the computer has made a significant contribution to the processing of much of the routine data generated by office staff . |
| 6 | The GASB ( 1990 ) has made a significant contribution to the problems of defining the reporting entity . |
| 7 | It will also take account of the successful introduction of DROPS — the demountable rack offloading and pickup system — which has made a significant contribution to the capability of the Royal Corps of Transport , given the quantity of stores that can be shifted with the available resources . |
| 8 | The acquisition in October 1992 of The Alta Group Inc. , a leading supplier of high purity titanium , has made a significant contribution to operating profit . |
| 9 | Publication in a high-impact factor journal such as Nature represents an acknowledgment that the work is at the cutting edge of science , and that it has made a significant contribution to that science . |
| 10 | THE RUC has made a significant breakthrough against a large IRA killer squad operating in North Belfast . |
| 11 | This is not to deny that Volvo has made a significant innovation in work organisation and production technology , but it is one evolutionary step and not a revolution . |
| 12 | Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point . |
| 13 | Someone like Margaret , who feels so abandoned , has had a significant loss happen to them . |
| 14 | Now we will suppose that the author has lighted on important new material or has had a significant number of errors in the first edition pointed out to him . |
| 15 | In America a law that forces companies to measure and disclose all the toxic waste they produce has had a significant effect . |
| 16 | For instance , there may be an increase in demand for : owned homes , as opposed to rented ones ( which will affect both the market for dousing and mortgage finance ) ; prestigious foreign saloon cars ( in the UK the demand for prestige an cars has had a significant effect on prestige German produced saloon cars , the sales of luxury UK such as triumph ( now extinct ) and Rover ) ; private education , for which UK demand is now very high ; air inclusive package tours to resorts that were exclusive ( such as Marbella in Spain , the French Caribbean , the Greek Islands etc ) . |
| 17 | Since the end of the Second World War , the development of two quite distinct European organisations has had a significant impact upon the constitutional law of the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | How ICI halved the value of its shareholders ' funds 20 years of 10% a year inflation has had a significant impact on the accounts of ICI and GEC |
| 19 | It is evident that the emergence of competition in both generation and supply has had a significant impact on prices . |
| 20 | Good bibliographical control of Scottish geological thesis through the publication of thesis lists has had a significant impact on thesis consultation and use . |
| 21 | Each has had a significant impact on the other . |
| 22 | She recognizes that historically the concept has had a significant place in the vocabulary of political theory and notes that legal theorists continue to invoke the concept and argue about its meaning . |
| 23 | News that an investor has bought a significant stake in any company is likely to lift that company 's share price . |
| 24 | The Authority needs to retain a significant stake in INSET run by itself and other institutions in order to prevent schools from simply recycling and reinforcing their own inadequacies . |
| 25 | Anthropology has played a significant part in illustrating ways in which symbolic use is made of the body to make statements about the condition of society itself ( Mauss 1935 , Douglas 1973 , Blacking 1977 , etc. ) , and hair became an apposite symbolic indicator of the problems the forces of control were faced with at this time . |
| 26 | The examples described below illustrate all these , though as yet there do not appear to be many instances of disasters in the management of which GIS has played a significant part . |
| 27 | Many Tories now recognise that the abuse of political patronage has played a significant part in fuelling Scotland 's dissatisfaction with the Union . |
| 28 | More specifically , it has been suggested that the ‘ underachievement ’ of black pupils in schools has played a significant part in ensuring that second and third generation young British black people continue to find themselves suffering the ‘ disadvantages ’ encountered by their parents and grandparents . |
| 29 | This signal , which was headed " Personal BGS for C of S " , has played a significant part in the controversy over the events in Austria in 1945 , not least because of the phrase " verbal directive from Macmillan " . |
| 30 | The profession has played a significant part in the development of products for long-term insurance companies and this has been helped considerably by the work carried out by the CMI Bureau , something which is unique in Europe . |