Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a significant [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The extent to which either the adult or child within plays a significant part in our lives depends greatly on our own upbringing .
2 The pelagic zone also includes a few creatures that are land-based , but none the less make a significant contribution to the marine ecology : birds such as the puffins , gannets , boobies , auks , terns and penguins ; the pinniped carnivores — seals , sea-lions , fur seals , and walruses ; other carnivores — the sea-otter and the polar bear ; reptiles such as some marine crocodiles and the marine , herbivorous iguana of the Galapagos Islands .
3 It is also interesting to note that endorphins are released when acupuncture is practised and perhaps make a significant contribution to the therapeutic effects which may be achieved .
4 How this system of allocation has been operated and controlled has long had a significant effect in moulding the social composition of the rural village , for it has largely influenced who lives where .
5 The introduction of ‘ Just In Time ’ management throughout RX and its supplier network has not only had a significant impact on company competitiveness but also accelerated the process of cultural change by exposing individual RX plants and workgroups to real and immediate market pressures within the company 's value chain .
6 Before embarking on an exercise it is important to establish that the increase in profit and/or sales and market life of the product will together produce a significant benefit after recovering the costs , particularly those of implementation .
7 Before embarking on an exercise it is important to establish that the increase in profit and/or sales and market life of the product will together produce a significant benefit after recovering the costs , particularly those of implementation .
8 In the present study distention of the oesophagus alone caused a significant increase of 12 mm Hg , and concurrent acidification had not added effect .
9 Indomethacin alone caused a significant reduction of the volume output ( 18.6 ( 2.2 ) µl , p<0.05 ) .
10 Obviously the frequency of the waves we receive will be the same as the frequency at which they are emitted ( the gravitational field of the galaxy will not be large enough to have a significant effect ) .
11 Our average intake of caffeine from tea and coffee is around 500 milligrams ( mg ) per day , enough to produce a significant effect .
12 In the UK , the FRG and the USA the proportions varied between 6 and 10 per cent , which was not enough to make a significant difference .
13 But now , rather like recording afresh over the existing programme on an audio or visual cassette , Sylvia had superimposed a successful situation and had thereby made a significant change in the data recognized by her subconscious .
14 As the author of the article says : ‘ While a relatively small amount , this money nevertheless represents a significant statement of industry 's commitment to higher education … ’
15 His energy and enthusiasm have already made a significant contribution to the style and driving forward of the many issues with which the Association is involved .
16 NOW entering its third year , Teesside Training and Enterprise Council has already made a significant contribution to the social and economic life of the region .
17 The main findings of this study can be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) patients with adenomatous colorectal polyps generally showed a significant increase in the cytoproliferative activity of the most superficial portions of the rectal crypts compared with controls ; ( b ) this difference was primarily the result of an appreciable upward shift of replicating cells in patients destined to suffer from recurrent polyps ; the proliferative pattern of patients whose polyps did not recur after initial polypectomies were essentially similar to those of controls ; ( c ) the proliferative pattern of flat rectal mucosa did not change appreciably during the follow up period regardless of whether polyps recurred or not .
18 Caterham has already had a significant success in the US when it was invited to compete in the Sports Cars of America 's 24-hour race in Ohio , and won .
19 This noticeboard had already played a significant part in my life : nearly thirty years before then it had displayed the result of my own first degree ( second-class honours ) ; a few years later had come the perfunctory notice saying my doctoral thesis had been accepted by the college ; and shortly after that an even briefer note to the effect that I had joined the teaching staff .
20 This can be an advantage for that reason , particularly if the bidder already owns a significant number of shares in the target which will reduce the pool of shares in respect of which the 75 per cent or 90 per cent threshold must be achieved .
21 The guerrillas no longer represented a significant threat .
22 While simple imitation fails to explain the occurrence of such novel utterances , a number of researchers have presented evidence indicating that imitation may nevertheless play a significant role in the child 's mastery of vocabulary , syntax and pragmatic functions ( Bloom et al .
23 Technology is already playing a significant role in classroom teaching and the general trend towards technology-based learning which we have already described , may well accelerate related developments within schools .
24 These boys , when tested , were found to have an average IQ of 80 , thus showing a significant degree of recovery from the level reached at the end of the first year .
25 Some abattoir operators think they have already spotted a significant shift in beef trading patterns .
26 In fact , the calculation above hides a significant assumption : We have taken it for granted that there are precisely 3 offspring .
27 they usually involve a significant part of the work being carried out without close supervision ;
28 Indeed , as we will see later , it still has a significant role to play even when the latest presentation graphics software is being used to generate the information .
29 In so doing she demonstrates that the potential scope of the novel is enriched , not exhausted , by technological development , and that , conceived as an ‘ open ’ and heterogeneous genre , the novel still has a significant role to play in contemporary society , both as a mode of knowledge and as a means of communication .
30 The amateur cricketer still played a significant role in the game .
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