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

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1 Take heart : the green consumer movement has made a significant dent in manufacturing practices over a very short time .
2 Already the computer has made a significant contribution to the processing of much of the routine data generated by office staff .
3 The GASB ( 1990 ) has made a significant contribution to the problems of defining the reporting entity .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 THE RUC has made a significant breakthrough against a large IRA killer squad operating in North Belfast .
8 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 .
9 Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point .
10 Despite holding plenty of cash , Cofir has made no significant acquisitions recently .
11 The individual teacher may well have made a significant development in his or her own understanding , but that is not a sufficient condition of securing publication ( thesis three ) .
12 On the other hand , if tomorrow I confirm a speculative theory implying that the gravitational attraction between two bodies depends on their temperature , falsifying Newton 's theory in the process , I would have made a significant contribution to scientific knowledge .
13 He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter .
14 The 5/ a week given in 1908 to those aged over seventy would have made a significant contribution to the pre-war family economy , but the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women 's Organisations and members of the Fabian Women 's Group felt that this should be weighed against the increased friction caused by an old person coming into an already overcrowded home , pointing out that elderly people 's ideas of hygiene and childrearing might not be desirable , an argument that appealed to the infant welfare movement .
15 The unanimous condemnation of marriage as a trade by the feminist movement may also have made a significant contribution to the new emphasis on marriage as a partnership .
16 Indeed , it would have done some good to have one when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , as it would have made a significant difference to some of the measures that he took , which stoked the fires of inflation .
17 Had we been allowed to continue I believe we would have made a significant improvement to the path .
18 Had we been allowed to continue I believe we would have made a significant improvement to the path ; certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path was in a shocking state , etc .
19 Øster wrote in the introduction to his paper that the publication of Gairdner 's article nearly 20 years earlier seemed to have made no significant impression on clinical practice .
20 Now scientists working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford believe they 've made a significant discovery in how asthma is passed down the family tree .
21 Doctors believe they 've made a significant breakthrough in the fight against one of Britain 's fastest growing illnesses .
22 If the Union had made a significant contribution to solving health problems , it had also unquestionably played a more significant role in awakening community action .
23 Lastly , the ‘ joint venture ’ vessels , which were principally affected by the Act of 1988 , had made a significant contribution to the economic and social development of Milford Haven .
24 Nor could he avoid reminding Charlotte of the hopeful turn Colin 's case had taken — a turn to which she had made a significant contribution — while her niece 's plight seemed only to worsen by the day .
25 Retiring chairman Phillipa Burrow told the Association 's annual dinner at Torquay that Packard had made a significant contribution , both regionally and nationally , to the Association 's educational , training and personal development issues .
26 The overwhelming consensus amongst respondents was that microcomputers had made a significant impact on their organizations .
27 In areas where fascism had made a significant challenge its presence was likely to be embarrassing .
28 He doubted that the injection had made a significant difference in the patient 's condition .
29 The Hastings brothers , he concluded , had made the significant contribution for the city team as their victory eased them to the sanctuary of ten points in the McEwan 's First Division .
30 Founded in 1977 by art collector , philanthropist and businessman Jan Mitchell , the prize is awarded to authors of new books which have made a significant contribution to the study and understanding of the visual arts .
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