Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a significant [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you make it to the end of Chapter 7 and have registered a significant number of Yeses , I shall have done pretty well . |
| 2 | Over the past decade subcontracting small firms have formed a significant proportion of all new business formation on the UK and yet there is little known about the characteristics , performance and the specific needs/demand for financial services by these firms . |
| 3 | Surprisingly , comic books throughout their history have contained a significant number of references to chemical facts — indeed , we have used them in our teaching on the history of chemistry . |
| 4 | The 1980s have seen a significant change in the fortunes of the major executive search firms in London . |
| 5 | Over the past year we have seen a significant change in the Company 's shareholder base with approximately 13 per cent of our shares now held by US investors . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Whitney Museum of American Art has established an honorary award to be given annually ‘ to an individual or representatives of an organisation who have made a significant contribution to the arts in America through a sustained commitment to the diversity , quality and originality of American artistic achievement ’ . |
| 8 | All the people with whom we have had a significant relationship are retained as imagos ; a private society inside of us . |
| 9 | Arguments are put forward to show their importance to an understanding of the relationship of women to the home , and to suggest that they have had a significant influence on British architecture . |
| 10 | But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting . |
| 11 | Of the many graduates who attended , NOTTINGHAM GRADUATE presents the stories of three whose studies have had a significant impact on their careers . |
| 12 | Their decisions are binding on industrial tribunals and have had a significant impact on managerial practices by major employers . |
| 13 | There is abundant evidence that our regional measures have had a significant impact on unemployment in assisted areas . |
| 14 | Previous studies in man have shown a significant correlation between inflammatory activity ( faecal excretion of 1 1 1 In leukocytes ) and 5 1 Cr red cell loss . |
| 15 | In a series of papers Stewart and colleagues have shown a significant association , now widely accepted as causal , between obstetric radiography and childhood leukaemia and other cancers . |
| 16 | Since the late 1970s , all have experienced economic crises of varying severity in which international factors have played a significant part . |
| 17 | Data networks and their likely continued rapid expansion have played a significant part in US government policy on international trade . |
| 18 | It is clear that law centres have played a significant part in the provision of legal advice , but there are contrasting indications about their future wellbeing . |
| 19 | These figures for acquisitions mean that general insurance companies have played a significant role in channelling funds from ‘ surplus ’ units towards the government ; they have played a significant part in recent years in financing the PSBR . |
| 20 | These figures for acquisitions mean that general insurance companies have played a significant role in channelling funds from ‘ surplus ’ units towards the government ; they have played a significant part in recent years in financing the PSBR . |
| 21 | With regard to HDL subfractions in insulin-dependent diabetics , data are conflicting but some studies have demonstrated a significant increase in HDL3 in males but not in females ( Mattock et al , 1980 ) . |
| 22 | Recent studies of hyperlipidaemic diabetics treated with a high-fibre unrefined carbohydrate and low-fat content diet have demonstrated a significant reduction in both cholesterol and triglyceride levels on this type of diet ( Pacy et al , 1984a ) . |
| 23 | In many respects , over the past 40 years , UK academic institutions have experienced a significant loss in their autonomy . |
| 24 | We have found a significant association with alcohol intake and with alcohol markers such as mean corpuscular volume and the asparate aminotransferase:alamine amunotransferase ratio , but not with the duration of the alcohol intake . |
| 25 | A reduction of at least 30% in child mortality due to diarrhoeal diseases has now been found by all trials that have found a significant effect on overall mortality and have also examined causes of death . |
| 26 | Most of the structural adjustment programmes ( SAP ) now in place have involved a significant exchange rate adjustment , which has had the effect of cheapening local currencies in relation to harder international currencies , in a number of cases by a factor of three or four within two to three years . |
| 27 | to achieve the immediate objective and thus have taken a significant step towards achieving the overall aim |
| 28 | ‘ With an improvement of almost $142m at the pre-tax level , we have achieved a significant recovery in our operating performance at the half year . |
| 29 | ‘ We have lost a significant amount of information that could well have been valuable if money had become available in future to carry out further digs along the shore . |