Example sentences of "[be] a significant " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has also been a significant decline in the cult of the saints , and many of the practices which characterized the devotional revolution of the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 2 | It is important to note that , since the system began in the late 1920s , there has never been a significant move to split up the schools for use by the separate denominations , something which would have been feasible in the larger towns . |
| 3 | There has been a significant reduction in the numbers of young people placed in residential settings over the past two decades . |
| 4 | The reason for this is that Germany 's huge trade surplus is overwhelmingly with the Community ( approx. 70% of it was with the EC , although in late 1991 , there has been a significant drop , albeit temporarily , in Germany 's surplus ) . |
| 5 | Entrepreneurship has not been a significant mechanism for social mobility in Latin America . |
| 6 | Personal correspondence has been a significant means of direction down the years . |
| 7 | Some 24 per cent of children drop out at the transition from primary to secondary school , while at secondary level there has recently been a significant rise in the drop-out rate . |
| 8 | There has been a significant growth in non-elected local government , of local quangos . |
| 9 | There has been a significant shifting of emphasis here . |
| 10 | On the debit side , there is unlikely to have been a significant shift of travel in such a small town from cars towards public transport or indeed towards the bicycle . |
| 11 | With the demolition of so much property at the centre of Birkenhead there has been a significant decline in the number of St Laurence 's parishioners . |
| 12 | Though the majority of those reviewing Braverman 's work took a positive view of his thesis , there have been a significant number of detailed criticisms and revisions to his argument . |
| 13 | Not all can be traced to the Black Death , but it must have been a significant factor . |
| 14 | Although it would be difficult to document the generalisation , it seems to me that there has been a significant decline , over the past ten or fifteen years , in the degree of confidence in the scope and security of foundations in both psychology and linguistics . |
| 15 | There will no longer be a requirement to include an accountant 's report in listing particulars or circulars unless there has been a significant change in the company 's financial position within the last three financial years , or its accounts in any of those three years have been qualified . |
| 16 | There had been publicity for occasional outbursts of violence and bad language or for shocking displays of sexuality , but there had never really been a significant breakthrough in terms of outspoken social statement . |
| 17 | The same is true if he wishes to make a plot of the total energy of the aircraft to establish where there has been a significant increase or decrease in thrust or drag . |
| 18 | ‘ Because there has n't been a significant act of magic performed on earth in two centuries , ’ was Shales 's reply . |
| 19 | There has been a significant increase in the amount of sexual violence reported to the police . |
| 20 | In particular there has been a significant expansion of the ‘ downmarket ’ dailies . |
| 21 | It has been found that there has been a significant increase in the villagers ' understanding of all aspects of the disease . |
| 22 | In recognition of this fact , there has been a significant entrance of women into mainstream media — much more in western than in Third World countries , but to a noticeable extent in the latter as well . |
| 23 | Others , like the Royal Academy which has been a significant beneficiary of tobacco sponsorship in recent years , see the ban in a gloomy light . |
| 24 | Since 1951 there has been a significant decrease in the labour force participation of older male workers . |
| 25 | Clearly there appears to have been a significant increase in activity across all age groups , but especially among the older age groups . |
| 26 | As with the use of acute beds there has been a significant increase in utilisation by older people during the years 1976 — 86 . |
| 27 | In fact over the years there 's always been a significant amount of lesbian/gay film making in the general programme . |
| 28 | Since that report a BMA spokesperson says , ‘ there has been a significant shift in opinion . |
| 29 | There has thus been a significant debate about the extent to which the state still dominates in international relations . |
| 30 | Intelligence suggested that personnel had recently returned and there had been a significant increase in the number of aircraft seen and in the locations at which they had been sighted . |