Example sentences of "be significant because it " in BNC.

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1 An act of ill-treatment may be significant because it has a serious effect upon the child .
2 The Active Microwave Instrument radar system , built by Marconi Space Systems , is significant because it can be used over land or ocean : it will return vital information about how the wind interacts with waves .
3 The answer we readily give is that it is significant because it sums up the gospel .
4 This interchange between terms , is significant because it implies the equivalence of ‘ state ’ and ‘ government ’ .
5 Even a small increase in breast cancer is significant because it is already the most important cause of cancer death in women .
6 It is significant because it affected a wide proportion of the inhabitants of Spain and because the preconditions of its strength persisted until very late .
7 Although it did n't sell very well at the time it is significant because it was the first to be published in English using the naming system which we use today . ’
8 The departure of Rauschning was significant because it meant that the last liberal conscience , the last internal barrier to the complete and violent Nazification of the city had now been removed .
9 This decline was significant because it ‘ reduced the opportunity for the reflection of nuances of debate about policy and personalities within the parties ’ .
10 As a legal precedent section 2(5) of the 1981 Education Act was significant because it was addressed directly to governing bodies and assigned a primary role to them rather than the local authorities .
11 However , in relation to the theme of this chapter , this development was significant because it created an urgent need to justify the massive input of resources .
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