Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] significant [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of using a library was considered to be significant by all . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , it seems to me that the rule requires the justices to record and to announce the facts which they judged to be significant in the making of their decision and also the salient considerations which have led them to their conclusion . |
| 3 | There is , however , no firm basis for such confidence and , as will be seen to be significant in relation to notions of parliamentary sovereignty , it is by no means universally accepted that it is only the characteristics of the Parliament of England which survived these constitutional upheavals . |
| 4 | It is not the case that we can or do simply distinguish , in a completely neutral way , some major historical types of political system , even in the non-evolutionist manner that I have suggested ; for on one side , what is seen to be significant in the past is influenced by current concerns , and on the other side these concerns have , in any case , a very great practical importance and are bound to engage much of the attention of political thinkers . |
| 5 | The system is being investigated as a good natural analogue of reactions and trace-element migration predicted to be significant in a cement-back-filled radioactive waste repository . |
| 6 | Whether or not there has been any history of violence , the association between the past and the present is bound to be significant in understanding present abuse within the family . |
| 7 | However physical replicas can only incorporate features and characteristics perceived to be significant at the time of replication and part of the justification for preserving original objects in preference to a copy is that the original can be interrogated in an open-ended way in the light of unforeseen enquiry . |
| 8 | Also , difference due to sex where not found to be significant in this study . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the difference between these proved to be significant in favour of better translation skills in those learning before the age of 25 years . |
| 10 | Some years ago The Sunday Times invited parents ( representing a wide range of social backgrounds ) to list the things which they felt to be significant for their children in their years of primary schooling . |
| 11 | * Personality — which is believed to be significant in the " trickle down " process ( or diffusion ) of new products In particular , opinion leaders may be important in increasing the level of recognition and acceptance of a new product , or in situations where innovatory behaviour is required of the consumer ( for example in purchasing a completely new car model as soon as it is launched ) . |
| 12 | Yesterday proved to be significant for the stand-off for he also announced his engagement to Lucy Fleming , a 25-year-old art teacher from Uplawmoor , near Glasgow . |
| 13 | This results from a kind of double vision which blurs the difference between the historical interpretation of contemporary economic advice and the evaluation of ideas which subsequently proved to be significant in the evolution of economic theory . |
| 14 | Whichever way , Ginsberg 's appearance proved to be significant in the history of the English underground . |
| 15 | That the exchange of letters continued to be significant into the seventh century is clear from the collection of Desiderius of Cahors . |
| 16 | Although agroforestry practices continued to be significant in tropical agricultural systems , in the ensuing period they achieved increasing importance in development policies from the 1970s as a means of optimising tropical land-use ( Bene et al. 1977 ) . |