Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] significant [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither the creation of the Secret Committee on the Peasant Question , however , nor the orders to Nazimov promised to be significant milestones . |
| 2 | This was because they found that many of their animals and plants were very similar to European forms , but that they did differ in what seemed to be significant respects , such as size or colour . |
| 3 | The interval between the onset of major depression and receipt of treatment , and the degree of pre-morbid neuroticism seem to be significant predictors of how long the illness episode lasts . |
| 4 | None of the other species listed in Table 2.1 have been found to be significant accumulators of bone . |
| 5 | The vendor is only likely to be willing to accept this restraint in respect of debtors that continue to be significant customers of the business after completion . |
| 6 | Almost all of the holdings shown as belonging to the banking sector were held by banks ; discount houses have , in recent years , ceased to be significant holders of gilt-edged securities in their own names . |
| 7 | It is worth recording , however , that further investigation showed that both acidic paper and detached pages appeared to be significant factors in the assignment of items to Categories 4 and 5 ( the two ‘ worst ’ categories of overall condition ) , since although only 27% of all items requiring repair had loose pages , 43% of those in Category 4 , and 60% in Category 5 were so affected , and although only 18% of all items suffered from apparently acidic paper , 30% of those in Category 4 and 60% in Category 5 suffered from this defect . |
| 8 | ( Investments here , as throughout this book , are taken to be significant investments and not just minor replacements of facilities . ) |