Example sentences of "be significant is " in BNC.

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1 The picture which emerges from this study is one where assistance between more distant kin is of relatively minor importance to the total picture ( although of course it may be very important in particular cases ) , and that whether it is likely to be significant is rather idiosyncratic and unpredictable .
2 What is significant is the extension since 1979 of the range of issues in the first category which the Conservative leadership regards as ‘ high politics ’ , that is , which it regards as being within its own sphere of decision-making .
3 What is significant is that the signals had consistent characteristics , and we observed no other kinds of strong echoes in midwater .
4 What is significant is that it was universally believed , because , like a fairy tale , it embodies a profound truth .
5 What is significant is that with some input patterns the picture is different .
6 What is significant is that the tribunal did not appear to think that the reason for the dismissal related to ‘ the conduct of the employee ’ .
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