Example sentences of "[verb] made significant " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lazaroni 's opposite number , Azeglio Vicini , can call on an almost full-strength squad for a game in which he hopes Italy will prove his assertion that the side has made significant progress since being defeated by the Soviet Union in last summer 's European Championship semi-final . |
| 2 | Singapore has made significant efforts to corner the market in this type of specialised service company , as well as offering special incentives to the financial services sector . |
| 3 | It not only represents the profession towards the Institutions of the EC where it has made significant contributions , but is also the focal point for the discussion of matters of common interest to the profession throughout Europe . |
| 4 | Bank of Ireland has made significant cost savings with the introduction of Bank Assistants and it is now time to redistribute some of those savings amongst those who most deserve it . |
| 5 | Equally colleagues , we 're delighted to be here not least because the Labour Party has made significant inroads into Portsmouth . |
| 6 | Indeed , the investment of the premiums from their general insurance business has made significant contributions to their overall profitability . |
| 7 | has made significant progress in recent months , improving both sales and production performance . |
| 8 | The Way Ahead Committee has made significant progress and I believe most strongly that the future lies in cooperation between the Bar Council and the Inns , built on mutual respect and trust , rather than confrontation . |
| 9 | Overseas , the Kuwait operation has made significant progress in managing its contract commitments , whilst seeking new business and extensions to its existing contracts . |
| 10 | Lotus managing director Peter Collins said : ‘ Lotus has made significant progress in 1993 and Mugen-Honda has a wealth of knowledge and experience with the V10 concept , which is currently the optimal configuration . ’ |
| 11 | Over the last two decades ICI has made significant progress in improving energy efficiency [ see graph ] . |
| 12 | ‘ Over the years ICI has made significant reductions in its mercury emissions , ’ explained Phil Edwards . |
| 13 | Having made significant political concessions to the pro-Allied monarchist and military " families " in the first half of the year , while repeatedly stalling on entry to the war on the side of the Axis , from June to December 1941 he showed open and sometimes vehement support for the Axis , ignoring the criticism of his senior generals and their suggestions that the time had come to consider restoring the monarchy . |
| 14 | The second point I want to raise is the issue erm of the green belt , er which is er a constraint in Greater York erm we 've made significant progress in moving towards the statutory definition of the green belt , the green belt local plan has now completed erm its public enquiry , and a lot of the deliberations in Greater York have centred around the effect on of the green belt on development potential in Greater York , so that is a main issue , I think , in response to issues , the discussion of issues in Greater York . |
| 15 | At the top of the hill , about six furlongs out , Shikampur still led while Aureole had made significant improvement , but Gordon Richards had found a welcome opening on the rails on the run down to Tattenham Corner and slipped a perfectly balanced Pinza into second place on the turn for home . |
| 16 | In the case-studies of 15 boards it was clear that half had made significant progress . |
| 17 | He beatified Juan Diego , an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1531 , denounced abortion and the use of contraceptives , and visited those southern and central states where protestant evangelism had made significant inroads over the previous 20 years . |
| 18 | On April 30 a television programme had claimed that the Labour Party had hosted secret fund-raising dinners for prominent business executives , that certain companies had made significant secret contributions to the party 's campaign fund , and that these had subsequently profited from sales of state assets . |
| 19 | National coach David Tillotson said : ‘ We have made significant progress this year and are aiming for a place in the top two at Barcelona . ’ |
| 20 | Both fields have made significant progress in recent decades , and , furthermore , both draw on centuries of careful thought and study . |
| 21 | We have made significant investments in developing an unrivalled range of services including a network of District Service Centres . |
| 22 | Others have drawn their inspiration from one or other of these classic sociologists , but have made significant alterations to their original theories in an attempt to describe and explain the class structures of capitalist industrial societies . |
| 23 | In addition several postgraduate students have made significant contributions to the project . |
| 24 | It was decided to have two selectors who have made significant contributions to contemporary art ; one artist and one critic . |
| 25 | We have made significant progress in our asset rationalisation programme and as a result are strengthening the balance sheet and creating capacity to invest in a very exciting range of exploration and development opportunities which will add materially to cashflow and improve profitability . |
| 26 | In short , people now have a much better opinion of the services offered by the Bank , and we have made significant inroads in the task of persuading customers that building societies are not necessarily the best place to go for savings and mortgages . |
| 27 | In addition , precipitated by the failure of the Kremlin coup , the Bush Administration , fully supported by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , have made significant additional unilateral reductions , all of which have been met by similar unilateral cuts by President Gorbachev and accompanied by the promise of further bilateral reductions to come . |
| 28 | The Government have made significant improvements in that regard . |
| 29 | An exception to that is the past few years when we have made significant progress . |
| 30 | This year her team at the Institute of Molecular Medicine , John Radcliffe Hospital and colleagues at Columbia University , New York have made significant progress in their search for the exact location of the gene for causing spinal muscular atrophy , a muscle-withering disease which is the leading inherited cause of infant death . |