Example sentences of "have a significant " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But he would n't have a significant force to actually do anything .
2 Reagan thought that if the hostages came out , the cabinet in toto would be heroes ( adding , with prescience , ‘ If we do n't , we will have a significant problem . ’ )
3 Here also the provision of small areas of high quality forage by means of the use of suitable plants , e.g. subterranean clover , or irrigation for the production of herbage for grazing or cutting could have a significant influence in animal production .
4 But there are those in England , too , who also fail to see that participation in drama has two faces , or rather , a face and a mask : the ‘ game ’ of drama where a group of participants share a significant experience , and a theatrical performance where a group of actors present the drama so that an audience might have a significant experience .
5 However , even if governments were prepared to spend more of their gross national product on health-care facilities , while the incidence of complications from the sexually transmitted diseases might decline , no amount of money would have a significant effect on the prevalence of these diseases unless it could be used to alter people 's attitudes and behaviour .
6 The computer revolution may have a significant effect upon the way in which you are able to perform your job .
7 But , assuming that the formal external information resource does have a significant role to play in helping corporations to achieve viable strategies , the overwhelming message for information providers is that much more effort needs to be put into making that resource — whether in traditional print or in online form — more comprehensible in its overall structure , and easier to access and use in its individual parts , by the non-specialist user .
8 Skiing can also have a significant environmental impact , since provisions for it extend over relatively large areas .
9 Others , such as a chemical explosion involving the release of a toxic gas , may persist for a week or more , have delayed consequences , may affect a future generation if the toxic chemical is mutagenic and may have a significant impact on plant and animal populations .
10 Although the percentage of the total budget may be small , it is surprising how small sums can have a significant effect in boosting the morale of a department or subject .
11 Partly because a large staff generates a greater amount of training need and sometimes more specialized needs , partly because the logistics of co-ordinating the movements of a large number of people generates greater need for formal timetabling , and partly because size of establishment can have a significant effect on staff mobility .
12 It was observed that the theoretical and practical commitment of local authorities themselves to training-the overall ‘ training climate ’ — with its implications for availability of resources both in the library department and elsewhere in the authority , can have a significant effect on the extent of training undertaken .
13 Although size is related to training undertaken , in all parameters there are exceptions to be noted indicating that library departments can have a significant impact on effectiveness of training undertaken , and the use made of resources available to them , if they choose to do so .
14 Keynesians have remained very sceptical of this mechanism , arguing that neither the increase in the real money supply nor the real balance effect will have a significant effect on aggregate demand- and so can not be relied upon to reduce unemployment .
15 It also may have a significant effect on the problems of Lloyd 's .
16 Several companies provide voucher schemes for employers , but Mr Eldridge points out that ‘ the commissions charged are quite high ’ , which may have a significant effect on any potential cost savings .
17 This might have a significant effect on out-of-season trade .
18 In addition , government policies on taxation and welfare benefits will have a significant influence .
19 Obviously , frail elderly people are physically less powerful than those who look after them and in certain circumstances this may have a significant effect on their state of mind .
20 Concepts , therefore , do have a significant role in the management of force .
21 Despite the very real and sometimes overwhelming difficulties faced by schools and teachers as a result of underfunding and professional unrest , there are encouraging signs of change and reform which , if successful , could have a significant impact not only on children with special needs but on all children .
22 The results probably show that all subjects an relatively unfamiliar with a serial recall task involving signs and that deaf people tend to be sensitive to the language base of speech coding though they do not have a significant facilitation in overt rehearsal .
23 Perhaps the one big glaring example where natural predation can have a significant effect , quite astonishing on occasions , is with greenfly , and no doubt the most familiar example — it seems to get the most publicity — is the ladybird .
24 Demonstrating from a wide range of examples how appropriate costing presentations should be made , he argues that because of the complexity of child care needs and services , costs information is needed , but that because this information can have a significant influence on policy and practice it must be ‘ sensibly defined and appropriately measured ’ .
25 It says other programs run , but the company will have to ward off criticism that it does not have a significant inventory of tested packages .
26 It seems that some of these proteins might have a significant part to play in the treatment of nerve injury , neuropathies and tumours of glial cell origin .
27 ‘ Care in the community ’ , in whatever form it is introduced , will have a significant effect on transitions .
28 The level of support which young people receive from parents and mentors will also have a significant effect upon the process of transition , for it is a stage in which their dependency is visibly apparent .
29 The black culture will have a significant , if not dominant , place in your family perspective because every other influence will be portraying and reinforcing the white culture — hence a token attempt with a few books and the occasional embarrassed conversation will not combat it .
30 It says other programs run , but the company will have to ward off criticism that it does not have a significant inventory of tested packages .
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