Example sentences of "was a significant [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BY ANY standards , the success of the film Hedd Wyn in becoming the first Welsh language film to be nominated for the prestigious Royal Television Society award was a significant breakthrough for the burgeoning industry . |
| 2 | Most of the points which Petrey makes in the course of the discussion follow from his two central claims : that Austin 's formulation of speech act theory was a significant breakthrough in the study of language and that speech act theory has an important contribution to make to the study of literature . |
| 3 | There was a significant fall in sea level , and huge valley systems were carved beneath an ice sheet that extended over much of the delta plain . |
| 4 | According to the Economic Bulletin for Europe published on Nov. 23 , 1989 , by the UN Economic Commission for Europe ( ECE ) , there was a significant fall in output growth in the first half of 1989 in the member countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) . |
| 5 | The News International ban had some unusual characteristics as we have seen , but the ban and the judgment on it was a significant event in several further respects . |
| 6 | For adenomas there was a significant influence of age ( factor 2.47 ) , sex ( factor 0.71 ) , and pseudomelanosis coli ( factor 4.57 ) . |
| 7 | For carcinomas there was a significant influence of age ( factor 6.14 ) , but neither a sex influence nor a mutual effect could be shown . |
| 8 | It was a significant influence in the wave of strikes of the late Fifties , until Healy 's authoritarian methods drove away the best people . |
| 9 | When it was built it was a significant addition to the city 's houses as it heralded the start of the restructuring that saw the completion of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II . |
| 10 | The barbican was a significant addition of the younger Marshalls ( sons of William Marshall ) , its tower and gateway deserving careful scrutiny . |
| 11 | This was a significant achievement in the highly competitive situation to which I have referred . |
| 12 | On the other hand , a substantial minority considered that infrastructural investment was a significant factor for location within an enterprise zone . |
| 13 | It was a significant factor to be taken into account when assessing the reasonableness of the local authority 's conduct in attempting to allocate children to the correct school . |
| 14 | An upsurge in anti-Semitism , attributed in some quarters to the worsening economic situation , was a significant factor behind the emigration of Soviet Jews currently in record numbers . |
| 15 | At the time it was genuinely believed that he was a significant factor in the unsatisfactory World Cup performance . |
| 16 | If it is true that the publication of figures showing a deficit shortly before the election was a significant factor in Labour 's ‘ last minute ’ loss of support , it is surely fitting — a case of Wilson being hoist by his own technocratic petard . |
| 17 | Indeed the Next Steps Report found that : ‘ People who had recently resigned from the Civil Service told us that frustration at the lack of genuine responsibility for achieving results was a significant factor in encouraging them to move to jobs outside . ’ |
| 18 | A major survey of the relevant literature , carried out by the National Institute of Mental Health in the US , found that all the research ( bar just one study ) agreed that television was a significant factor in failure at school . |
| 19 | However mistaken this attitude was , it undoubtedly was a significant factor in events ( 11 , p.23 : 78 , p.225 ) . |
| 20 | They testify to the fact that a colossal amount of wealth passed through royal hands , and it is therefore not surprising that control of the royal treasury was a significant factor in Merovingian politics . |
| 21 | You leave Livingston by crossing the River Almond and entering Mid Calder which was a significant centre in the past , as this was where the old Ayr road met the Edinburgh to Glasgow Turnpike . |
| 22 | There was a significant correlation between the number of accidents reported and the mean free speed , r(23)=0.620 , p<0.01 , and a negative correlation with the number of years licensed , r(23)=-0.414 , p<0.05 . |
| 23 | There was no significant correlation between P(A) and risk ratings taken from Study 2 , though there was a significant correlation between P(A) and accident estimates from that study , r(58)=0.32 , p<0.05 . |
| 24 | There was a significant correlation between the two methods ( r=0.69 ; p<0.02 ) , with no significant bias ( p=0.38 ) ( Fig 5 ) . |
| 25 | There was a significant correlation between faecal fat and amount of malabsorbed carbohydrate ( r=0.60 , F 1 , 1 7 =9.70 , p=0.006 ) and faecal fat and stool wet weight ( r=0.57 , F 1 , 1 8 =8.67 , p<0.009 ) , but not between stool wet weight and amount of malabsorbed carbohydrate ( r=0.28 , F 1 , 1 7 =1.45 , p=0.25 ) . |
| 26 | There was a significant correlation between faecal fat and amount of malabsorbed carbohydrate ( y=3.25+0.88x , r=0.60 , F 1 , 1 7 =9.70 , p=0.006 ) ( Fig 3 ) , as well as between faecal fat and stool wet weight ( y=146.70+7.13x , r=0.57 , F 1 , 1 8 =8.67 , p<0.002 ) , but not between stool wet weight and amount of malabsorbed carbohydrate ( r=0.28 , F 1 , 1 7 =1.45 , p=0.25 ) . |
| 27 | All our patients who had evidence of fat malabsorption ( faecal fat >7 g/24 hours ) malabsorbed complex carbohydrate ( increase in H 2 20 ppm ) as well , and there was a significant correlation between faecal fat and amount of malabsorbed carbohydrate . |
| 28 | In all patients , there was a significant correlation between ET-1-like immunoreactivity and histological parameters of disease activity ( r=0.78 , 95% CI 0.65–0.87 , p < 0.001 ) . |
| 29 | The first is that there was a significant correlation between the legal form of land-holding and the form and extent of commercial development of the land . |
| 30 | For this small test there was a significant correlation between experienced readers of SF and the scores for identifying SF writers and books . |