considerable significance

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableandsignificance

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofconsiderableandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Inevitably this is an urgent task and one ofconsiderablesignificance.
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Reliable, standardized and rapidly produced maps of small areas can then be used to make wider deductions ofconsiderablesignificance.
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These results certainly haveconsiderablesignificancefor the conduct of economic policy.
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If these differences are caused by an uneven distribution of risk factors for schizophrenia, they are ofconsiderablesignificanceto aetiological research.
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This is ofconsiderablesignificancefor decisions on the appropriate use and introduction of telemedicine.
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So, there is progress but there have also been cognitive losses of veryconsiderablesignificance.
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Closer historical investigation, however, shows that this school was ofconsiderablesignificancefor the development and advancement of a certain view of mathematics.
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After all, they could easily be enjoyed at other moments in the musical day and the distinctive genres that were offered often carriedconsiderablesignificancefor the singers.
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Considerablesignificanceis shown (p<0.001) but the magnitude (0.43 at best) is not high.
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These basalts are ofconsiderablesignificanceto the most recent episode of rifting in the region, as they provide a link between geophysical and geological work.
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He saw this as 'ofconsiderablesignificancefor the trade union movement',85 but there was little indication that many agreed with him at the time.
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It is ofconsiderablesignificancein the agreement we have before us, in the same way that agreements with other third countries are essential.
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It is unfortunate that such consultation, which will be ofconsiderablesignificance, should have been left to such a relatively late stage.
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I stress that there isconsiderablesignificancein the rôle of conventional forces in that theatre.
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They are ofconsiderablesignificancein the context of waiting times and costs.
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I think it right to say that these arrangements, so successfully come to, are ofconsiderablesignificancefor all the participants.
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But, nevertheless, it is a conference ofconsiderablesignificance.
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Such a sum of money is ofconsiderablesignificanceto people at that level of income.
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This, to me, has some veryconsiderablesignificance.
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