significant alteration

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantandalteration

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significant
adjective
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/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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alteration
noun
uk
/ˌɒl.təˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑːl.t̬əˈreɪ.ʃən/
a change, usually a slight change, in the appearance, character, or structure ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandalterationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant alteration

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However, during a successful pregnancy in chronically infected mice asignificantalterationof the maternal immune response was not observed.
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The chapters on developmental genetics and on somatic genetics are substantially revised, but apart from that one can go for hundreds of pages without spotting asignificantalteration.
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Aphasia tests did not reveal any othersignificantalterationin any language.
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I do not think there is any material orsignificantalteration.
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If the removal of nursery classes were to make asignificantalterationto the type of school, that would be a matter for clause 13.
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Similarly, the same school has made asignificantalterationto conventional school sports.
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The provision is therefore not tolerable unless there issignificantalteration.
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I hope that you will tell us how many words amount to asignificantalteration.
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Clause 63 contains a very important andsignificantalteration.
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Where changes in the commissioning arrangements represent asignificantalterationto a local service, local consultation will be needed.
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This structure has not requiredsignificantalterationbeyond the strengthening of the staff involved, since the report was published.
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That is asignificantalterationin the financial pension.
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The position remains that it is only the governors and managers who can initiate a change in character or asignificantalteration.
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Before arriving at asignificantalterationin the structure of these accounts, we must produce a great deal of determined effort.
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That is asignificantalteration, to our disadvantage.
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Does it mean that the terms will be such that this will be a purely verbal change, with nosignificantalteration?
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He has received no overtime or any othersignificantalterationin his income over that period.
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