significant change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantandchange
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is real evidence of social mobility and asignificantchangein the composition of the administrative elite.
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Running mode4, mode5, or mode6 without c4 -heuristics does not lead to asignificantchangeof the computational time.
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The onlysignificantchangethat has occurred in my view as to its nature concerns the modal status of the conditional propositions at its heart.
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However, if the magnitude of the group selection factor modulating the virulence of these viral populations is large enough, nosignificantchangewould be expected.
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The cortisol levels of the control eels which were not inoculated with larvae did not show anysignificantchangeover the experimental period.
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The onlysignificantchangeneeded was the invitation for patients to add free text comments on the back.
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Asignificantchangeof conditions in the outside world compels the system to react and reorganize its own structure.
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He also inserted asignificantchangein the inequality argument deployed by officials.
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This method borrows components of innovation histories, appreciative inquiry and mostsignificantchange.
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The remaining 406 were either new seats or experiencedsignificantchangeto their boundaries.
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Nosignificantchangein the number of isolates was found through the years.
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Indeed, it might be possible to effect asignificantchangein rhythmic behaviour, to begin very freely but discover a precise 'groove' around bar 38.
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Nosignificantchangein the regulatory regime governing cigarettes occurred as a result of the successful characterisation of cigarettes as addictive.
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This occurred in spite of the fact that there had been nosignificantchangein household size.
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The second group, women born between 1935 and 1949, showed a marked decline in menarcheal age, with again nosignificantchangein stature.
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Significantchangewithin one of these areas could lead to the need for a revision and adaptation of the deprivation component of the poverty measure.
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Furthermore, there was nosignificantchangein the prevalence of clinical filariasis in the overall population after 16 years.
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Such is one possible reaction to the scientific discovery that reveals the animate nature of pencils-asignificantchangein the metasemantics of the term.
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Figure 1 shows anothersignificantchange: there is no longer ' seniority advantage' in the labour market.
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A repeated-measures analysis was carried out to test forsignificantchangein these outcome measures over this period.
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