Sentences with phrase «signifi cant»

If, for example, the government had set ambitious targets for itself, requiring expenditure of signifi cant funds, but had done nothing to meet them simply because BERR had decided that its own budget was too small, there seems little doubt that the court would have been prepared to intervene.

The sixth edition of the Ogden Tables (Ogden 6) published in May 2008 introduces some signifi cant changes, particularly as regards the calculation of contingencies other than mortality.

Anomalies in the volcanic - aerosol induced global radiative heating distribution can force signifi cant changes in atmospheric circulation, for example, perturbing the equator - to - pole heating gradient (Stenchikov et al., 2002; Ramaswamy et al., 2006a; see Section 9.2) and forcing a positive phase of the Arctic Oscillation that in turn causes a counterintuitive boreal winter warming at middle and high latitudes over Eurasia and North America (Perlwitz and Graf, 2001; Stenchikov et al., 2002,2004, 2006; Shindell et al., 2003b, 2004; Perlwitz and Harnik, 2003; Rind et al., 2005; Miller et al., 2006).

Using NCEP - 2 reanalysis data, Lim and Simmonds (2002) showed that for 1979 to 1999, increasing trends in the annual number of explosively developing (deepening by 1 hPa per hour or more) extratropical cyclones are signifi cant in the SH and over the globe (0.56 and 0.78 more systems per year, respectively), while the positive trend did not achieve signifi cance in the NH.

Globally, estimates of the potential destructiveness of hurricanes show a signifi cant upward trend since the mid-1970s, with a trend towards longer lifetimes and greater storm intensity, and such trends are strongly correlated with tropical SST.

An independent check on globally vertically integrated water vapour amounts is whether the change in water vapour mass is refl ected in the surface pressure fi eld, as this is the only signifi cant infl uence on the global atmospheric mass to within measurement accuracies.

Southern Housing had always wanted to use a fabric - first approach for the 16 houses and 12 apartments, because the approach offers high environmental performance while also benefi ting residents by giving them signifi cant and long - term savings on their energy bills.

Additionally, the presence of BC in the atmosphere above highly refl ective surfaces such as snow and ice, or clouds, may cause a signifi cant positive RF (Ramaswamy et al., 2001).

The data show a wellestablished 11 - year cycle in irradiance that varies by 0.08 % from solar cycle minima to maxima, with no signifi cant long - term trend.

Now the innovative drivetrain technology of BMW ActiveHybrid 7 serves to further enhance the effi ciency of the car and the driving pleasure it is able to offer, with the gasoline engine and electric motor being perfectly coordinated with one another to provide a signifi cant improvement of dynamic performance and motoring comfort and, at the same time, to capitalise on the use of energy in the fuel under a wide range of different driving conditions.

Appropriate use of the electric motor also in the interest of driving comfort likewise ensures yet another signifi cant step into the future provided by the development of hybrid components focusing on both the requirements of the luxury class and the characteristics so typical of a genuine BMW.

A further requirement is to use a battery with signifi cant storage capacity for covering long distances without overrun or application of the brakes and without any bottlenecks in the supply process.

A further signifi cant advantage is that the air conditioning and ventilation system remains fully operational also with the engine switched off, power being supplied directly through the 120 - volt on - board network operating on the lithium - ion battery.

Using PE and sport as a whole - school improvement strategy is likely to be seen as «radical» by some, but the schools that have been engaged with YST have seen signifi cant gains in exam results, behaviour, teaching practice, well - being, and ethos.

The bulk of this evidence suggests that signifi cant amounts of variation in student learning are accounted for by teachers» capacities, including:

«Good» high schools, this literature suggests, typically offer a signifi cant range of extracurricular activities.

It takes an optimistic view of Gordon Brown's declaratory White Paper The Governance of Britain, yet to be translated into signifi cant reform, which may suggest an generous disposition.

Ed Miliband and Justine ThorntonWhile these two are not married, their political clout is signifi cant.

Probably more concerning, in terms of the retention of talented juniors, Sport England also states: «There has been no statistically signifi cant change in tennis participation among 18 - year - olds between 2005/2006 and 2007/2008.»

The most signifi cant book published in the last 10 years was the Stern Review on climate change.

Also signifi cant, for me in particular, has been my own book from 2007, The Strange Death of David Kelly.

Not exact matches

According to our analysis of the 2002 election, a typical member of the labour force was only 4.7 percentage points more likely to vote for a center - right party if he was an insider than if he was an outsider (and this difference was not statistically signifi - cant).

«There's very little risk in improving nutritional status before the operation and signifi - cant possible benefits,» said a study coauthor Angela Smith, MD, an assistant professor of urology at UNC.

This is equivalent to a virtual lengthening of the wheelbase by a signifi - cant 500 mm and gives the sports car tremendous stability, especially at high speeds.

The research reveals a signifi - cant bias towards the West — with 83 % of lawyers at the top 30 firms based in Europe or North America - and clear gaps in key trading areas around the world.

He has been lead trial counsel in numerous high - profile cases involv - ing hundreds of millions of dollars at issue and signifi - cant national and interna - tional public attention, in - cluding matters reported in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, CNBC, the Investigation Discovery channel, and Forbes.com.