adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
contribute substantially/significantly/greatly etc to sth
▪
Enya’s success has contributed substantially to the current interest in Celtic music.
correlate strongly/significantly/closely
▪
Lack of prenatal care correlates strongly with premature birth.
differ significantly (= in an important way )
▪
The second set of test results did not differ significantly from the first.
significantly different
▪
We found women had significantly different political views from men.
significantly reduce
▪
Their symptoms were significantly reduced.
significantly (= enough to be an important change )
▪
Violent crime has significantly decreased over the last ten years.
significantly
▪
The legal system has changed significantly since the rule was established.
significantly (= in a way that shows something important )
▪
Male cancer rates rose significantly during the period 1969–78.
significantly
▪
The software seems similar, but performance can vary significantly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
▪
The three designers whose work will be scrutinised today have all produced significantly different concepts.
▪
There are significantly different variations within the ideology of socialism.
▪
However, this model was not significantly different from a multifactorial model.
▪
The sexes become significantly different , even in the very organization of their brains, during the time in the womb.
▪
If beta is the relevant measure of portfolio risk then the value of should not be significantly different from zero. 3.
▪
Also, underground conditions were significantly different from what was anticipated.
▪
The lesion area of the group treated with catalase was not significantly different from that of the control rats.
▪
It is important to note that government purchases and transfers have significantly different impacts upon the allocation of resources.
great
▪
Table 4 supports the primacy effect as recall is significantly greater for the first three words in the list.
▪
The greater psychological need for single men to perform may not be joined with a significantly greater ability to earn money.
▪
In this study, a significantly greater total lipid concentration was found in the hepatic bile of cholesterol gall stone patients.
▪
Because the equipment is so much smaller, it also operates at a significantly greater speed.
▪
If there is conversion from memory to naive phenotype, the conversion rate will be significantly greater than zero.
▪
But: Digital technologies have significantly greater reliability of reproduction and ease of transmission, and they promise vast enhancement of access.
▪
It had its own permanent staff; hence user - staff interaction was significantly greater than in other user groups.
▪
Once again some of the correlations, while significantly greater than zero are still extremely small.
high
▪
In spite of the variations, crime rates are significantly higher in urban areas than in rural areas.
▪
Among blacks in general, the risk of death from both stroke and high blood pressure remain significantly higher than for whites.
▪
In some cases costs will be significantly higher than the bands above.
▪
Also, a low socioeconomic status and a suppressed immune system may put women at significantly higher risk.
▪
However, Blacks had significantly higher proportions committed for trial in the Crown Court, where custodial sentences are more likely.
▪
This should be significantly higher in 2000 as a result of acquisitions of Keyline and Sharpe and Fisher made late in 1999.
▪
Mean cholesterol concentrations were significantly higher in women in each study group.
▪
The mean fasting triglyceride and cholesterol levels in the diabetic macrovascular disease group were significantly higher than controls in the 30-59 age-group.
ill
▪
Females had significantly worse control than males.
large
▪
Bruch suggests that a significantly large proportion of anorexics are eldest or elder daughters.
▪
The Museum of Science is significantly larger than the other two museums and spans a bridge that connects Cambridge to Boston.
▪
Commercial cabinets are usually significantly larger than domestic refrigerators.
▪
The number of trials required can be significantly large .
long
▪
Working hours, averaging almost 60 per week in 1914, were significantly longer than in the West.
▪
However, it remains in tumour cells significantly longer than in healthy cells.
▪
Similarly, significantly more traffic was seen and the junction took significantly longer to pass through.
▪
Colonic transit time was significantly longer in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy.
low
▪
Some scepticism has been expressed by tenants as to whether independently judged rents will be significantly lower than those asked by brewers.
▪
Participation in east Jerusalem was significantly lower .
▪
But these facts are not indicative of a significantly lower priority, nor necessarily of a substantially more modest achievement.
▪
The significantly lower plasminogen activator activity of malignant ascites is associated with greatly increased concentrations of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.
▪
Median and minimum arterial-alveolar oxygen tension ratios for ventilated infants on the first day were significantly lower in the random group.
▪
However, only for Dipentum did this result in significantly lower 5-ASA mucosal concentrations.
▪
Those parts of the envelope where the thermal resistance is significantly lower are described as cold bridges.
▪
Although the inversion rate was low for both age groups, it was significantly lower for the eight-year-olds than for the five-year-olds.
well
▪
The scope for the retention of this kind of information exchange is not significantly better or worse today than it was then.
▪
The control of the partial seizures was significantly better with carbamazepine than with phenobarbital, phenytoin, or primidone.
▪
Sigmoidoscopic appearance and patients' symptoms were significantly better in the prednisolone group at two and four weeks.
▪
Biopsy inflammation score was significantly better , but vascularity score did not differ between the two treatments.
▪
Build quality seems significantly better than on some previous Citroens.
▪
Similarly, their performance on the exercise test was significantly better at five weeks and at six months.
▪
Organization participants with majority power must be persuaded that they would be significantly better off if a change occurred.
▪
Specific symptoms were significantly better on prednisolone at two and four weeks, compared with fluticasone propionate.
■ VERB
add
▪
It is felt that they will add significantly to the cultural record of the park.
▪
Smoking adds significantly to the risk because tobacco smoke bathes delicate cervical tissues in tar and nicotine.
▪
This will add significantly to the total market for both hardware and software.
▪
Of course, sterile collecting procedures add significantly to the difficulty of field work.
▪
Both add significantly to the transaction costs of operating the internal market.
affect
▪
This extra boost does not even significantly affect the braking at the other end.
▪
He asked them to identify areas in which operating costs could be brought down without significantly affecting store revenues.
▪
Mean attitudes are also significantly affected in respect of some of these considerations.
▪
Different treatment methods - surgery, chemotherapy, or a combination of both - did not significantly affect survival.
▪
However, the choice significantly affects the final geographical distribution and their use in resource allocation has been questioned.
▪
A correlation curve indicates the distance over which the motion at one point significantly affects that at another.
▪
It limits some occupations but we have no thought that it significantly affects personality, trustworthiness or sanity.
▪
Always increase the interception angle if the wind significantly affects it.
alter
▪
Theories of visual perception have altered significantly in the twentieth century.
▪
E-commerce hasn't significantly altered consumer behavior, experts say, adding that the death of malls was exaggerated.
▪
We know from many studies that quite subtle changes in tasks can significantly alter their difficulty level.
▪
Are there fundamental elements of human nature that can not be significantly altered by socialization and institutions?
▪
Treatment with sucralfate did not significantly alter the number of capillaries or myofibroblasts.
▪
The result is a menu slightly but significantly altered from the Good Earth selections of the past.
▪
Cholesterol, bile acids, and phospholipid output concentrations were not significantly altered .
▪
The mental aftermath points up how body changes can significantly alter lifestyles, relationships and self image.
change
▪
By that time, the situation as regards my father had changed significantly following his fall.
▪
If both the input and output activity of a node are high, the weights change significantly .
▪
The tales must have changed significantly over the generations.
▪
The job has grown and changed significantly since you started it.
▪
The mean labelling indices did not change significantly over time regardless of whether or not there were recurrences.
▪
But the legacy it leaves behind on annexations and incorporations will have significantly changed Tucson for decades to come.
▪
A mollusc past the initial stages of growth increases in size without significantly changing the orientation and relative proportions of its organs.
▪
You should also remember that if your circumstances change significantly , a maintenance order may be altered.
contribute
▪
Fishing, hunting, and the gathering of edible roots and berries also contribute significantly to the Zande diet.
▪
So Olajuwon tells himself he should contribute significantly to what the Rockets are trying to do, and he is right.
▪
Nor did his philosophy contribute significantly to the development of the scientific enterprise in succeeding generations.
▪
Clearly, infectious diseases contribute significantly to economic losses and days of disability in the United States.
▪
In fact, Craig's actions contributed significantly to destabilising the situation.
▪
But to sum up, he is beginning to feel that lawyers have contributed significantly to the disintegration of our country.
▪
Not only do I find this displeasing on the eye but I feel it contributed significantly to our eventual relegation.
▪
Recording errors contributed significantly to inaccuracy. 9.
correlate
▪
Data in the Table show that the scan score correlated significantly with all laboratory measurements except the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
▪
Blood flow was not significantly correlated with age or length of time since surgery in any of the groups.
▪
Membranous expression of pre-S1 and pre-S2 correlated significantly with active hepatitis B virus replication.
decrease
▪
Other key findings include: Rice yields are likely to decrease significantly .
▪
These results prove that the method is effective and the time needed for common titrations is significantly decreased .
▪
After preoperative radiotherapy the percentage of aneuploid tumours decreased significantly , from 71% to 47%.
▪
Discussion Our current results confirm that treatment which both heals duodenal ulcers and eradicates H pylori significantly decreases basal plasma gastrin concentrations.
▪
In the present study tissue type plasminogen activator activity in columnar carcinomas of the stomach, however, was significantly decreased .
differ
▪
The article challenges the statement by the Cumbrian Area Health Authority that local leukaemia rates do not significantly differ from national rates.
▪
The individual mare basins differ significantly in composition.
▪
Upper-and lower-plate margins will differ significantly in their uplift and subsidence history.
▪
They reported that quality-wise, the convenience foods did not differ significantly from the home-prepared items.
▪
Although the hit rate does not differ significantly between junctions there do seem to be substantial differences between individual films.
▪
Rostovtsev's last memorandum and Panin's first differed significantly .
▪
It did not differ significantly between groups.
▪
The fraction of cells in S phase did not differ significantly between the groups.
enhance
▪
Over the years they have significantly enhanced the quality of the education and the facilities available to our students.
▪
Unix International says Application Linking capabilities will significantly enhance the attractiveness of Unix-based applications in general-use environments.
fall
▪
During the Depression of the 1930s and the Second World War, alcohol consumption, understandably, fell significantly .
▪
The company said revenue and earnings will fall significantly below second-quarter results.
▪
In 1993 the level of development expenditure is forecast to fall significantly by approximately £150 million.
▪
Other software companies that fell significantly include: Autodesk, down 1 1 / 2 at 32.
▪
All four studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of these types of programmes and found that anxiety levels fell significantly .
▪
During this period the contribution of oil will fall significantly from 73% of demand in 1983 to 51% in the year 2000.
▪
Mr Dewar's majority fell significantly from nearly 19,000 to just over 13,000.
▪
And not everyone believes demand would fall significantly if metering were introduced.
grow
▪
Despite this diversion the board grew significantly showing an overall increase in income of 20% this year.
▪
But the overlap has grown significantly since the 1994 election.
▪
Whilst the company had grown significantly during the Wadeville years little could compare with the move to Germiston.
▪
What has significantly grown is expenditure by the Régions, Départements and Communes on culture in general and museum-building in particular.
▪
On the other hand, in the controlled zones, their work has grown significantly .
▪
Despite the recession, it's looking to grow significantly over the next decade.
improve
▪
Doctors said yesterday his condition had improved significantly , but that it was still serious.
▪
Available research suggests that changes in attitudes and practice could significantly improve their prospects.
▪
Clean them up, and your writing will improve significantly .
▪
Job status and job satisfaction, for most officers, is significantly improved .
▪
After six months, only the pianists improved significantly on a test of spatial reasoning, assembling a puzzle of a camel.
▪
He wants to double turnover and significantly improve profitability to more than five percent return on sales.
▪
After two weeks I discontinued them after determining they were not significantly improving morale.
increase
▪
It should also help to get the management commitment behind the project and this will significantly increase the likelihood of its success.
▪
Nygard and his team found that coffee not only raised levels of blood cholesterol, but also significantly increased homocysteine.
▪
That figure could well increase significantly .
▪
Despite the myths about reproduction and contraception, contraceptive use has increased significantly in recent years.
▪
It replaces two ole cast iron systems and will significantly increase production.
▪
Since then, the number of direct sales outlets has increased significantly .
▪
The number of applications for judicial review has none the less increased significantly over the past decade.
▪
Studies indicate that the risk of developing skin cancer is significantly increased by excessive sun exposure during childhood.
influence
▪
We found no differences between the sexes, and age did not significantly influence the concentrations of laminin.
▪
The derating expected is significantly influenced by the calorific content.
▪
However, there are several different kinds of centre-periphery relationships that significantly influence the implementation process.
▪
Most importantly, however, we have found that these traits can be influenced significantly by early and later experiences.
▪
Bowel frequency was not significantly influenced .
reduce
▪
The constraints imposed by the language on possible sound patterns should significantly reduce the number of word candidates.
▪
Although age, gender and genes are beyond our control, we can significantly reduce our risks through lifestyle choices.
▪
They significantly reduce withholding taxes on investment income from Scandinavian investments.
▪
In all five countries interparty antagonism appears to be significantly reduced by education.
▪
So strategically placed Asics Gel can significantly reduce the stress and shock of a run.
▪
I am not saying that the diet will completely eliminate cellulite but I do believe it will significantly reduce it.
▪
Thanks in large part to electronic paging this has been reduced significantly over the past 10 years.
▪
The incentive to abuse conflicts of interest was significantly reduced , and limited membership guaranteed a self-perpetuating standard of good behaviour.
rise
▪
By contrast the incomes of couples with children have risen significantly above the rate of inflation.
▪
Their spirit, focus, and productivity all rose significantly .
▪
Only briefly at the end of the 1960s and again in the mid-1970s did average earnings rise significantly above the all-industry average.
▪
If Disney stock rises significantly , shareholders may opt for more shares or more cash if it falls.
▪
It was noted that the price-earnings ratios rose significantly as growth rates increased in the Hardware sector.
▪
But while contraceptive use has risen significantly , it is not as simple for teenagers as politicians would have us believe.
▪
It confirms the pattern of poverty, although its level would seem to have risen significantly .
▪
In times of high interest rates, this burden will rise significantly .
vary
▪
Media use varied significantly too with events.
▪
Only 21. 3 percent of all taxpayers take the mortgage-interest deduction, and this varies significantly with income.
▪
The effects of the virus on nerve cells, which control muscle movements, vary significantly .
▪
The cost of exchange rate risk management does not vary significantly with firm size.
▪
Age, level of education and consumption of fish and alcohol did not vary significantly among the groups.
▪
The zones varied significantly in size and composition.
▪
Squab are also larger than wild doves or wood pigeons, therefore cooking times will vary significantly .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
All ovens are different, and cooking times can vary significantly .
▪
Barb paused and glanced significantly in my direction.
▪
But perhaps more significantly , the only person to mention America's role in the scandal was a non-American.
▪
In New York and Los Angeles violent crime decreased significantly .
▪
It is not possible to reduce costs without significantly altering the quality of the product.
▪
Students who had completed the program scored significantly higher on standardized tests.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
During the Depression of the 1930s and the Second World War, alcohol consumption, understandably, fell significantly .
▪
He grinned significantly at his host.
▪
However, what differentiated the suffragettes much more sharply and significantly from their criminal sisters was their resistance to criminalising.
▪
Noted for his prolific output, the composer significantly extended the repertory for the transverse flute.
▪
The absence of a target date by which the Protestant/Catholic unemployment differential would be significantly reduced is partly explained by this.
▪
Under these conditions, the researchers observed significantly higher blood levels of alcohol in the women compared with the men.