be of significance

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Others being actively pursued are red dwarfs, which are small dim stars, but too few have been seen so far, even with the Hubble Telescope, to be of significance.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

“We’re going to use this opportunity to find a permanent place closer to ground zero that would be of significance to the families.”

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2014

“Only those features that are deemed to be of significance to science are given a name by the community, thus leaving other features to be named by future generations.”

From Forbes • Mar. 12, 2014

The material cannot be released because the commission cannot hire the personnel needed to declassify it�even though the reports would be of significance for the peaceful development of atomic energy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here is what I had noted of that small Occurrence, and of one or two others contiguous in date, which prove to be of significance in Friedrich's History.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Carlyle, Thomas