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
They must be of significance, in particular for the question of transitory hyperleucocytosis, which is by some referred to a destruction, by others to an altered localisation of the white blood corpuscles.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers
This component of brome grass in the diet was economically of little significance in the study area, although it could be of significance where brome grass seed was being harvested.
From Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas by Dwight Platt
