The phrase "a big implication of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the significant consequences or effects that arise from a particular situation or statement.
Example: "One big implication of climate change is the increase in extreme weather events."
Alternatives: "a major consequence of" or "a significant effect of".
One of the big implications of Scotland becoming separate would be the SNP's threat to expel Trident from Faslane.
Beethoven's music is full of small ideas that turn out to have big implications, of notions that, though apparently so simple, are crammed with personality.
"The biggest implication of this is that it will help a lot of working adults who do not have college degrees to take the first steps to earn one," said Andrew Ng, a Stanford computer science professor who is one of Coursera's co-founders.
"The bigger implication of this is that as they begin to field a force of missiles with multiple warheads, it means everything we assume about the size of their nuclear arsenal becomes wrong," said Mr. Wortzel, who is a former military intelligence officer and retired Army colonel.
But Mr. Russo of FantasyPlayers.com said the bigger implication of the ruling was that marketers can run their own sports fantasy contests on their own sites, without having to pay the leagues.
That's the biggest implication of this rate environment," says John Lonsky, senior economist at Moody's.
The biggest implication of the new study is that Lipitor and other statins, now taken by 11 million Americans at a cost of almost $14 billion a year, might also benefit tens of millions more patients than doctors had ever expected.
Klingman: I think the biggest implication of the "money-market bubble" is that at some point those assets will be looking to invest to get some return above 0% (the current real return for money-market funds after taxes and inflation).
But while many are intrigued, angered, and horrified by the blatant invasion of privacy involved and the bigger implications of a society in which nothing personal can be kept private, perhaps we should also explore the contradictions of an American culture at odds with itself on all things sexual.
