Sentence examples for a significant weapon from inspiring English sources

But the fact is that, in both countries, Turkey's putative membership has been a significant weapon for the no campaigns.

True, it is not in the same high-velocity class as the Williams sisters or Davenport, but it is a significant weapon.

In particular, the loss of so much pace removes a significant weapon at Amor's disposal, especially away from home when looking to counterattack.

"The reform act has proven to be a significant weapon in defending against frivolous lawsuits," said Steven M. Schatz, a lawyer at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, which represents many Silicon Valley companies that have faced investor lawsuits.

He said the case was a big advance for regulators: "It adds a significant weapon in the enforcement arsenal that we can use the antifraud provisions of the Investment Advisers Act against people operating on the Internet and doing the sorts of things Tokyo Joe was doing.

Opposition politicians say Mr. Gachechiladze has unexpectedly become a significant weapon in their attempt to discredit the government, and the program's popularity suggests how dissatisfaction with Mr. Saakashvili has moved into the mainstream of Georgian society, eight months after the war with Russia.

The sale of thionyl chloride, an essential ingredient for mustard gas, was arranged by a West German company, Rheineisen, in a quantity that American officials said would be sufficient to supply a significant weapons program.

Police Commissioner Fotis Nassiakos told reporters that a botched bomb attack last weekend severely wounded a foot soldier in the group and led authorities to a hide-out and a significant weapons cache at a studio apartment on the ground floor of a residential building in the heart of Athens.

While China opposes any significant weapon sales to Taiwan, the Aegis-equipped warship is the most controversial, because it would involve a leap in Taiwan's technological level and because it could also, experts say, someday be adapted for use in the kind of upper-atmospheric missile defense that China has most vehemently condemned.

The development of black powder as a tactically significant weapon was left to the Europeans, who probably acquired it from the Mongols in the 13th century (though diffusion through the Arab Muslim world is also a possibility).

The IPR has become an increasingly significant weapon in the fight against trolls, but Congress is currently considering other ways to address the issue.