The phrase "assumes significant" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the implications or expectations of a particular situation, theory, or model.
Example: "The study assumes significant changes in consumer behavior due to the new marketing strategy."
Alternatives: "entails considerable" or "presumes substantial".
Due to drilling uncertainty, a relief well assumes significant responsibility to cope with potential accidents during onshore and offshore drilling.
Owing to its various deleterious effects, abatement of SO2 from point sources assumes significant importance over the years.
The worst case or conservative scenario assumes significant market penetration by Japanese producers via major technological advances coupled with aggressive price cutting.
In his regard, cathode catalyst layer degradation assumes significant importance due to severity of the degradation, complex and interrelated phenomena involved and intricacies associated with assessing it in-situ.
It assumes significant growth as a part of the final energy demand mix.
Also, this model assumes significant alterations in the protonation constants of the carboxylic and catechol groups due to intra- and intermolecular interactions (see Table 1).
Statistical significance was evaluated by an unpaired t test assuming significant association at P < 0.05 compared with control samples.
Following Kodak's historic outsourcing decision, technology outsourcing has assumed significant importance among researchers and practitioners.
Although pay scales are now being reviewed, the army remains embryonic and is unlikely to assume significant counterinsurgency missions for some time.
During his two terms as vice president, Nixon campaigned actively for Republican candidates but otherwise did not assume significant responsibilities.
But analysts were watching to see whether he would assume significant party posts during the coming meeting.
