Sentence examples for former significance from inspiring English sources
The rise of communes meant the end of the countship's former significance, but as a mark of privilege, the title of count was quite liberally bestowed by the popes and other sovereigns of the peninsula well into modern times.
The powerful house of the counts of Poitiers retained Aquitaine during the 10th and 11th centuries, endeavouring from time to time to restore to the name its former significance by extending the boundaries of the duchy to include Gascony and Toulouse.
Because of its former significance, Fort Ticonderoga still had a high reputation as the "gateway to the continent" or the "Gibraltar of America", but in 1775 it was, according to historian Christopher Ward, "more like a backwoods village than a fort".
For the former, significance was tested through 1000 random permutations.
The former significance was retained in a stepwise multivariate analysis independent of age, gender, BMI, and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR index) as independent variables (B ± SE: 10.74 ± 3.18, P = 0.043) (R = 0.92), while the latter significance was lost in the multivariate analysis.
Today the mirror may lack its former mystical significance, but it is no less prized for its decorative qualities.
It is a cliché to say so, but "Saturday Night Live" is an institution, kind of like comedy's Junior League, continually nostalgic for its former cultural significance.
A likelihood ratio for the former showed significance [χ2(4) = 20.09, p < .001].001]
As the entire company of Cape Town Opera turned and acknowledged their country's former leader, the significance of that long walk to freedom was never more apparent – especially in the light of South Africa's current crises.
Education level and political connections both had positive effects on the business performance of enterprises, while the former had weaker significance.
Correlation analysis showed a negative correlation coefficient between workload and Overall Cost and GCEP Cost, with the former achieving statistical significance (r = −0.821, p = 0.023).
