Sentence examples for significance at first from inspiring English sources

Morrison begins "Love," as she does most of her novels, by tossing a few puzzle pieces -- conversations, scenes, remarks -- at the reader; their significance, at first, we can only guess.

But if the holiday had religious significance at first, today in most American households the celebration is centered on cooking and sharing a beautiful meal with family and friends.

Back in Minnesota, as Chuck Ripka and I were leaving the bank to go to a meeting of local business leaders, a small encounter took place that was treated as so commonplace by everyone involved that I failed to see its significance at first.

Insulin resistance index to NEFA disappearance (IRNEFA) was doubled in patients compared with controls at basal (fasting IRNEFA) and during the clamp (IRNEFA1 and IRNEFA2), with the difference being statistically significant at basal but at borderline significance at the first and second steps (Table 2).

Percentage changes in cardiac index (CI) rose and systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI) fell, however, as the number of shocks increased, reaching significance at the seventh and eighth shocks (v baseline; both p = 0.015).

Over a 1-wk period, the skin BSA levels induced by HAMC remained relatively constant and elevated in comparison to saline controls (only reaching significance at the third and fourth hours following introduction).

Compared with the sham-operated group, the ischemic rats displayed a reduction in sucrose preference (F 1,38) = 80.688, P < 0.001), which reached statistical significance at the first week and persisted at least over 3 weeks).

AA500 started to increase urine volume from the second hour, but changes reached statistical significance at the fourth (68%, p < 0.05) and fifth (93.3%, p < 0.01) hour.

Water intake was decreased in this group, with significance at the second day (P = 0.005).

The hazard ratio of incident CVD increased as baseline HOMA-IR increased and reached statistical significance at the fourth quartile of HOMA-IR (1.8 [95% CI 1.2 2.8]) (Table 2).

La Jaunie failed to understand the significance of his footage at first.