Because he had just invested a significant amount of money in my college education.

In short there is a significant ERW reduction program in place in Iraq however it is absorbing a significant amount of the available effort.

So the amount of money online crime generates is significant.

Ukraine has created a State programme for the disposal of that significant amount of dangerous material.

Among a number of worrying cases, a significant amount of highly enriched uranium was discovered in the Caucasus and it is possible that a larger amount remains unaccounted for.

So these are small actions that can amount to a significant effect to improve local environmental health.

Indeed, a significant amount of potential revenue is not generated owing to logistical deficiencies, including inadequate paperwork.

There has also been a significant amount of discussion of how to fund peacebuilding and reconstruction efforts.

A significant amount of our income goes to servicing our debt, hindering the socio economic development of mountainous areas.

None of these techniques result in any amount of recycling in any significant way.

It's the last major material to be recovered in any significant amount on the Earth.

Although that would be a significant increase, it would still fall short of the amount required to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

With a significant amount of R D activity occurring in the private sector, business enterprises serve as a primary source of demand for S T specialists.

During the first week of January this year, a Liberian company, Malavasi Farms, imported a significant amount of mining plant which it claimed was agricultural machinery.

Accurate accounting for nuclear materials can meet significant practical problems that increase with the amount of nuclear material.

There is a significant amount of credible information disclosing the commission of grave crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court having taken place in Darfur.

There has been a significant amount of discussion about where within the United Nations system the Peacebuilding Commission should reside and how it should function.

African countries, particularly the least developed ones, would continue to need a significant amount of help with issues related to international investment arrangements and capacity building.

For a significant part of this amount, the supporting documentation was the official UNDP service clearing account report, which was considered a valid documentary base by UNDP and UNHCR.

In addition to the government's anti poverty expenditures a significant amount of public resources are aimed at providing social protection to the poorest segments of society, particularly women.

On 4 April 2004, following a skirmish with GSPC elements travelling in three Toyota automobiles in the north eastern part of Midal, a Toyota containing documents and a significant amount of ammunition was seized.

The most significant increase in the amount of 1,550,100 (at 2004 2005 costs) is under the contribution to the security and safety services run by UNOV.

It was noted that a significant amount of money was still outstanding for the current year and that it would be regrettable if arrears in contributions became a problem, as was the case in other multilateral agreements.

Ms. Mayanja (Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women) observed that the Committee, in considering eight reports of States parties, had dealt with difficult issues and accomplished a significant amount of work.

A significant breakthrough.

A significant initiative.

Strong caution is urged regarding the cumulative effect of many small continuing uses and emissions justified with pleas of insignificant impact, that could add a significant amount of ozone depleting chlorine and bromine to the atmosphere.

There's a significant difference.

Since the holding of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, member States have made available a significant amount of national information to the Commission on Sustainable Development, showcasing voluntary commitments, case studies and best practices in sustainable development.

That's a substantial amount of money.

There's a certain amount of aristocracy.

This is not a negligible amount.

This is at a time when the city of Bristol, which is quite close to here, was surrounded by commercial market gardens, which provided a significant amount of the food that was consumed in the town, and created a lot of employment for people, as well.

iv.The held to maturity investment is sold due to any significant readjustment of laws or administrative regulations on the scope of permitted investment or the amount of investment of any particular investment product

A study reported a warming of the surface layer characterized by a significant increase of inter annual oscillations and a significant spatial variability.

This did a huge amount of damage.

And that's a huge amount of data.

There was a huge amount of crime.

I learned a huge amount from Henry.

I think it adds a huge amount.

Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

This is a truly significant achievement.

It lightweighted that skeleton using a minimum amount of material, as an organism must, for the maximum amount of strength.

That gave us a tremendous amount of hope.

This includes a large amount of human error.