Firstly it meant that a significant proportion of the foreign debt was in practice written off.
Indian and Chinese engineers account for a significant proportion of Silicon Valley's workforce, for example.
Not surprisingly, for many companies, a significant proportion of their international operations subtracts, rather than adds economic value.
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It hand-picks highly-motivated graduates to teach for two years in schools with a significant proportion of poor children.
This is due to the fact that a significant proportion of cable networks revenues comes from subscription fees.
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Nomura said it expects to save the jobs of a "significant proportion" of the 2, 500 Lehman staff in those businesses.
Much of it has been allocated to basic research funding, although a significant proportion is for updating laboratories and scientific equipment.
But, more important than the waste of public money, are the serious health consequences for a significant proportion of our patients.
Some are applying for access to a significant proportion of the exchanges.
Hydropower is expected toprovide a significant proportion of the new energy demand.
While some achieve the rises while remaining with their current firm, a significant proportion get them by packing their desk and moving on.
"Quite a significant proportion of off-road bikers feel it is their birth-right to come up here and destroy this ancient land, " added Mr Crowhurst.
Because of these problems, a significant proportion of children and youths are not attending school and there is a high rate of school dropouts.
It accounts not only for a significant proportion of government spending in developed countries, it also makes a impact on their GDP as well.
It is possible that putting the parent company into administration - thus wiping out a significant proportion of the club's debt - could save the club from a points deduction.
Last week it emerged that the Football League could still impose a punishment if a significant proportion of the football club's debt was wiped out by its parent company entering administration.
Mr Wenman added that a significant proportion of calls to the service were from health professionals requiring transport to hospital for someone they had already fully assessed and was not an emergency.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families said it was hoped that a significant proportion of boarding places would be taken by Army personnel, subject to discussions with the Ministry of Defence.
Mr Cameron last year announced plans to draw up a list of the party's best candidates, half of whom would be women and there would also be a "significant proportion" of ethnic minority and disabled candidates.
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"The result shows that a significant proportion of our staff do not wish to take strike action and would like to work with us in delivering our plans to bring the business into profit, " said Kevin Gilliland of the Post Office.
However this debate shapes up, I can't help feeling that Tony Blair will find that, like Harold Wilson before him, his stance towards an American war will make him a figure of hatred among a significant proportion of the Labour movement who will never forget and may never forgive.
The report concluded that since 2008, "there has been no significant change in the proportion of adults meeting the recommendations".
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There was, however, no significant reduction in the proportion of people who had a heart attack or kidney failure subsequently.
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It raises enough revenue to make a significant increase in the proportion of the Scottish Budget accounted for by the parliament's own resources.
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The survey also showed "no significant change in the proportion of adults or children consuming the recommended daily intake of five or more portions of fruit and vegetables".
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Even more significant is the fact that the proportion of the population in the very obese category has increased.
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Though Expedia expects the merchant model to continue having a significant impact on its business, we estimate the proportion of agency model to increase in the future.
While the changes are only a few percent, with more than 40, 000 women diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK alone every year, a large proportion of whom have 'ER-positive' cancer, it could mean a significant decrease in the number whose cancer returns.
Significant numbers of owners may be left with homes worth less than their mortgages especially as the proportion of owner-occupiers with mortgages exceeding 80% of the value of their homes is higher now than it was in the previous bust in the early 1990s.
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