acquire significance

The study of motivation has been mostly about how stimuli come to acquire significance for animals.

This method was also known from Norway but acquired little significance there.

It was then, for the first time, that black political power acquired real significance for me.

It acquired particular significance in the 1970s as an early subject for the historical approach to ecology and woodland management.

The question as to the policing of the police has acquired significance beyond our borders.

The waters of a well said to have been the place of his death acquired special significance.

If we add more mathematical structure, our congruence may acquire new significance.

Some of the internal market philosophy is also to acquire significance in the transport sector.

These elections acquired added significance last week with the announcement of a referendum to be held at the same time.

The term cohesion has acquired special significance within the Union.