Walking or bicycle are the only significant means of transportation within the village.

The firm's share has consistently been higher than 40 percent since the high-yield market became a significant means of financing in the mid-1980's.

Being of significant means he paid for all of his sons to receive the best education the region had to offer.

Shell money was a significant means of exchange among many aboriginal cultures.

Ten of his 22 ministers have involvement in companies with significant financial means.

Personal correspondence has been a significant means of direction down the years.

The Mauritanian government sees oil production as a significant means of boosting economic growth.

Australia's inland waterways are not a significant means of commercial transport.

This would give the country a significant means of applying pressure.

But what "significant" means remains to be seen.