Peppered with questions about the long-term significance of his appointment, White was reluctant to answer in any definitive way.

But the long-term significance of the city gains remained unclear.

Afterward, it emerged that little of long-term significance had changed that day.

Budget analysts called the increase encouraging, but they said it was too early to assess any long-term significance.

But Byrd's physicians cautioned that they could not determine long-term significance to such voluntary movement.

The long-term significance of teaching language to the other primates is difficult to overestimate.

Patterson reflected on Twichell's long-term significance to Texas history and development.

We must portray this vote as an issue of long-term significance which will affect future administrations, whether they be Democratic or Republican.

Of course, the most important immediate priority - but with long-term significance also - is employment.

Similarly, the use of the United Nations has long-term significance.