The significance lay in the expression "send full credentials."

Yet the significance of the attack lay in its rarity.

For many union leaders, the larger significance of the strike lay in its simplicity.

The real significance of Gawilghur lay in the future.

Her intelligent goat's eyes looked at him, and he was aware that some particular significance lay behind them.

Enjoyable as such recollections are, the real significance of the congress lay deeper.

The conference's political significance lay in the fact-finding groups it set up to report about slavery worldwide.

But the significance of their contribution lay in their active and visible support.

Still, the evening's real significance lay in the ritual: Hollywood's first big awards party of the year was under way.

Instead, he said, its significance lay in the publication itself.