Much of Bulgaria ’ s communist-era industry was heavy industry, although biochemicals and computers were significant products beginning in the 1980s.

Copyright has grown from a legal concept regulating copying rights in the publishing of books and maps to one with a significant effect on nearly every modern industry, covering such items as sound recordings, films, photographs, software, and architectural works.

There is no economic activity ( except for a significant but as yet unquantified charter fishing and diving industry ), and only a staff of three or four people to run the meteorological station on Willis Island ( South Islet ), established in 1921.

Before World War II, Croatia's industry was not significant, with the vast majority of the people employed in agriculture.

The most significant sources of employment in 2008 were manufacturing industry, wholesale and retail trade and construction.

Food processing and chemical industry also account for significant portions of industrial output and exports.

Certification is of significant importance in the project management ( PM ) industry.

The War of 1812 had some effect on the shipping industry in the Maritime colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Island ; however, the significant Royal Navy presence in Halifax and other ports in the region prevented any serious attempts by American raiders.

However, few of these had a significant impact on the advance of the industry.

Higher education is therefore very important to national economies, both as a significant industry in its own right, and as a source of trained and educated personnel for the rest of the economy.

However, Eritrea ’ s long coastline clearly offers the opportunity for significant expansion of the fishing industry from its current, largely artisanal, stage.

An important aspect of the second law of electrolysis is electroplating which together with the first law of electrolysis, has a significant number of applications in the industry, as when used to protect metals to avoid corrosion.

Research by four economists at the University of Chicago has found that the growth of online shopping has also affected industry structure in two areas that have seen significant growth in e-commerce, bookshops and travel agencies.

It may be significant that Elbing's first industry was the same as Truso's had been: manufacture of amber and bone artifacts for export.

In spite of the significant drop in the last decade, food industry is still giving up to 14 % of total industrial production and amounts to 7-8 % of the country's exports.

With the completion of the port at Haifa and its oil refineries, significant industry was added to the predominantly agricultural Palestinian economy.

Roads and quays were built ; the slate industry became a significant employer on Easdale and surrounding islands ; and the construction of the Crinan and Caledonian canals and other engineering works such as Telford's " Bridge across the Atlantic " improved transport and access.

Higher education is therefore very important to national economies, both as a significant industry in its own right and as a source of trained and educated personnel for the rest of the economy.

Important industry sector regulations have also been included when they have a significant impact on information security.

A rapid rise in the number of mainland visitors due to China's easing of travel restrictions, increased public works expenditures, and significant investment inflows associated with the liberalisation of Macau's gaming industry drove the five-year recovery.

Martial arts since the 1970s has become a significant industry, a subset of the wider sport industry ( including cinema and sports television ).

A significant wooden shipbuilding industry had developed in the community by the mid 19th century, allowing for incorporation, but the shipbuilding economy collapsed in the 1860s.

The club's focus on commercial and sporting success brought significant profits in an industry often characterised by chronic losses.

Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the north of the county.

The DPP suffered a significant election defeat in nationwide local and county elections in December 2005.

In the East of the county is Sutton Hoo, the site of one of England's most significant Anglo-Saxon archæological finds ; a ship burial containing a collection of treasures including a Sword of State, gold and silver bowls and jewellery and a lyre.

A significant number of people commute to the city every day, mostly from the surrounding Ilfov county, however official statistics regarding their numbers do not exist.

A small but significant minority of Irish people, usually attached to parties like Sinn Féin and the smaller Republican Sinn Féin, denied the right of the twenty-six county state to use the name Republic and continued to refer to the state as the Free State.

Apart from the state and county governments, Dover's significant employers include Dover Air Force Base, located within the southeast corporate limits of the city.

In 1863, there were significant troop movements through the county as part of the Gettysburg campaign.

Congestion is a significant problem in the county, as east-west transportation is restricted by the narrow urban corridor and many of its citizens commute south to Salt Lake County.

Discovery of significant dinosaur and other pre-historic remains on the eastern edge of the county caused nationwide interest, which culminated in establishment of Dinosaur National Monument.

The county has experienced significant population growth since the 1960s.

Although long extremely rural, in recent years Sumter County has sustained an exceptionally large increase in population, almost solely due to the expansion of The Villages retirement complex, a significant portion of which is in the county.

This has dramatically changed the demographics of the county and has brought in significant income.

In the northern part of the county, significant coal and sand deposits were formed in even earlier geologic eras.

The county ’ s water is viewed as sufficiently pure and abundant that the county is a source of significant amounts of bottled water, distributed throughout the country.

The county contains a significant portion of Shasta-Trinity National Forest, home to the Trinity Alps.

They also believed that they were a significant enough entity that they should have their own county jurisdiction.

Pennsylvania and New York delegated significant power and responsibility from state government to county governments, and thereby established a pattern for most of the United States, although counties remained relatively weak in New England.

Democratic candidates are generally most successful in the county seat and largest city, Port Angeles, which casts a significant number of votes.

While significant areas of the county are rural and mountainous, most residents live in the suburbs near Roanoke and Salem in the Roanoke Valley.

The county itself was the site of only one significant skirmish during the war, the “ Battle of the Grove ,” which was fought near Blackstone ( then known as Blacks and Whites ) for control of the rail line that supplied General Robert E. Lee ’ s Army of Northern Virginia then entrenched around Petersburg and Richmond.

As a result, several significant cavalry actions took place in the county, particularly one fought at Trevilians in 1864.

No significant combat occurred in the county.

As well as having the Rio Colorado Golf Course and a birdwatching park on the Colorado river and hwy 35, there are a significant number of wildlife preserves around the county, a portion of which is land bought for that purpose by the three major plants in the county.