Example sentences of "have [been] [prep] [adj] importance [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , their use of common law has been of especial importance in outlining and protecting certain rights of the individual .
2 Quiet and reserved he may have been , but his determination to succeed has been of great importance to his colleagues , both on and off the field .
3 The distinction between blending inheritance and particulate inheritance has been of great importance in the history of evolutionary ideas .
4 However , it seems plausible that this source of energy has been of little importance in the past because Jupiter is so very massive that it probably formed very hot , though Jupiter may now be sufficiently cool for helium separation to have recently become significant , or for it to become significant in the relatively near future .
5 The first is that the social purpose framework — of raising collective working-class consciousness through critical , liberal educational processes — has been of central importance in the development of community adult education practice in Britain .
6 Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market , although other areas of law have also had a bearing .
7 Inevitably , priorities also shifted as a result of civil strife , which has been of fundamental importance to at least twelve of sub-Saharan Africa 's forty-one countries .
8 This issue has been of particular importance within central government in recent years as the traditional task of the civil service — that of offering objective , impartial advice — has come under scrutiny .
9 In Japan , the role of MITI has been of particular importance in vertically co-ordinating enterprises in the achievement of longer-term , macro-economic , industry-wide planning ( Dore , 1986 ) .
10 MIND has been of enormous importance in widening understanding of the social aspects of the problem of mental disorder and stimulating progressive work in this held .
11 If the person is considered to have been of outstanding importance to the nation then days of mourning might be decreed .
12 Bruce meanwhile had launched a lightning raid into north-west England , and after burning Lancaster he crossed into the North Riding of Yorkshire and almost succeeded in capturing Edward himself near Byland Abbey , This humiliation of the king proved too much for Andrew Harclay , whose support had been of crucial importance at Boroughbridge and who had been raised to the earldom of Carlisle a few days after the battle .
13 It had been of considerable importance to the development of the District 's confidence and reputation in East Anglia in the early twenties .
14 Declining costs of information have been of critical importance in spurring the international growth of service firms and the service functions within manufacturing firms .
15 The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years .
16 Friends have been of paramount importance to her in the last ten years and she has not deserted them .
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