Example sentences of "important but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A good start is important but we could risk our success in all competitions if Ally plays and is then out for three months . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Barwise-Munro felt there was still a great deal to learn about bovine obstetrics and he discounted the farmer 's view that bulls were responsible for all problems , saying : ‘ The bull is important but we also have to consider the pelvic area of the female . |
| 3 | Community relations can be extremely important but they are very often relegated to the bottom of the list of PR activities . |
| 4 | The contents of the jiffy bag were n't important but they were genuine , and the solicitors were well known for handling City problems . |
| 5 | Price and income effects on housing demand are demonstrably important but they are ignored in structure plans . |
| 6 | The instruments of war , the machinery that was necessary to prosecute what I think was , if any war could be just , a truly just war , these implements and machines are tremendously important but they are passing , they are transitory . |
| 7 | I think it 's very important but I think a lot of us are very lazy . |
| 8 | ‘ Finding the creature is important but I do n't want anyone to get hurt in the process . ’ |
| 9 | It is n't particularly important but I think it may become so . ’ |
| 10 | still believe that SSE is important but I do n't believe that those who devised the scheme have got it right yet — feedback to the LEA , etc. will only be what senior staff within the school wish to discuss ; |
| 11 | I am sure you already now that the WISE activities are important but I am just telling you all this in confirmation of your instincts … ’ |
| 12 | I 'm not opposed to links when they 're relevant , I 've in fact argued and encouraged them and defended them where they 've taken place and I believe that they were important but I do n't believe in them taking place where they 're irrelevant and er where they er are unhelpful . |
| 13 | It 's important but I , I would n't I do n't want to er get carried away with the fact that we 're not performing well because we are performing well . |
| 14 | ‘ I mean it 's important but it 's not the only important thing . |
| 15 | Existing management structures and knowledge bases are on the one hand inappropriate , and on the other largely inadequate , for this task and these inadequacies are very serious constraints ; of the two , the lack of adequate knowledge bases for evaluation in a process sense is probably more important but it is also the point at which the greatest development could take place . |
| 16 | All schools would say caring was important but it is getting squeezed . ’ |
| 17 | It might not be important but it would be helpful to have you there when he talks to his parents . |
| 18 | Indeed the covenant is important but it is Christ who holds the key to the understanding of baptism and I thought that you would like to hear how your work has helped us to see our way in this respect . |
| 19 | Status remains important but it is no longer the central feature of British society that it was in preceding centuries . |
| 20 | Now the er the next things they 're not probably quite so important but it 's worth . |
| 21 | So my , my tax office is in Cardiff , now the quick way in to your tax office , where ever it is , and if it changes , is you get the telephone number , you get the reference room of Salaries or Pension Department , you ring your tax office , quote your name , the tax office reference although that 's n these days is n't important but you must quote your national insurance number , by doing that you get put through to the person who presses a button and says , oh yes you 're Mr or Mrs so-and-so , what can I tell you ? |