Example sentences of "[be] [prep] great importance " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 No one knew why , though the Dutch gunner Colonel opined that the reason for the Prince 's hasty departure could not have been of great importance , or else the Duke would surely have left with the Prince .
3 The distinction between blending inheritance and particulate inheritance has been of great importance in the history of evolutionary ideas .
4 Ungulates are of great importance to man .
5 This observation is necessary not because the lines quoted are of great importance to her poetry , but to give a balanced view of her own conflicts as a domestic servant .
6 The scavenging activities of soil microbes are of great importance to human welfare , but Waksman 's studies were not orientated to medical applications .
7 These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book .
8 of the county , so that although some of these sites are of great importance to birds , most birds are found in the other 99.5 per cent .
9 Continuity of employment and the company 's commitment to the new area are of great importance .
10 While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor .
11 While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor .
12 Good relationships and the ability to get on with people , including your own colleagues as well as your clients , are of great importance .
13 They are of great importance in any full characterization of consciousness , and are rightly the subject of inquiry of several kinds , sometimes in the endeavour to give a limited characterization of the mind .
14 Polynomials of matrices are of great importance in a variety of ways .
15 On the whole , Acts , despite their legal precision , are fairly loose guides when it comes actually to setting up the services they authorize , and the decisions made by the administrators of services at central or local level are of great importance in shaping the provision .
16 This information and the decisions which emanate from it are of great importance , politically , economically and socially .
17 It is also possible that surface dust is mobilized by electrical forces : indeed , such forces are of great importance to the minority of scientists who believe that very little lava if any has flowed from the lunar interior .
18 Some of them are held to be responsible for relaxation phenomena at low temperatures while folds are of great importance in the crystallization of polymers .
19 But new questions about the relations of language and what language represents are of great importance to our understanding of Renaissance culture .
20 The early years in work are of great importance .
21 Yes , the legs are of great importance , but not as much as many teachers suggest .
22 Answers to these problems are of great importance to man 's survival and well-being .
23 Because of the association between clinical vaccine efficacy and detectable serum neutralising antibody , children who remain seronegative after three doses of OPV are of great importance in the control and eventual eradication of poliomyelitis .
24 These are all issues that are of great importance and interest to this country .
25 They are of great importance not only as food for birds and mammals , but also in pollination and recycling of nutrients .
26 Peace of mind when the husband was working some distance from the farm could be of great importance .
27 He hopes that the discussion will not take up too much of their time , but assures them that their advice and guidance will be of great importance .
28 In practice the phenothiazines and lithium proved to be of great importance in managing schizophrenia and mania , respectively , and in helping to restore many patients to everyday life .
29 These are likely to be of great importance when prescribing the remedy for a patient .
30 It should be added , though the authors do not mention this , that the highly solidaristic ideology of mining communities in the North-East of Britain may well be of great importance in sustaining these egalitarian working groups and that they may not be viable in other areas where a more individualistic ideology is adhered to .
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