Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [adv] important [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Mann considered these objective to be so important that in January 1897 he gave up the secretaryship of the Independent Labour Party which he had held since 1894 to devote himself to the continental agitation , especially in Rotterdam , Antwerp and Hamburg , which had been started in the previous year .
2 Questions on data availability are likely to be particularly important where users are heavily dependent on secondary sources .
3 The majority of bird netting is likely to be knotted ( this produces a fine and very flexible net ) or knitted , but the thickness of the thread is likely to be more important than the type of assembly .
4 From the general practitioner 's point of view , the constraints of time are likely to be more important than the modest financial outlay for equipment .
5 For them free time is likely to be more important than work itself .
6 However , a stipulated time for delivery is likely to be more important and therefore in an ordinary commercial transaction a delivery date is normally ‘ of the essence , ’ Hartley v. Hymans ( 1920 K.B. ) .
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