Example sentences of "[conj] it is important " in BNC.

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1 Like many other d-i-y enthusiasts , I occasionally have to mix mortar for covering small areas where it is important to achieve a good finished surface .
2 This is particularly relevant in attitude surveys , where it is important not to assume that people 's expressed attitudes , on , say , race relations , are consistent with their actual behaviour .
3 Where it is important to retain some degree of normal morphogenesis , fractions should be grown in suspension culture .
4 For those who can afford it , a course of treatment with a professional psychotherapist may be the best answer , although it is important to select the person and the approach carefully .
5 Although it is important to seek to understand the roots of sadism if one is to help the person to change , those who care for elderly people will be primarily concerned to protect them .
6 It is arguable that teacher expectations and behaviour could be creating an interactive process of low expectations , low achievements and black pupil resistance , although it is important to recognize that teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into self-fulfilling prophecies ( Short , 1985 ) .
7 Although it is important to note these differences , it is nevertheless possible to agree with Lowenthal and Comitas ( 1962 ) that out-migration is still the prime factor in rural depopulation .
8 It is just because whatever one has planned to do is bound to be altered in the process that it is important to start at the right moment , he wrote .
9 Eventually , when he has decided that we wish to learn and that we love the Ocean as much as he does , he teaches us things that it is important to know .
10 Now I acknowledge that this kind of exegesis might be disturbing for some , but I believe that it is important for us as modern Christians to feel the force of this criticism which has thrown fresh light on the Scriptures as we have received them .
11 Although this issue has raised the passions of taxonomists , I can not see that it is important .
12 Laczko and Phillipson do not suggest following the course taken by the United States and introducing an Age Discrimination in Employment Act , but they are convinced that it is important to press for legislation as well as seeking to improve the attitudes of employers .
13 Throughout this book I have suggested that it is important , in training children , to convey a reasonably coherent idea of the aims and objects that lie behind the training and supervision .
14 Drummond et al ( 1989 ) argue that it is important to specify contracts in considerable detail , including the client group to be served , the treatment methods to be applied , the standards of care to be achieved and the arrangements for monitoring .
15 When the doctor confirms that it is important to provide care , or when too much anxiety is felt in leaving an elderly person alone , the time has come to consider alternative options .
16 Having said that it is important to point out that there is no one correct standing position .
17 He is a good cook , believing that it is important for men to learn to cook so that if they marry a woman not too well versed in the culinary arts , they will still survive !
18 This means that it is important in analysing unemployment to take account of the average duration of unemployment spells , as well as the total number unemployed .
19 Another point worth remembering is that it is important to make sure that your parent 's larder is well stocked with the right kind of non-perishable foods to deal with any emergency such as extreme weather conditions , or times when you may be unable to visit her because of illness or holidays , unless a neighbour is doing her shopping for her .
20 This means that it is important that all those likely to be affected by the introduction of new technology should be involved in the decisions about how it is to be used .
21 I have therefore devoted little space to the problem in this study , but those who feel that it is important might well look at Dr Johnson 's comments on Macbeth — he disliked ‘ the Butcher 's knife ’ — and also at the correspondence between Gerard Manley Hopkins and Robert Bridges .
22 I think that it is important not to lose sight of the fact that the judgment relates specifically to Claus Ramrath 's circumstances and , in particular , the fact that Mr Ramrath had already obtained authorisation locally as a reviseur d'entreprises .
23 I believe that it is important that we are able to offer our members timely and constructive assistance , and that we encourage new ways of working which facilitate greater choice and effectiveness .
24 He says that it is important for partners in the smaller firm always to ensure that they will be adequately represented in the combined firm 's management structure .
25 He is quite decided that it is important that we all go to the one service although I feel that if we covered both services then we would not miss out on anything .
26 A review of recent research led Coleman ( 1986 ) to conclude that reminiscence therapy could not be said to stand on a very solid base , and that it is important not to make generalizations about the value of reminiscence to any particular individual .
27 Those who believe that it is important to consider the structure of the market rather than the behaviour of firms argue that it is far better to deal with problems before they arise .
28 I also feel that it is important to have plants growing in the aquarium and/or algae depending on what is found in the fish 's natural habitat .
29 Thus , we would caution against drawing general conclusions from analyses of specific areas of law , and we would argue that it is important to develop , not a theory of law , but a theory of the role of law in society to enable a clearer assessment of the extent or limits of law 's importance .
30 So you see , that it is important for every coach in the country , even if he is giving a lesson to a child who does n't have any kind of tennis talent , to give the lesson as if he or she was the future Wimbledon champion .
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