Example sentences of "[vb base] important [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument for feminist education , free from male control , is not as a remedial exercise , it is because we have important work to do together , from which we can not afford to be distracted by the interference and destruction we know happens when men remain in control . |
| 2 | Why do you pick up the evening paper and linger over tales of local gossip or distress when you have important tasks to carry out ? |
| 3 | Then you will tell your master and Chief Justice Fortescue that we have important matters to relate , matters affecting the crown . |
| 4 | ‘ Sir John , ’ Athelstan reminded him , ‘ we have important business to attend to . ’ |
| 5 | These statistics can easily seem impenetrable and tedious , but they have important light to throw if we can tease out their implications . |
| 6 | Flatter important people to get what you want . |
| 7 | Technically she still has some rough edges — a peremptoriness in her phrasing , an uncertain control over her own force - but the full easy strength of her dancing and the scale of her projection promise important things to come . |