Example sentences of "[be] of [adj] importance to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends have been of paramount importance to her in the last ten years and she has not deserted them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The question of how to discipline children has always been of central importance to the whole enterprise of bringing them up . |
| 4 | If the person is considered to have been of outstanding importance to the nation then days of mourning might be decreed . |
| 5 | Inevitably , priorities also shifted as a result of civil strife , which has been of fundamental importance to at least twelve of sub-Saharan Africa 's forty-one countries . |
| 6 | It had been of considerable importance to the development of the District 's confidence and reputation in East Anglia in the early twenties . |
| 7 | Our inclusion of speaking and listening as a separate profile component in our recommendations is a reflection of our conviction that they are of central importance to children 's development . |
| 8 | Because , despite such tensions , there are common themes within conservative and liberal thought on matters which are of central importance to the normativist style . |
| 9 | Ungulates are of great importance to man . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The scavenging activities of soil microbes are of great importance to human welfare , but Waksman 's studies were not orientated to medical applications . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But new questions about the relations of language and what language represents are of great importance to our understanding of Renaissance culture . |
| 16 | Answers to these problems are of great importance to man 's survival and well-being . |
| 17 | Only now , when the tribal peoples have almost gone , has the West awakened to the fact that , rather than their lands and possessions , it is their subtle abilities and specialized environmental wisdom , forged since the beginning of time , which are of paramount importance to us all . |
| 18 | The government fails to support industries that are of strategic importance to the economy like mining and ship building , no support for laying , yet when it comes to the Arthur Daleys , the unscrupulous employers , the get rich quick merchants , it coughs up the cash . |
| 19 | The insights of Bohm are of primary importance to the comprehension of life energy force , both from the Vedic insights and much of the information that proceeds from this point . |
| 20 | These personal considerations are of primary importance to the social worker and the manner of his work . |
| 21 | Integrated circuits , commonly known as " silicon chips " or , simply , " chips " , are of tremendous importance to the computer industry . |
| 22 | Methods chosen for evaluation are of crucial importance to the development of policies . |
| 23 | May we learn to recognise those things that are of lasting importance to us . |
| 24 | Economic survival and the profit line are of critical importance to us all but successful partnerships must look beyond them . |
| 25 | One of BirdLife 's tasks will be to identify and preserve sites that are of critical importance to bird diversity . |
| 26 | Shape and form are of greater importance to me than colour , so much of my work is in black and white . |
| 27 | Of Spain 's complex agrarian problems , two are of particular importance to us . |
| 28 | Throughout the course , the tutors both help students to relate general language issues which are studied in other parts of the degree to their work in schools , and introduce students to issues that are of particular importance to teachers of young children . |
| 29 | Undoubtedly , certain functions , such as marketing and production , are of particular importance to business organizations , but they themselves rely heavily on other functions such as accounting and personnel in order to achieve their objectives . |
| 30 | We 'll follow two of these chains in a sort of volcanic Cook 's tour since they are of fundamental importance to our story , and will crop up repeatedly throughout the rest of the text . |