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

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1 But perhaps you have friends who could-if it was important to them . ’
2 And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned .
3 send it down to use yourself , but to be able to carry that through and to , to go on to , to be sincere , and I respect that it 's important to be sincere .
4 Because er I mean a lot of children these days , I think about my parents , it 's their money , they spend it , and I do n't really see that it 's important for it to be passed on to us , but in the case of a large estate , it becomes more important , if you 're looking at sort of two hundred three hundred thousand estate , then there 's going to be a lot of erm er asset value which would be taxable .
5 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 .
6 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 !
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Many doctors think that it is important for parents to recognize these feelings and to go through a period of mourning for their lost imaginary baby …
10 With regard to the audience for children 's project work , it is becoming widely agreed that it is important for children to learn to take into account their potential audience when they are producing written work .
11 It follows that it is important for relevant decisions to be considered in deciding cases .
12 The class structure affects people 's attitudes and behaviour significantly , so that it is important for advertising to know which class is being aimed at .
13 This is so contrary to our general assumptions ( namely that the Holy Spirit , however vaguely we conceive of him , is an internal gift for the faithful , appropriate only to be mentioned in church ) that it is important for us to see the crucial link between the Spirit and mission which is presented to us in the pages of the New Testament .
14 I agree that it is important for our Parliament to examine EC legislation closely .
15 ‘ History shows that it is important to be on the inside of institution building in the EC .
16 I believe that it is important to be open to these sorts of dilemmas , to take opportunities to talk about them with colleagues , to try to become precise in our articulations , because then it is possible to unlock the blocked energy and exploit it positively .
17 We say that it is important to the general stress erm of the structure plan .
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 I believe that it is important in most cases for each language to have parity ; a language studied as a subsidiary subject seldom reaches a proper university standard .
20 It was further submitted by Mr. Coghlan that it is important in this field that the law should be clear and simple : it is for a coroner to ask himself on any given state of fact whether he would describe the death as unnatural or not .
21 How little we realised that the front line was a focus , that it was important to the Lebanese , the only way to define the undefinable , the only method by which those who had suffered — which meant every Lebanese — could uniquely understand the nature of the calamity that had come upon them .
22 McKee suggests that it was important to them that they did not return to a pre-adult state of dependence upon their parents .
23 I said to the manager , Ghiringhelli , who was already a great personal friend , that it was important for me to go , but if it was not possible then I would forget it .
24 It ran right up and over his cheekbones , leading one to suspect that it was important for him to shave his eye sockets and forehead daily , if he wanted to avoid becoming altogether bestial .
25 Only a few exceptional women were likely to take advantage of equal education opportunities , though on grounds of utility alone , Mill argued that it was important for this small pool of female talent to be permitted free choice of occupation so that it might contribute to human development .
26 It is fair to say that the greatest violators of human rights across the world are terrorists , but I stressed the fact that it was important for the Government of India to be more open in dealing with the accusations .
27 His mother was always telling him that it was important for teachers to give , although what they were supposed to give she did not say .
28 You told me once that it was important for a dancer to eat plenty of protein . ’
29 The power of the pope to depose an unsatisfactory emperor goes back to the Dictatus Pape of Gregory VII — a power which Innocent preferred to see as a right to inspect , approve and crown , but there is little doubt that it was important in the papal moral armoury .
30 One would not think that it was important from the statistics that have been compiled about the industry under this Government .
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