Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [been] [prep] [adj] importance " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIND has been of enormous importance in widening understanding of the social aspects of the problem of mental disorder and stimulating progressive work in this held . |
| 2 | The distinction between blending inheritance and particulate inheritance has been of great importance in the history of evolutionary ideas . |
| 3 | This issue has been of particular importance within central government in recent years as the traditional task of the civil service — that of offering objective , impartial advice — has come under scrutiny . |
| 4 | Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market , although other areas of law have also had a bearing . |
| 5 | Indeed , their use of common law has been of especial importance in outlining and protecting certain rights of the individual . |
| 6 | The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years . |
| 7 | The areas in which slavery or serfdom had been of marginal importance or genuinely ‘ uneconomic ’ — e.g. northern and southern Russia or the border states and the south-west in the United States — adjusted readily to its liquidation . |
| 8 | Declining costs of information have been of critical importance in spurring the international growth of service firms and the service functions within manufacturing firms . |
| 9 | Bruce meanwhile had launched a lightning raid into north-west England , and after burning Lancaster he crossed into the North Riding of Yorkshire and almost succeeded in capturing Edward himself near Byland Abbey , This humiliation of the king proved too much for Andrew Harclay , whose support had been of crucial importance at Boroughbridge and who had been raised to the earldom of Carlisle a few days after the battle . |
| 10 | He also said in evidence that the quote , parental contribution has been of fundamental importance , unquote . |
| 11 | However , it seems plausible that this source of energy has been of little importance in the past because Jupiter is so very massive that it probably formed very hot , though Jupiter may now be sufficiently cool for helium separation to have recently become significant , or for it to become significant in the relatively near future . |
| 12 | Among these colour and texture have been of prime importance , but durability has always been valued in civilized societies concerned with maintaining wealth . |