Example sentences of "is [prep] crucial importance " in BNC.

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1 It thus appears to neglect a significant part of care under the National Health Service which is of crucial importance to elderly people and their carers .
2 Meanwhile , the Tate hopefully sends out faxes explaining just why Canaletto 's view of the Old Horse Guards , also in Christie 's April 15 sale , is of crucial importance to the British School .
3 Conserving and enhancing the physical environment , countryside and townscape alike , is of crucial importance to everyone 's quality of life .
4 Finally , I urge again that it is of crucial importance to remember the factual context in which these problems may arise .
5 The market is of crucial importance for efficiency , but the control of inflation is a separate problem .
6 It is of crucial importance to avoid a result in which there is an overall reduction in the quantity or quality of attention given to the child .
7 One underlying issue , however , troubles me , Throughout there is the implication that to partake wittingly in an arms race is a perversion of science — as the conclusions say , ‘ the role of scientists in the arms race is of crucial importance .
8 The location of control over television is of crucial importance , and one that will become increasingly so in the volatile arena of broadcasting — terrestrial and satellite — in the next few years .
9 This concept of balance is of crucial importance to an understanding of our Report .
10 Drama is of crucial importance as a learning medium , for example , in promoting collaborative talk , extending language skills and awareness of language in use , in assisting the development of voice skills in relation to reading aloud , and in extending both the form and the content of children 's own writing .
11 The loss of the parental role is of crucial importance in understanding the life and problems of many older people .
12 This is of crucial importance , because restrictions on trade between EC countries will not be permitted post-1992 ; hence with the present system of VERs , Japanese cars would be imported into one EC country without a VER and then moved to another EC country with a VER .
13 Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance .
14 This is deliberate : in one of the adventures time spent in the Castle is of crucial importance .
15 But what is of crucial importance in the account thus far is that these action types are syntactically and semantically unstructured .
16 It is of crucial importance that , while Social Services Departments , voluntary agencies , and professionals are adjusting their views and talking about issues relating to transracial adoption , the matter should be dealt with in a sensitive way .
17 As sources , their work is of crucial importance in understanding their world .
18 The satisfactory performance of the resulting computer system is of crucial importance to the success of the project and is of great concern to the managements of OUP and IBM .
19 Thus the relationship between money and economic activity is of crucial importance to the direction and emphasis of monetary policy .
20 There is an activity which will take a great deal of your time as a student , which is of crucial importance to your success and which passes with hardly a mention on many courses — we refer , of course , to note-taking .
21 Control of the terms chosen for the headings list ( what is technically called the " thesaurus " ) is of crucial importance if the coordinate index is to attempt to provide a service over the whole field of knowledge , and if it is to provide the depth of service that is technically feasible .
22 The Pazyryk ( or Altai ) carpet , as it is known , is of crucial importance ; not only does it confirm the existence of highly sophisticated hand-knotted rugs during the first millennium BC , it also strengthens the belief that rug-making was widespread through the Middle East and Central Asia , because the design is an almost exact replica of one found on a paving slab in the Assyrian royal palace at Nineveh , nearly three thousand miles away .
23 The air-conditioning of these buildings is of crucial importance to their inhabitants .
24 In the absence of constant monitoring , trust is of crucial importance to an enforcement agency 's detection and compliance processes .
25 This assessment is of crucial importance .
26 The memorandum of association is of crucial importance to the company , for it is this document which lays down the boundaries of the company 's activities .
27 We shall be suggesting later that this insight is of crucial importance in understanding the penal crisis .
28 The efficiency of the combined enterprise in concluded take-overs as compared with the pre-merger performance of the target and the acquirer is of crucial importance in evaluating the merits of reliance on the market for control as a disciplinary mechanism .
29 The relationship between officers and councillors , like that between ministers and civil servants , is of crucial importance .
30 Increasingly it is recognised that the role of management is of crucial importance in securing motivation and morale .
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