Example sentences of "[vb infin] be [prep] [adj] importance " in BNC.

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1 Closed-loop control is then the natural choice if the stepping motor itself must be utilised effectively , for example in aerospace applications where weight rather than cost is of primary importance .
2 No doubt his electoral leadership was of value ; but can it have been of decisive importance ?
3 No one knew why , though the Dutch gunner Colonel opined that the reason for the Prince 's hasty departure could not have been of great importance , or else the Duke would surely have left with the Prince .
4 The class of people for whom this may have been of paramount importance was not the traditional aristocracy which had never been involved in work , having merely inherited their estates , but those termed the nouveaux riches , the use of which term implies a much more direct involvement in the work process as the basis for capital accumulation .
5 But most importantly , no information was given on the location of recurrence of the disease which may have been of prognostic importance .
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