Example sentences of "important [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing is certain : to the head , the manager or education officer in school , the official syllabus often appears far less important than it does to the curriculum committee or the outside observer . |
| 2 | Edward IV and Henry VII made land revenue far more important than it had been in the past , until by 1509 it slightly exceeded the yield from customs . |
| 3 | Presumably it eventually dies , but that is less important than it seems to us mortals ; as far as this discussion is concerned the end of the cycle is reached when the present organism reproduces and a new generation 's cycle begins . |
| 4 | The recent liberalization of legal services which allows more people to do conveyancing may make it even more important than it has been hitherto . |
| 5 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 6 | Dearlove 's analysis of local government reorganization in the early 1970s , The Reorganization of Local Government ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press ; 1979 ) is particularly important because it encourages a political analysis of change and develops an impressive critique of more traditional or orthodox approaches . |
| 7 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 8 | Chupp says the correlation of events is important because it lets ground-based observers know what to look for ; it is possible that earlier observations of solar neutrons went unrecognised . |
| 9 | To me , in a book containing so many emotions , I find dialogue really important because it lets me know exactly how the character is feeling rather than leaving me to make my own assumptions which are often wrong . |
| 10 | It used to be important because it made it more difficult to score with groin kicks , and it led to narrow stances with the leading foot turned inwards . |
| 11 | This development was important because it made possible the invention of the domestic clock and also the watch . |
| 12 | This debate is important because it points up that ‘ the facts ’ are not necessarily as simple and straightforward as they might at first sight seem . |
| 13 | Analogue design remains important because it accommodates and defines the basic building blocks of electronics . |
| 14 | Manchester/Liverpool rivalry aside , the meeting was important because it took place in a magazine which is a vehicle for the Spandaus , Durans and Marilyns of this world to say ‘ Hey look at me . |
| 15 | This hooking action is important because it interferes with the opponent 's attempts to free his arm and keeps him closed off for a longer period . |
| 16 | This is important because it recognises that retailers may not have the knowledge or the resources to check whether the goods he sells meet the general safety requirement , especially in the case of second-hand goods . |
| 17 | Third , ritual is important because it contributes to the way society maintains its rules and therefore to general order . |
| 18 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 19 | Outdoor play is particularly important because it helps them develop in a whole variety of ways . |
| 20 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 21 | All this is important because it meant that by the end of the 1930s British town planning was in a stronger position than would have been thought likely , to respond to the national emergency of physical destruction , which led to an unprecedented period of planned rebuilding . |
| 22 | This relative flexibility is not primarily important because it allows a settlor freedom to choose a favourite expression . |
| 23 | Blot hair with a towel to remove excess water — this is important because it allows your conditioner to work properly without being diluted . |
| 24 | I find this mode of evaluation very important because it allows me to see how the child is thinking , and to what extent they are thinking about problems they are being presented with , whether it 's shallowly , or whether they are actually going into it in some depth . |
| 25 | Ithanguni is important because it has contributed most of the fine ash deposits that blanket the lower slopes of west Mount Kenya and make rich farming and ranching land . |
| 26 | The example of Theravada Buddhism is the most important because it has explicitly taught that there is no Creator God , yet Buddha has been turned into a father-like figure in popular devotion against the best intentions of the monks . |
| 27 | The observation that the period of the sleep/wake rhythm differs from 24 hours is important because it indicates that environmental cues can not have been responsible . |
| 28 | This is doubly important because it indicates a more positive conclusion about the general challenges of public communication of science — there is something to learn from this example . |
| 29 | Recent Rosat observations do show evidence for substructure on some scales — and this is important because it indicates that larger-scale cosmological structures built up hierarchically — but not the smaller-scale clumping required to remove the baryon catastrophe . |
| 30 | The distinction is important because it leads to yet another paradox inherent in the anorexic predicament . |