Example sentences of "important [prep] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | More important for them is the other alternative which can follow the first primitive stage : feudalism . |
| 2 | What 's much more important for him is of course is that he 's score , got his name on the score sheet and Tony will be such a relieved man , and the crowd 's so delighted for him . |
| 3 | That was important , but much more important for me was the message that crofting , which I had seen as a hang-over , an anachronism , had enduring values I had not previously recognised . |
| 4 | But much more important for me was to be exposed to the experience of people working with the poor in the Third World whose suffering results from debt . |
| 5 | What 's important for us is that people should move houses , repaint them , put new windows , carpets and curtains in , change cars and fly in aeroplanes . |
| 6 | Clearly this could be very important for it is analogous to the development of inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme , such as captopril , that stop the production of another potent pressor peptide , angiotension II . |
| 7 | One of the most important elements of the project design was the intention to employ locally recruited people ( as in the Kent project ; see later in this chapter ) to provide any extra care needed ; local recruitment was important for it was thus hoped to build on , or build up , neighbourhood contacts around the dementia sufferer and his or her family . |
| 8 | First of all , the pub is an establishment where particular kinds of activity take place — the most important of which is informal social drinking , particularly of beer , our national drink . |
| 9 | It lost all 39 state-assembly seats and 13 national ones to PAS and its allies , the most important of which is Semangat '46 , a breakaway group from UMNO . |
| 10 | It is only possible to lay down general rules , perhaps the most important of which is that grass , and more especially clover , must always be sown early enough in the growing season to have become fairly established before the continuous wet conditions of winter set in . |
| 11 | Despite their many differences , deep ecology , animal welfare , and anti-cruelty have some fundamental similarities , the most important of which is that individuals are morally expendable — expendable for the deep ecologist as long as the good of the biotic community is sustained or promoted , expendable for the animal welfarist as long as the welfare of others is protected or advanced , and expendable for those who accept the anti-cruelty position , as long as worthy ends are not obtained by means that cause excessive suffering . |
| 12 | Several advantages can be identified , perhaps the most important of which is that it would remove the financial disincentive which currently exists for doctors , hospitals and Health Authorities to treat more patients . |
| 13 | The section of the Manifesto entitled The Institute and Professional Success does list a number of detailed objectives that might be expected to help firms increase their profitability , the most important of which is that ‘ unless required by public interest , the Institute should not seek to impose regulations which have the effect of restricting the freedom of members to succeed professionally and commercially ’ . |
| 14 | This auction of Old Master paintings offers a number of Trecento and Quattrocento works , the most important of which is a tondo depicting the ‘ Nativity with St John the Baptist ’ . |
| 15 | It could be improved by including all the results of excavations since 1961 , but this has not been possible for various reasons , the most important of which is that it is no longer the intention to study the results of 367 , but to turn to another event recorded by Ammianus which can be illuminated by this old study and by more recent work . |
| 16 | Among the apothecary wares are numerous ointment pots and drug jars , the most important of which is a polychrome drug jar bearing the arms of the Apothecaries Society ( est. £40,000–60,000 ; $77,600–116,500 ) . |
| 17 | As the present case shows , however , there are other matters to be considered , the most important of which is proof : how is the identity of the accused to be established at trial in the absence of any out-of-court identification ? |
| 18 | Opinion surveys suffer from various drawbacks , the most important of which is that they reflect opinion and not necessarily behaviour . |
| 19 | He says that the decisions on which he relies , the most important of which is Hughes v. Metropolitan Radway ( 1877 ) , below , p. 254 , were a natural result of that fusion . |
| 20 | In addition there are three groups waging an armed struggle against the government on behalf of the black minority , the most important of which is the Forces de libération africaine de Mauritanie ( FLAM — African Liberation Forces of Mauritania ) [ see also pp. 37798-99 ] . |
| 21 | This latter problem is now being addressed by compression-decompression techniques , the most important of which is Digital Video Interactive ( DVI ) . |
| 22 | CYTOPLASM , within which are various inclusions — the most important of which is : |
| 23 | The relevant factors to consider in the case of other claims , the most important of which is the claim on the death of the wife , must now be considered . |
| 24 | Numerous faults affect the rocks of the Outer Hebrides , the most important of which are those trending north west-south east , and east-west . |
| 25 | These are now to be found only in the book sale-rooms , the most important of which are Bloomsbury Book Auctions in London and Dominic Winter Book Auctions of Swindon , and among antiquarian dealers . |
| 26 | The Greater London Record office has the papers of a number of hospitals and medical institutions , the most important of which are : St Thomas ' ( 1556–1948 ) , including the Nightingale School ( 1860 onwards ) ; Guy 's ( 1860–1948 ) , and the personal records of Thomas Guy . |
| 27 | The Tree Collection is especially rich in prompt books , the most important of which are those for his elaborate Shakespearian productions . |
| 28 | The theory has several distinctive aspects , the most important of which are these : ( a ) The insistence that units are ranked one above another in a definite order . |
| 29 | The usefulness of water to organisms results from several properties , the most important of which are : |
| 30 | These form by the decomposition of primary minerals and the incorporation of dissolved constituents into new mineral forms , by far the most important of which are clay minerals . |