Example sentences of "important [noun] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important building was the Broletto or Palazzo della Ragione , the Righteous House , so called because the judges for both civil and penal cases sat there . |
| 2 | The first and most important change was the general introduction of cash limits . |
| 3 | The last of these was one of the principal causes of the oilfield strike , whose most important effect was a dramatic fall in crude oil output , from 2 billion barrels ( bbl ) in 1977 to 0.5 billion in 1980 . |
| 4 | As regards the first of these , the most important statute was the Public Order Act 1936 . |
| 5 | Another important prediction was the 14 per cent Democrat win in Michigan . |
| 6 | The most important cafe was The Slavia . |
| 7 | But the most important setting was the semi-annual televised press conference , a ritual which was aptly described as the high mass of the regime and in which the role of the press was , to say the least , negligible . |
| 8 | That important stroke was the result of Olazabal and Stewart narrowly missing birdie putts on the 18th which would have resulted in a play-off . |
| 9 | An important landmark was the foundation in 1902 of the émigré journal Osvobozhdenie ( Liberation ) , edited by Peter Struve ( 1870–1944 ) , a gifted political economist . |
| 10 | The most important issue was the injustice and violence of the actual verdict . |
| 11 | A most important influence was an aunt who stirred Patrick 's romantic soul with patriotic ballads and tales from Irish history and mythology . |
| 12 | In its 609 pages , which included 333 recommendations , one of the most important concerns was the competence of both teachers and pupils in respect of their knowledge of the English language . |
| 13 | A further important consequence was an increase in the importance of the national governments relative to the authority of the Commission . |
| 14 | A further important consequence was the more rapid implementation of planned petrochemical projects in response to sharp rises in oil production and oil prices . |
| 15 | The most important difference was the protection given to the embalmed body itself . |
| 16 | Another important development was the death , as far as road pricing is concerned , of Big Brother . |
| 17 | Another important development was the iron horseshoe that was nailed on to the hoof . |
| 18 | A more important development was the re-emergence of an illegal PKI . |
| 19 | The other important factor was a new drug on the streets . |
| 20 | By and large , the first three factors can be discounted for the inter-war years and it is clear that the most important factor was the decline in birth rate . |
| 21 | An important factor was the support given to the proposal from both the republicans and the CSJ , which as a Dungannon-based group was particularly important . |
| 22 | The group of countries where the Swedes felt most alien were Central Europe , Africa and the Middle East , and where they felt less alien was in Latin America , while by far the most important factor was the happiness of the spouse . |
| 23 | An important factor was the need of the administrators to ascertain the state of knowledge of the employees of BCCI in order to show whether or not the Bank had knowingly participated in the fraud . |
| 24 | The most important friend was the United States : ‘ We Europeans must be clear about one thing : without the help and protection of the United States , Europe was powerless against the pressure of the Soviet Union ’ . |
| 25 | In the light of its subsequent success , the most important event was the authorisation of a £54million scheme to link the Midland and Southern electrified systems by reinstating the half-mile-long disused tunnel between Farringdon and Blackfriars . |
| 26 | The most important indicator was the role of the Commission which under the guidance of Walter Hallstein had played the active role hoped for by ardent Europeanists , overcoming the diminution of the supranational element in the EEC as compared to the ECSC . |
| 27 | His most important commission was the completion of the offices for the Hamburg-Amerika Linie in Cockspur Street , London ( 1906–8 ) . |
| 28 | The majority were mathematicians , but perhaps the most important codebreaker was a history graduate . |
| 29 | Its most important asset was the Glasgow weekly Forward which became the party 's official paper in 1934 . |
| 30 | For senior management an important lesson was the trade unions ' capacity to absorb change and to become its agents . |