Example sentences of "[be] [prep] crucial " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce meanwhile had launched a lightning raid into north-west England , and after burning Lancaster he crossed into the North Riding of Yorkshire and almost succeeded in capturing Edward himself near Byland Abbey , This humiliation of the king proved too much for Andrew Harclay , whose support had been of crucial importance at Boroughbridge and who had been raised to the earldom of Carlisle a few days after the battle . |
| 2 | The staple crop has for centuries been rice , and wet-rice agriculture has been of crucial significance in the evolution of Japanese society . |
| 3 | The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years . |
| 4 | These recitations are of crucial importance , not only religiously ( whereby the reciter ‘ reactivates ’ the stories , the traditions , the revelation ) but socially , in integrating the participants into a unity with them — as their stories and traditions , from which strength and morale were drawn . |
| 5 | The upper classes , who are just as exotic and who theoretically are of crucial importance for understanding the mechanism of social structure , tend to shut their doors on the enquiring social scientist . |
| 6 | Methods chosen for evaluation are of crucial importance to the development of policies . |
| 7 | In terms of tiger conservation , the Sundarbans of India and neighbouring Bangladesh are of crucial importance . |
| 8 | The inter-relationships between the parts are of crucial significance . |
| 9 | Liquid-vapour phase diagrams at constant pressure are of crucial importance in the study of distillation . |
| 10 | For this reason , as we shall see , the architecture of Holyrood palace was to be of crucial political importance in the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 11 | It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin . |
| 12 | The former may well be of crucial importance in relation to ethnic minorities in the next decade , as the numbers of the very old in these groups increases . |
| 13 | Education can thus be of crucial importance in preventing violations . |
| 14 | Elizabeth 's reign is now seen to be of crucial importance because it saw the completion of the Protestantization of the English people and witnessed the creation of a uniquely English style of Protestant church which was later to be labelled Anglicanism . |
| 15 | For some people it may be of crucial importance , for others the family simply is not a significant source of emotional support . |
| 16 | The miniscule middle-class membership was insignificant as a group , but the survival of the publishing arm of the organization and the influence of the society on Arnold Leese were to be of crucial significance to the development of racial fascism in Britain . |
| 17 | In particular , since the socialisation undergone by a human being in the early years of its life will obviously be of crucial influence in affecting the attitudes and behaviour of the social adult , then the family , as the first human group an individual in any society usually belongs to , is clearly a socialising agency of major importance . |
| 18 | Geographical proximity meant that these relations have continued to be of crucial importance through into the post-1945 period . |
| 19 | This will be of crucial importance in 1992 when Common Market deregulation leads to open competition in Europe and a more mobile labour market . |
| 20 | When considering the effect of outside influences , two aspects can be of crucial importance . |
| 21 | Second , the relationship of the ‘ persuader ’ to the patient may be of crucial importance . |
| 22 | While academic literature is full of material on officer-councillor relationships , relatively little is known about relationships between departmental chiefs within the same authority , but these , obviously , can be of crucial significance . |
| 23 | With the court finely balanced between liberals and conservatives ( the latter possessing a slight but unreliable majority ) the appointment was considered to be of crucial importance as it offered an opportunity to shift the balance decisively to the right . |
| 24 | Like the absence of dilation in the pupils following a head injury , this apparently small , perhaps even seemingly trivial , symptom turns out to be of crucial importance . |
| 25 | We have suggested that properly coordinated motility might be of crucial importance in promoting acid clearance , and could therefore be an unrecognised factor in the pathogenesis of duodenal ulceration . |
| 26 | Clearly it will be of crucial importance in any er court proceedings because the court will have to decide whether or not an auditor was in breech of his or her duty having regard to what is on the face of the statute . |
| 27 | But I do think the minister er should er b be quite clear about that point er because er it may be of crucial importance , not just to the industry , er but also to the public interest who will want to know what the position is so far as er er these matters are concerned . |
| 28 | ‘ At a time like this , McLeish 's leadership qualities could be of crucial importance . ’ |
| 29 | This review should be undertaken by the relevant managers — the steps necessary to ensure employee safety being of crucial importance . |
| 30 | Four issues stand out as being of crucial importance : how many distinct ‘ modes of production ’ are there ; in what order do these modes of production succeed each other and how is their sequence to be explained ; what forms of society necessarily correspond with , arise from , or are determined by the different modes of production ; and lastly , what are the forms of state , or political systems , that are characteristic of , or produced by , different economic structures and forms of society ? |