Example sentences of "[adv] important [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such central foci generally take one of two forms , either the temple complex already mentioned , or one or more large and apparently important buildings . |
| 2 | Diet will obviously get its mention for it is an exceedingly important part of the therapy , nevertheless , important though it may be , other attitudes , other therapies provided my hills and ultimately my vistas . |
| 3 | Then I had felt a someone : the centre of all attention and an exceedingly important person . |
| 4 | For if they are n't by Carver , then they 're by two close contemporaries of his who , on the evidence of the music itself , were comparably important composers — and thus they constitute even more precious evidence for the flourishing state of Scots musical culture in the first half of the 16th century . |
| 5 | Mutually important issues such as Cambodian instability , the security of Taiwan and Hong Kong , and tensions on the Korean peninsula ( which may have prompted the visits ) could have been handled through diplomatic channels without resort to secrecy , Mr Winston Lord , US ambassador to China until this year , pointed out yesterday . |
| 6 | Opting out into private education , or moving into the catchment area with the best state schools , would become a less important past-time . |
| 7 | The key texts can be sung was easily as are less important hymns , if the desire is there to raise hearts , minds and spirits at the Psalm , the Gospel and the Prayer of Eucharist with its acclamations for all . |
| 8 | To be sure that a patient is truly regaining their health , it is of no value just to know that the symptoms of his complaint have been relieved , rather the focus of his disease has to be seen to be shifting into less important areas , that is , moving down the hierarchy . |
| 9 | It is likely that the records available considerably underestimate winter numbers as the Coot 's status on less important areas of water is very imperfectly known . |
| 10 | Any quality assurance programme should encompass the concepts of effectiveness in achieving the benefits desired and efficiency in reaching and giving priority to the people for whom the service is intended ; it is also important to ensure that money is spent effectively and not expended on other less important areas of need . |
| 11 | While anyone who tests the acoustics of the westwork at St Pantaleon , Cologne , also tenth-century , will be convinced that here , too , sound was a not less important consideration than the visual effect of its cool rhythms . |
| 12 | ‘ Rich and famous families usually behave worse than less important families , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Throughout the 1950s , '60s and '70s these restrictions were reduced or became a less important hindrance to the City 's international operations , but they remained partially effective until they were completely abolished in 1979 . |
| 14 | Yes i , on , on the side which we believe er matters , if you like , the side that faces the er , the road , and faces the bungalows we we 've sought to achieve that erm , on the rear elevations it 's perhaps a less important issue so looking at any of the erm large coloured elevated sheets the upper drawing represents the street side , the side that faces the bungalows and the side where scale issue becomes er , more important and the lower drawing erm where there 's er an eaves and gutter above the first is are actually the the back garden side that erm will be seen perhaps less . |
| 15 | The main road from Lulling to its nearest neighbouring Cotswold town ran along one side of Thrush Green , and a less important lane threading its way to half a dozen or so sleepy little hamlets , skirted the other side . |
| 16 | There is a great deal to be learnt about committee work and the new councillor must expect to undergo a probationary period in some of the less important committees of the council . |
| 17 | One further and less important qualification is needed . |
| 18 | The second , and no less important function , is to provide safety isolation . |
| 19 | Next came the engineers , planners , statisticians , and less important office-workers . |
| 20 | Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) offer as justification for this assumption the suggestion that ‘ important ’ memories retain the ability to be retrieved even after a long retention interval whereas less important memories do not . |
| 21 | routine or less important decisions are therefore passed ‘ down the line , to subordinates , and the superior is free to concentrate on the more important aspects of the work ( eg. planning ) ; and |
| 22 | The government began by arresting the less important members of the CPP as a warning and only on 22 January was Nkrumah pulled in . |
| 23 | A junior minister in one of the less important departments has no very glamorous task . |
| 24 | Less important provisions will also be covered , such as : |
| 25 | The less important provisions similar to those found in a sale of shares agreement . |
| 26 | Marriage perhaps played a less important part in the network of Rational Dissent in the late eighteenth century , though Josiah Wedgwood did become a relation by marriage to Sir James Mackintosh and thus in touch with the world of Brougham and the Edinburgh Review . |
| 27 | A less important category is those contracts which are material to the continuing conduct of the vendor 's business but without which the business can still be operated after completion , albeit on a smaller scale . |
| 28 | Unless we are confident that the meat we eat was produced without suffering , the equality principle ‘ implies that it was wrong to sacrifice important interests of the animal in order to satisfy less important interests of our own ’ ( 1979 : 57 ) . |
| 29 | Under this system , the Maronites would hold the presidency and the leadership of the army while a Sunni Muslim would always hold the less important post of prime minister . |
| 30 | A hundred years ago , he had saved the life of the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim ; a century later , Karelius reflected , an infinitely less important Englishman had again owed his life , besides that of the woman he loved , to one of the Hapsburgs ' men . |