Example sentences of "to be important " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is most surprising that in the tourism industry the necessity for language training to meet the growing demand for overseas visitors is not felt to be important , ’ the report said . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The world is now full of literary critics , some held to be important , who do nothing else but write literary criticism , and they all work in universities . |
| 4 | Prudently taking cognisance of onlookers also turns out to be important in the social behaviour of other primates . |
| 5 | That scepticism and memory were to be important when he became an archbishop and was expected to be a leader in the organization . |
| 6 | The themes of savage and city in his work would continue to be important to the moulding of his thought , but would for the moment grow less prominent . |
| 7 | That does seem to me to be important . ’ |
| 8 | In the rural areas , family and tribal loyalties will continue to be important and religion and superstition will continue to play a major role . |
| 9 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 10 | Such provision was thought to be important in a borough where the majority of housing is in local authority estates with little provision for single people . |
| 11 | All you have to do is put the qualities for the Man of the Nineties listed on the coupon in order of what you consider to be important , from one to six . |
| 12 | Control is therefore going to be important around the greens and for that reason Severiano Ballesteros should be in with a good chance . |
| 13 | First , a series of dimensions are identified which have been agreed both to be important aspects of child development and/or of particular relevance to separated children . |
| 14 | Agreement with the objectives will help to ensure that they are seen to be important and that activity will be directed towards their achievement . |
| 15 | We have already seen , however , that on present evidence , and on the basis of extensive efforts at modelling , such a process of group selection seems unlikely to be important in evolution . |
| 16 | Marine sponges have a long fossil record from the Cambrian onwards , and at many localities they are abundant enough to be important rock formers . |
| 17 | They are rather common fossils from the Ordovician onwards , and in spite of their small size can be abundant enough to be important as rock-formers ( especially in limestones ) . |
| 18 | This covers all types of mental handicap , including mild cases where social and environmental factors are known to be important but the exact nature of the problem is less well known . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , fluent and legible handwriting continues to be important , so the one secretarial attainment target that we propose from level 5 onwards is called presentation and includes both spelling and handwriting . |
| 20 | Extended families seldom live together in Britain , but the interaction between members of the extended family is likely to be important . |
| 21 | What may prove to be important for future generations of elderly people in terms of care and living arrangements , is the numbers who will have experienced a divorce . |
| 22 | is the problem of soil erosion perceived to be important enough for them to unite on this issue so that their combined power leads to a coherent response ? |
| 23 | Colour tends to be important . |
| 24 | Avoiding artificial lighting and air conditioning was seen to be important in reducing the use of electricity , not only to keep down running costs but also for wider , environmental reasons . |
| 25 | Most of them proved disappointing because no activity could be demonstrated , but one Indian medicine proved to be important . |
| 26 | Among the cast of Pastoral was Pamela Chrimes , who was to be important in John 's early career . |
| 27 | It was going to be important not to arouse her suspicions during the planning stages . |
| 28 | Overcoming the negative stereotype of the CAB volunteer is considered by NACAB to be important . |
| 29 | When economic stability improves and we are able to deal with these problems , the support and participation of the community continues to be important , but perhaps dealing with other kinds of problems . |
| 30 | The individual 's level of stress is known to be important in relation to maintaining a safe environment . |