Example sentences of "are [prep] [adj] importance " in BNC.

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1 Individually they are of little importance , but collectively .
2 But size and numbers of fish caught are of little importance at Scourie .
3 Therefore , spreads are of little importance for index futures , and this may explain why there have been only three empirical studies of the pricing of spreads in index futures .
4 The non-profit organization typically has no risk capital invested in it , and therefore the returns on capital are of little importance .
5 We will not consider any more complex tones , since these are not often encountered and are of little importance .
6 Our inclusion of speaking and listening as a separate profile component in our recommendations is a reflection of our conviction that they are of central importance to children 's development .
7 Because , despite such tensions , there are common themes within conservative and liberal thought on matters which are of central importance to the normativist style .
8 However , the issues are of central importance and can be simplified to some extent .
9 The ethnographic data which Marxist anthropologists discuss under the headings " modes of production " and " relations of production " are of central importance in any kind of holistic , functionalist analysis .
10 It is considered that the self concept and the values a manager holds are of central importance in understanding motivation .
11 In conclusion food sensitivities are evident after treatment of Crohn 's disease with elemental diet but are variable , often do not persist , and are of insufficient importance to warrant putting all patients through elimination diets .
12 In fact , media education has often developed in a very explicit way concepts which are of general importance in English .
13 Corrosion , flammability , toxicity , governmental restrictions , temperature considerations , air sensitivity etc. , are of major importance in the selection of appropriate packaging .
14 Within this broad sector , the opportunities represented by retailing and distribution are of major importance .
15 In this the child 's health and education are of major importance .
16 The Bill is bound to be extensively amended before it reaches the statute book — at the time of writing 16 , amendments have been put down by the Government and 25 of them are of major importance — but it is believed that few if any of these amendments will affect settlements under which there is subsisting an interest in possession .
17 Recent evidence suggests that phospholipids are of major importance in biliary pathophysiology .
18 In such research , exact statistics of public attitudes are of small importance .
19 Ungulates are of great importance to man .
20 This observation is necessary not because the lines quoted are of great importance to her poetry , but to give a balanced view of her own conflicts as a domestic servant .
21 The scavenging activities of soil microbes are of great importance to human welfare , but Waksman 's studies were not orientated to medical applications .
22 These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book .
23 of the county , so that although some of these sites are of great importance to birds , most birds are found in the other 99.5 per cent .
24 Continuity of employment and the company 's commitment to the new area are of great importance .
25 While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor .
26 While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor .
27 Good relationships and the ability to get on with people , including your own colleagues as well as your clients , are of great importance .
28 They are of great importance in any full characterization of consciousness , and are rightly the subject of inquiry of several kinds , sometimes in the endeavour to give a limited characterization of the mind .
29 Polynomials of matrices are of great importance in a variety of ways .
30 On the whole , Acts , despite their legal precision , are fairly loose guides when it comes actually to setting up the services they authorize , and the decisions made by the administrators of services at central or local level are of great importance in shaping the provision .
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