Example sentences of "it was [adv] important for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | It was also important for him because he believed that matriliny , the reckoning of group membership in terms of who one 's mother was , was associated with a high status for women . |
2 | Froissart suggests that Edward intervened in Brittany merely to distract Philip , and there may be something in this ; but it was also important for him to protect the sea route from England to Aquitaine around the Finistère peninsula , and above all the allegiance of the Duke of Brittany would be a great prize in Edward 's campaign to undermine Philip VI 's authority in France . |
3 | ‘ I would have thought it was also important for you to keep the author informed of everything that 's going on . |
4 | His legs were beginning to get twitchy and fidgety , the way they always did when it was particularly important for him to keep them under control . |
5 | Rossmayne was n't sure why it was so important for him to stay on Dartmoor as long as possible , but it was . |
6 | It was so important for us to win today . |
7 | It was n't crucial at this stage to get her to step on to the glove repeatedly ; it was more important for her to develop the right attitude to the whole process . |
8 | However , it was extremely important for us in the next few years to develop this usage . |
9 | It was therefore important for him to be well informed about events in his own country and in the political world generally ; and ambassadors sometimes asked in their despatches for news which they could trade with their colleagues from other states since , as one of them told the French foreign minister in 1674 , " You know that in [ diplomacy ] as in other ordinary transactions it is necessary to give in order to receive " . |