Example sentences of "[verb] been [prep] [adj] importance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , their use of common law has been of especial importance in outlining and protecting certain rights of the individual . |
| 2 | Quiet and reserved he may have been , but his determination to succeed has been of great importance to his colleagues , both on and off the field . |
| 3 | The distinction between blending inheritance and particulate inheritance has been of great importance in the history of evolutionary ideas . |
| 4 | The first is that the social purpose framework — of raising collective working-class consciousness through critical , liberal educational processes — has been of central importance in the development of community adult education practice in Britain . |
| 5 | Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market , although other areas of law have also had a bearing . |
| 6 | This ambiguity — not yet fully dispelled — has been of immense importance both to the international community and to Japan herself . |
| 7 | Inevitably , priorities also shifted as a result of civil strife , which has been of fundamental importance to at least twelve of sub-Saharan Africa 's forty-one countries . |
| 8 | He also said in evidence that the quote , parental contribution has been of fundamental importance , unquote . |
| 9 | Whereas libertarian historians have devoted relatively little attention to this question , for the traditional liberal and Soviet schools it has been of vital importance . |
| 10 | In Japan , the role of MITI has been of particular importance in vertically co-ordinating enterprises in the achievement of longer-term , macro-economic , industry-wide planning ( Dore , 1986 ) . |
| 11 | This issue has been of particular importance within central government in recent years as the traditional task of the civil service — that of offering objective , impartial advice — has come under scrutiny . |
| 12 | MIND has been of enormous importance in widening understanding of the social aspects of the problem of mental disorder and stimulating progressive work in this held . |
| 13 | No doubt his electoral leadership was of value ; but can it have been of decisive importance ? |
| 14 | No one knew why , though the Dutch gunner Colonel opined that the reason for the Prince 's hasty departure could not have been of great importance , or else the Duke would surely have left with the Prince . |
| 15 | The class of people for whom this may have been of paramount importance was not the traditional aristocracy which had never been involved in work , having merely inherited their estates , but those termed the nouveaux riches , the use of which term implies a much more direct involvement in the work process as the basis for capital accumulation . |
| 16 | But most importantly , no information was given on the location of recurrence of the disease which may have been of prognostic importance . |
| 17 | If the person is considered to have been of outstanding importance to the nation then days of mourning might be decreed . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It had been of considerable importance to the development of the District 's confidence and reputation in East Anglia in the early twenties . |
| 20 | The areas in which slavery or serfdom had been of marginal importance or genuinely ‘ uneconomic ’ — e.g. northern and southern Russia or the border states and the south-west in the United States — adjusted readily to its liquidation . |
| 21 | The Liberal governments of 1906–14 introduced new principles of social policy which have been of lasting importance , but in accordance with no conscious grand design directed at Cabinet level . |
| 22 | Declining costs of information have been of critical importance in spurring the international growth of service firms and the service functions within manufacturing firms . |
| 23 | Of all the wonderful cricketers to come from the West Indies , it is fair to say that five have been of outstanding importance . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Among these colour and texture have been of prime importance , but durability has always been valued in civilized societies concerned with maintaining wealth . |
| 26 | Friends have been of paramount importance to her in the last ten years and she has not deserted them . |