Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adv] important " in BNC.

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1 It also has applications in field archaeology where financial or time constraints preclude excavation of more than part of a site , and where it is therefore important that the excavated part yields as much information as possible .
2 The same applies if the dog takes other things such as slippers which it is not supposed to have , although it is equally important to replace them out of reach for the future .
3 The weather 's pretty complicated to model and er , although it is vitally important in er , agricultural supply , it 's very difficult to incorporate into , into models .
4 It is difficult to persuade people who are eagerly straining to learn to speechread that it is also important to learn how to stop .
5 Porter argues that it is also important to distinguish between experience-curve ( learning-by-doing ) effects and reduction of costs through economies of scale , i.e. the reduction achievable in any one period by increasing efficiency through the use of larger production plants , thereby spreading infrastructure costs over more units of output .
6 In addition , experience has shown that it is equally important to make a provisional assessment of factors such as development and staffing costs , and the technical feasibility of pursuing any proposed computer initiatives .
7 SeaWatch director Sven Hansen says that recent international agreements to reduce pollution mean that it is particularly important to set up a system capable of ensuring standards are being met .
8 Finally , I believe that it is less important for feminists to establish a particular set of nonsexist conventions as ‘ standard ’ than to make people aware of the non-neutrality of language .
9 Responding to our piece on Power Now , the Santa Cruz , California company 's Pentium initiative ( CI No 2,129 ) , the Santa Cruz Operation Inc says that it is less important to re-compile the operating system than the applications software , which tends to be more numerically intensive .
10 Responding to our piece on Power Now , its Pentium initiative , in last week 's issue , The Santa Cruz Operation says that it is less important to re-compile the operating system than the applications software , which tends to be more numerically intensive .
11 Just because the regional dimension has not received the attention afforded to monetary union , that does not mean that it is less important to our future economic well-being .
12 De Man 's writings on language theory , like his wartime journalism , merely remind us that it is sometimes important to hold the ventriloquist responsible for the pronouncements of his dummy .
13 He thinks that it is more important to convince doctors that ‘ teaching ’ is a broad term and covers much of what they do every day and to ensure that they receive adequate training and support to carry it out well .
14 However that may be , we suggest that it is more important to have committed members than representative ones , and in this regard our evaluation of the Coordinating Team is very positive .
15 Some suggest that it is more important to be able to bring political pressure to bear , so that the elected representatives of whatever sex will pass legislation of benefit to women .
16 The Commission , the Court and the European Parliament have always taken the view that it is more important for ‘ Europe ’ to have a common defence , trade , health or dog-registration policy than for this policy to be effective .
17 The Labour Party supports considerable state intervention because it considers that it is more important to divide the cake more fairly , even if this means having more allocative inefficiency and a smaller cake to share out .
18 By now it will hopefully have become evident that it is more important for the drama teacher to develop questioning skills than to have an armoury of clever ideas .
19 Our reason for driving on the right in America and on the left in Britain is just our expectation that this is what others will do , coupled with our further belief that it is more important that there be a common rule than that it be one rather than the other .
20 What she is really saying , after all this time , is that it is more important for a woman than a man to look good .
21 I believe therefore that our music is to be recognized by its melodies , and that it is highly important that they be distinctive , with clear-cut , decisive shapes .
22 The fact remains that it is undoubtedly important for an ad to have at its core a more or less straightforward main benefit that is being offered to the consumer .
23 I 'm speaking as a bus driver , yes , within a company that 's about to be privatized , and yes of course the bottom line is important and management think that it is vitally important and we know no longer get subsidies from any where including the Government , unlike your erm Local District Council , operated services so its very , very difficult for people in our position to actually keep services on the road if they do n't pay .
24 In introducing general SVQs and Skillstart — two completely new kinds of qualification — SCOTVEC is aware that it is vitally important to integrate the new awards into the existing system of vocational education and training in Scotland .
25 I do feel that it is extremely important to think first what your nearest and dearest would really like before you begin to knit .
26 It also means that it is extremely important to get the matching stage right because no amount of back-seat driving will persuade new parents to change their basic way of running their family .
27 I agree with my hon. Friend that it is extremely important to bear in mind the key significance of the Chamber and the Smoking Room .
28 An aspect of marriage that is highlighted in ‘ Mansfield Park ’ is that it is extremely important to marry within your own class or what is even more preferred is to marry a person above your own class .
29 They should also know that it is very important that there must be established in the child 's mind at a very early age a dawning awareness of the fact that for all his life he will be required to submit to control from some source or other .
30 Tom adds that it is very important for young horses to have their teeth checked before they are bitted and broken ; racehorses usually have their first session at two years-old .
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