Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [prep] [det] importance " in BNC.

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1 Secretion of bile is not usually considered to be of much importance in this response since the gall bladder procides a mechanism for rapid delivery of bile into the duodenum at mealtime .
2 The size of the mare too seems to be of little importance , and mules are much more alike than their parents might seem to suggest .
3 Other conundra m–y appear rather less cosmically' relevant ; they may seem to be of little importance yet , like Mercury 's orbit , may prove in the long term to be extremely important .
4 This means that information about food obtained by following others was most available to a given individual when it appears to be of least importance .
5 These promise to be of such importance that I shall briefly relate them here , before journeying north .
6 The building is supposed to be of some importance , architecturally .
7 Since this second sufficient condition turns out to be of some importance , it might be useful to have an intuitive idea of what is involved .
8 Grade III buildings were those which , whilst not qualifying for the first statutory list when compiled in 1949–69 , were considered nevertheless to be of some importance for planning purposes .
9 The remit of the Technology Foresight steering group includes overseeing the collection of information on scientific opportunities and potential market applications , and with consultation from researchers and industrialists , to produce working documents that will advise CST on the technologies that they judge to be of most importance to the country 's economy .
10 In the Snowdonia National Park this latter consideration frequently appears to be of more importance than any other to the NP Committee when more controversial schemes are examined , in spite of a NPA having no statutory responsibilities for such policies .
11 Thus the financial health of the company seemed to be of more importance than the community 's concern over the health of its children .
12 The definition of living space continues to be of more importance than its detail , and even Gothic novelists , who are fond of adjectives and often describe the landscape at some length , elaborate very little on interiors .
13 Whether or not any special rule survives for trespassing cattle is not likely to be of any importance now that damages for personal injuries can not be recovered under that head .
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