Example sentences of "[adv] important as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenure is now only important as between a lessor for a term of years and his lessee . |
| 2 | Trees are less important as takers-up of CO 2 than are marine diatoms , and most of the world 's trees grow ( or grew ) in the tropical forests , which were left largely unscathed until recent centuries . |
| 3 | Submarine fans are much less important as potential reservoirs in the Z2 Carbonate than the platform or mud wedge carbonates , because they are only rarely developed . |
| 4 | And then , of course , it becomes less important as the years go by — that 's one of the compensations of getting older . |
| 5 | State and local parties have also become significantly less important as campaign organizations for Congressional elections . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that the global , often UK-originated course is likely to become less important as product becomes increasingly country , market and syllabus-specific , it is the UK 's TEFL industry that underpins British publishers ' claim to superior authenticity , experience and expertise . |
| 7 | Vocal and visual signals both become less important as tactile signals intensify . |
| 8 | This was especially important as they worked together to draw up strategies to implement a media education programme in Africa . |
| 9 | ‘ Raising pupils awareness is especially important as so many young people are injured in their first few days at work . ’ |
| 10 | The reason for this might be that it feels more possible to grieve the death of someone or something that is perhaps significant , but not so important as the death of the spouse . |
| 11 | Although in Mesopotamia kingship was never so important as in Egypt , its function was the maintenance of harmony between earth and heaven . |
| 12 | Methods however are not so important as outcome . |
| 13 | The solid-coloured , hardy breeds of central and southern France include some traditional dairy breeds now developed as suckler cows for commercial crosses , and the massive traditional draught breeds which are now so important as sires for those beef crosses , a role in which their influence has become widespread in Europe and elsewhere in recent years . |
| 14 | These changes themselves reflected the changing role of women and the consumer approach to marriage : ‘ If your partner does not satisfy get another ’ ; ‘ Shop around until you find what you want ’ ; ‘ Children are of course important , but not so important as sexual compatibility and personal fulfilment ’ . |
| 15 | If there are ‘ accidents ’ in the garden it is not so important as on the lounge carpet . |
| 16 | As the peace of mind of all patients is important , but never so important as in pneumonia , the compromise was essential . ’ |
| 17 | But if Greek literacy is not , in fact , as easy or as unambiguous as Goody sometimes claims , then its ‘ implications ’ may not be so important as those claims assert . |
| 18 | On an issue so important as that of the death penalty I feel that the House is entitled to expect a lead from the Government ; we fail in our duty unless we give the view of those responsible for maintaining law and security for the citizens . |
| 19 | He knew that boys of twelve did not have French tests so important as to prevent their seeing their fathers . |
| 20 | The Speaker of the House of Representatives , Thomas S. Foley ( Dem. , Washington ) , stated his opposition to any amendment of the Bill of Rights , however , arguing that the issue of flag burning was not so important as to make it " worth tampering with the most important repository of personal liberty that any country has ever established in its history " . |
| 21 | In practical terms , the concordat was not so important as the Hispano-US agreement . |
| 22 | Sartorial elegance , though , is not so important as the playing style which makes Ferguson the natural partner for McCoist in Lisbon . |
| 23 | Obtaining a patent is a complex , expensive and lengthy process and the services of a patent agent are desirable because the drafting of the application and the specification is extremely important as regards the future scope of the patent . |
| 24 | Over the next eight months , the deadline to achieve ISO 9000 was extremely important as we worked to achieve a QA system at both the procedure and instruction levels . |
| 25 | Cleanliness and hygiene are obviously important as is the siting of new animal houses or manure stores in order to obtain maximum dispersion of the odour . |
| 26 | Although the old post above Dili was still used from time to time , this port was no longer important as transports off-loaded Japanese air force and other supplies at Bancau stretching the areas to be watched by several hundred square miles . |
| 27 | This is triply important as 1 . |
| 28 | The conventional wisdom is that the biggest effects are produced after the veil of material from an eruption ( called a ‘ dust veil ’ , although suspended droplets of liquids such as sulphuric acid may be just important as solid particles ) has spread around the hemisphere and is blocking the Sun 's radiation more or less uniformly . |
| 29 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 30 | Another factor here is the underwater shape which , like footstraps , will become more important as you improve . |