Example sentences of "important [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As we have seen , differences were made regarding the value of male sacrifices as opposed to female ones , the latter only being offered on less important or non-community based occasions .
2 Ownership ( in terms of the receiving account ) of the message can also be established automatically , and this may be important where authentication or time stamping is a crucial issue , as in commercial Electronic Data Interchange ( EDI ) , where orders are placed internationally by subscribing companies via an electronic network .
3 Ease of use , Mr Rosenbaum admits , still requires some work but ‘ we are working hard to establish a common ‘ log off ’ — important where billing is by the minute !
4 This is particularly important where interview panels are made up of people who do not normally work together , and also where there are a lot of people who will take correspondingly longer to learn to work as a team .
5 Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted .
6 But the economy is still more important than psychology : in Russia , we already have a capitalist economy , which makes the Russian language essential .
7 Age is the most important single influence over whether people are using credit currently — even more important than income .
8 The conformation should reflect the breed 's dual-purpose nature , and quality is more important than size .
9 Other factors can cause lung cancer but they are much less important than smoking .
10 It was the beginning of a move away from the belief that " faith is more important than competence " .
11 Water quality is more important than water chemistry .
12 Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on .
13 By contrast socialism reverses the priorities : control is more important than freedom ; and control extends to the whole of the economy , with concessions to freedom being minimal .
14 Language development is more important than vocabulary building and offering dauntingly-high standards of written and spoken language .
15 Style has become more important than substance .
16 Are wealth and power more important than love ?
17 Some working-class groups are the same , able to have a knees-up in a pub , sing in a bus or appear on panel games on television in which they laugh loudly , show disappointment openly and accept the idea that luck is more important than knowledge .
18 Einstein noted that imagination is more important than knowledge .
19 Personal relationships are more important than technique an productivity .
20 Although much less important than consumption in aggregate demand , investment has , through the multiplier , a significant effect on National Income , and is the most volatile element in aggregate demand .
21 She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being .
22 Bill Shankly was only joking when he said football was more important than life and death .
23 He mentioned stuff about his family … and how football was nt more important than life or death ( Shankly ) .
24 It was the third part of the book that spoke about the danger of making changes ; in the summer of 1857 Part Three may have seemed less important than Part Two because the tsarist authorities had yet to give an unequivocal sign of their commitment to reform .
25 The painful spiritual growth of Bleek , his learning that love is more important than music , is acceptable enough , but Lee concentrates far too much on his own character , a much less sympathetic figure than was intended .
26 My life is more important than rugby . ’
27 Gifts in kind Gifts in kind are no less important than money in family exchanges and there is evidence that these can include both goods and services , including the basic necessities .
28 This treasure-trove of collections is proof that , when it comes to home making , imagination and ingenuity are more important than money or design trends
29 Friends were more important than money .
30 ‘ There 's one thing I am certain of — and my mother would agree with me — love is more important than money . ’
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