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

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1 " Because , " I said slowly , " because success is important ; it 's as important as self respect — it 's part of self-respect .
2 In years to come the commercialisation of BR via sectorisation could well be seen by historians as important as grouping and nationalisation .
3 Almost 60 Tories have signed two early day motions calling for quality to be as important as money in franchise allocation .
4 ANY serious backer of an art business must be prepared to commit long-term support and understand that morale is as important as money .
5 As important as money for independent ventures would be the seal of approval .
6 Yesterday a minister from an urban priority area er while er welcoming the thought of a an urban priority area fund or urban and rural priority area fund , said that people were at least as important as money in many situations .
7 Bob Shorter , the contracts director for Highland Health Board , said the news was encouraging , but stressed that money to cover running costs would be just as important as money which might pay for a new hospital .
8 But , Mr Boldwood , any woman would hesitate before deciding on something as important as marriage .
9 For B&O , form has long been as important as function , allowing it to avoid the open-sandwich school of Danish design .
10 Attitudes are as important as knowledge .
11 Exchange of information on techniques is as important as knowledge of new instruments or accessories .
12 They lie scattered amongst the hills and moorlands and skill using a compass and map is almost as important as skill using a fishing rod .
13 As important as level of fees is cash flow — the life blood of any business .
14 Once again I am asking you to ‘ plug ’ it in your classes and if there is still some reluctance on the part of class members , perhaps the proceeds of social fund raising could be used to buy membership for some members of the class ; at the present time membership is just as important as society funds .
15 Other than in the early stages of a completely new programme it also requires evaluation of existing training , so that evaluation may be as important as identification of needs .
16 This issue is increasingly important as unit configurations change and the purchaser/provider distinction becomes more developed between DHA unit .
17 Site is as important as soil , for plants that prefer full sun , shade or shelter may not thrive if planted in the wrong place , and are then more likely to succumb .
18 While the distribution of resources will inevitably continue to be uneven , it should be emphasized that awareness of , and use made of resources can be as important as funding or staff available .
19 Many cancer patients have done just that and felt a lot better for it — and remember quality of life is as important as quantity .
20 As with any PC product , hardware endorsements are as important as software , so at its UnixWare early access announcement last week ( UX No 388 ) Univel sewed up a bunch of supporters like WangTek and WangDat , UltraStor , SMC , Microfield , Maynard , Future Domain , DPT , Digiboard , Comtrol , Computone , Ciprico , BusTek , Arnet , Always Technology , Adaptec and 3Com .
21 State and local parties have also become significantly less important as campaign organizations for Congressional elections .
22 It is generally acknowledged that , to the extent that British industry is uncompetitive internationally , non-price factors such as the quality of design are at least as important as price factors .
23 So , far from having the home market to itself , ICI Soda Ash Products has to be internationally competitive — ‘ service and quality being every bit as important as price , ’ to quote Donald McLeod , commercial services manager and also a member of the five-man SAP executive .
24 Important as hut and poll taxes were to colonized people , the more lucrative source of revenue for the colonizers was taxing exports — raw materials and cash crops .
25 The increase in the use of HP , though less marked , is important as HP is used for expensive purchases which are unlikely to crop up as often as the smaller ones financed by other types of credit .
26 In England obituaries regretted that he had not appeared more regularly for his country , while in Dunedin cricketers could only dream of the great things Jack Crawford might have done for Otago cricket … if only a World War had not interfered with something as important as cricket .
27 Although only around one-third as important as consumption in total aggregate demand , investment is arguably one of its most significant components .
28 In detergent activity the distinction is important as dispersion may occur , without suspension necessarily following , either because of premature exhaustion of activity or a drop in solution temperature .
29 Matters of control , both quality and quantity , have been as important as income .
30 In terms of predicting and controlling the social environment , high technology can quite clearly be every bit as important as brute force .
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