Example sentences of "important as [art] " in BNC.

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1 As time has gone by I have been more acutely aware that as important as a good knowledge of a language is , it is more effective if it is accompanied by additional technical knowledge .
2 As important as a list of triggering factors will be the manning of the screening office .
3 No matter how Boswell did it physically — and later it will transpire that he wrote some of it in a notebook Johnson gave him ; no matter how he proceeded editorially , whether through a combination of this abbreviated writing , then checking afterwards what was said , and finally choosing — or agreeing — how much of Johnson 's commentary and observation he should release , Boswell achieved something at least as important as a legally accurate record — he created , above everything , the feel of a full account .
4 Learning to relax is as important as a healthy diet .
5 Someone as important as a SenFed Emissary creeping around in secret .
6 We can legitimately ask to what extent such personal qualities are important as a source of power within the public sector .
7 My point of order is that , if the Government are having a difference with someone as important as a European Commissioner over such a substantial sum of European and public money , and with the charges that the British Treasury is laundering that money , surely a Minister should have been at the Dispatch Box today to make a statement .
8 A fast turn of speed was not as important as a range of at least 1,000 miles , and flight would have to be maintained on one engine with 60% of the fuel still aboard .
9 Clean drinking water is supplied and this is as important as a varied diet to encourage birds to the garden .
10 The first factor , the newspaper explained , was not important as no cases had occurred since 1972 , while ‘ the claim that high levels of nitrate cause cancer has yet to be proved . ’
11 So , if you can get the occasional high point in to vary the scale , the difference will be as important as an interesting flash of colour or pattern .
12 The actual choice of drug is not as important as an adequate dose and the child 's and parents ' compliance with the treatment regimen .
13 The means are becoming as important as the ends .
14 Kermode sees this change — which is at the heart of what I am writing about — as having radical implications for letters , comparable to such things as the advent , first of printing and then of cheap paper ; the bourgeoisie 's greater leisure for private reading ; and the abandonment by circulating libraries of the three-volume novel , which had been the favoured vehicle for fiction during much of the nineteenth century : Kermode exaggerates a little , I think ; nothing in the establishment of university English is as important as the innovations in culture and technology which established the book in its modern form .
15 He also stressed that the personal satisfaction in working for a small firm was as important as the financial contribution the sector made to the economy .
16 It seemed , in the wake of rival expulsions of alleged spies from London and Moscow , that Anglo-Russian relations were not as buoyant or as important as the British Prime Minister had claimed .
17 In defining an ideology , the claims which seek to legitimate political and social authority are surely as important as the notion of authority itself .
18 Still , the continuities were as important as the changes .
19 ‘ When you enter this kind of environment , after-sales service and training are just as important as the product itself , ’ says Gian Carlo Bisone , head of Compaq 's European marketing .
20 ‘ It may be as important as the income from the corn or the lambs . ’
21 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 .
22 As important as the preaching of Moody were the songs of Ira Sankey with their simple words , clear message and catchy tunes .
23 Just as important as the specific commitment is the general recognition that older people have potential in the same way as the rest of the population , and that this should be given the chance to develop .
24 This question of status , of activities outwith one 's employment will become increasingly important as the working week gets shorter and shorter
25 Instructors were expected to attend an instructional techniques course since the skill to instruct well was every bit as important as the craft skill .
26 The ‘ depth ’ of the lines is equally as important as the positioning and it should be such that the arms can almost be extended when hooked in .
27 The healing of the wounds between women and men is as important as the healing of the wounds between churches .
28 Important as the foregoing publications are , the crucial thing for local historians to be aware of is the richness of the records maintained by the Commission , which have not been , and perhaps never will be , published .
29 The response categories are just as important as the questions at this stage , and even a relatively small number of real life responses can help in re-drafting response categories .
30 Important as the academic qualifications are , university is as much about education in the wider sense of the term as it is about lectures , essays and exams .
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