Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] a important [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medick has posed an important question , but his English examples are narrowly drawn . |
| 2 | The Finaghy branch has become an important link in the chain , as far as the Halifax Property Services operation in the south Belfast and Lisburn area is concerned . |
| 3 | What will be the likely effects of such judgements on someone for whom practising meditation has become an important part of life , perhaps helping them to cope with difficulties and gain a sense of freedom and peace ? |
| 4 | A high proportion of affected subjects are therefore compound heterozygotes rather than homozygotes , although particular mutations may occur with a frequency of over 60% in certain populations and there may be close association with particular haplotypes , indicating that founder effect has had an important influence on the distribution of mutations across nations . |
| 5 | The College has provided an important forum and resource for a wide variety of groups and individuals from working-class backgrounds . |
| 6 | Sometimes the estimates are discordant , but a little practice will work wonders , and variable star work has become an important branch of modern amateur astronomy . |
| 7 | Since the advent of third party service companies , however , price competitiveness has become an important issue . |
| 8 | THE London Metal Exchange has played an important role in the exposure of an alleged scam by an American company with a virtually identical name , writes Jonathan Confino in New York . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , I shall argue that each theme has played an important role in shaping the functionalist style in public law . |
| 10 | Conservative MP William Cash believes the Bruges Group has played an important role in directing opinion outside Parliament and is in no doubt about the urgency of the issues . |
| 11 | Third , retirement has played an important role in periods of high unemployment . |
| 12 | I entirely support my hon. and learned Friend 's view that people should be afraid of the law and of being caught , but does he agree that boredom has played an important role in prison riots ? |
| 13 | In a broad-scale study of cloud forests , it was concluded that random colonization had played an important part in determining the species compositions of different ones and that the predominance of widespread species of successional habitats elsewhere reflected a high rate of generalist dispersal . |
| 14 | With the help of around 250 volunteers , some showing signs of dementia , the Optima research team have taken an important step forward in their understanding of Alzheimers Disease . |
| 15 | Therefore unions in representing the interests of their immediate membership have played an important role in supporting the pervasiveness of the company culture . |
| 16 | Certainly , the hon. Gentleman has made an important point . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman has made an important point . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman has made an important point . |
| 19 | The Duke has initiated an important debate , but it is not yet concluded . |
| 20 | The Duke has initiated an important debate , but it is not yet concluded . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend has raised an important point about the ability of prisoners relatives to travel around the country . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend has made an important point . |
| 23 | Post Keynesian economics has passed an important turning point in its maturity : its phase of critique of mainstream theory and of exegesis has established its foundation for forward-looking development of Keynes 's method and insights applied to modern economic processes . |
| 24 | Over the past few years , however , live colouration has become an important criterion in taxonomy , and as synspilum differs markedly from melanurum in this respect , and has a different distribution , it is now once again generally considered a separate species , albeit probably very closely-related . |
| 25 | Conflict in the employment relationship has had an important influence on theories of industrial relations . |
| 26 | This argument has become an important factor in recent debates about a new escalation of the arms race and major changes of nuclear strategy involved in the Star Wars proposal ( the Strategic Defence Initiative ) as well as proposals for new weapons systems based on new technologies . |
| 27 | Table 4.4 , which summarises the main studies , shows that they all agree that regional policy has had an important effect on job creation though they disagree on how important it has been . |
| 28 | Although the total amount of resources devoted to the needs of the rural population is arguably the prime factor affecting standards of living , statutory planning has played an important role in influencing the distribution of resources and employment within the countryside ; including the availability of shops , houses and services . |
| 29 | This tournament has filled an important gap in Higher Education tennis thanks to Midland Bank 's financial support ( which stretches from sponsoring schools tennis right through to the World circuit ) . |
| 30 | It does seem likely , however , that after Valens jurists would not have reverted to a negative interpretation , for various interpretative principles were settled in the course of the development of the Roman law of succession , and many of them were aimed at determining the meaning of dispositions in which the testator had left an important point undetermined . |