Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [adv] been [art] important " in BNC.

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1 Although climatic changes undoubtedly occurred during the post-glacial , it appears that the principal determinants of regional vegetational change in the Outer Hebrides have been natural soil changes , with widespread leaching , podsolisation , and bog development beginning at about 7000 B.P. From about 5000 B.P. or even earlier ( Bohnke , 1988 ) , human influence has also been an important factor .
2 Pride has always been an important part of his make-up .
3 It would seem sensible that strategies to help Sheffield , with the recent and very sudden collapse of its steel industry , may not be able to assist Liverpool or Newcastle , where steel has never been an important industry and where decline has been long-term .
4 Sex has also been an important variable because mortality rates for women have declined faster than those for men .
5 The issue of women in communication has historically been an important issue for us because of the sexist structure of Latin American and Caribbean society .
6 Keeping the lid on his bubbly personality has always been an important part of managing Ian Wright .
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