Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] an important [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was evidently an important offering , neither cheap nor provincial ; Delos was one of the great sanctuaries of Greece . |
| 2 | Visible for miles around , this was obviously an important signal station , serving the supply depots and fort of the Newstead settlement at the foot of the hill . |
| 3 | However , they did not seek to achieve these ends merely for reasons of age prejudice , though this was always an important consideration ; indeed , many of the other reasons grew out of this prejudice . |
| 4 | Since the Province has a population larger than that of England , this means that this was quite an important personage roughly equivalent to the Minister for Higher Education in Britain . |
| 5 | This was once an important industry there and survived until the 1870s . |
| 6 | " That was quite an important thing for me , " she laughs . |