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

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1	Gloucester has always been an important centre for the water-borne movement of goods , its quays dating back many centuries , and as far back as anyone can trace , the Severn has been used for both the import and export of a multitude of commodities .
2	One might easily assume that it has always been an important road .
3	It follows that the law which regulates the modes in which landowners can exercise this power of alienation — the law of conveyancing — has always been an important part of the land law .
4	Pride has always been an important part of his make-up .
5	Keeping the lid on his bubbly personality has always been an important part of managing Ian Wright .
6	Cleveleys has always been an important destination on the Blackpool and Fleetwood line , with an intermediate service operating there from earliest Company days .
7	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 .
8	Sex has also been an important variable because mortality rates for women have declined faster than those for men .
9	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 .
10	Dublin has never been an important element in the mythology of Irish nationalism .
11	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 .