Example sentences of "[be] important [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ocean currents are important for other coastal plants such as some mangroves ( though none of these has reached the isolated archipelago of Hawaii ) , while seeds of the forest lianes , Entada ( Leguminosae ) , are washed even as far as Europe . |
| 2 | Many other parts of the brain are important for normal speech . |
| 3 | It appears that the conserved basic residues , and not the zinc fingers , are important for complex formation . |
| 4 | The results suggest that both contacts are important for effective repression , confirming the requirement for protein-protein cooperativity in operator binding . |
| 5 | Using ‘ natural ’ units of behaviour is not without its problems as it begs the question as to what constitutes ‘ natural ’ as well as sidestepping the issue of why particular parts of the nervous system are important for particular behaviours . |
| 6 | Moreover , HOB1 contains MAP kinase phosphorylation sites that are important for transcriptional activation ( 13 , 14 ) . |
| 7 | The main concentrations of the elderly are therefore outside the metropolitan regions , and are more likely to be located in small towns than in villages or the open countryside — which tends to lack the public transport and range of local services that are important to elderly persons . |
| 8 | It may be an appropriate time to revisit casework theory and research in order to help us to understand and isolate the variables which are important to successful outcome for long-term case management intervention , particularly the clinical model . |
| 9 | Levels of investment are important to economic growth , and it is often considered a ‘ good thing ’ to stimulate growth by inducing a higher level of investment . |
| 10 | Friendships are important to young children but there is a change at the beginning of adolescence — a move to intimacy that includes the development of a more exclusive focus , a willingness to talk about oneself and to share problems and advice . |
| 11 | No single factor is dominant and all are important to varying degrees , depending upon the individual , and the circumstances in which she or he lives . |
| 12 | Students are introduced to the techniques that are important to genetic and molecular studies of both micro-organisms and a number of more complex higher systems , including molecular cloning and genetic manipulation . |
| 13 | Pauses are important to Nottingham-born Ray . |
| 14 | To suggest that enquiry methods of teaching are important at teenage level is in no way a devaluation of the role of the teacher . |
| 15 | You have probably noticed + and — signs are important in other things besides arithmetic . |
| 16 | This activity develops skills which are important in other areas of the curriculum as well as in drama , namely the ability to analyse , to edit , to condense and to focus . |
| 17 | Some 12 per cent of the world 's cultivated land is irrigated , of which more than half is affected to some extent by these problems which inevitably lead to a reduction in crop productivity , the very factor that such schemes were established to increase salinisation and waterlogging are particularly significant in arid and semiarid regions where irrigation is necessary for agriculture , and while they are important in developed nations , they are fast becoming major environmental problems in many developing nations . |
| 18 | However , it has never been thoroughly tested in Britain nor have there been any systematic attempts to see if local taxes and services are important in actual decisions to move . |
| 19 | Algebraic quantities remaining essentially unchanged under a change in coordinates are important in coordinatised geometry since they correspond to intrinsic geometric properties . |
| 20 | Here the gifts of the Spirit are important in revealing needs , bringing healing , imparting more power from the Holy Spirit and building others up . |
| 21 | Analysis of a wide range of naturally occurring atk mutations in XLA patients will reveal additional amino-acid residues that are important in protein-tyrosine kinases and form the basis for future experimental studies . |
| 22 | Such arrangements are important in long-term exchanges where information and transaction costs are high . |
| 23 | The public sphere and the political arena are important in determining aspects of social inequality . |
| 24 | In her paper , Slade finds that strategic motives are important in determining contract choice . |
| 25 | An important feature of McGregor 's approach is that it shows how management assumptions are important in determining motivation and morale . |
| 26 | It is clearly attractive to those whose sense of professional worth is linked to a belief that ideas are important in determining events . |
| 27 | Assessing standards and comparing outcomes are important in medical practice and allow comparison of different units and appropriate allocation of resources . |
| 28 | Perhaps both are important in different ways . |
| 29 | The former are important in unconsolidated or cemented siliciclastic rocks whereas the latter is more commonly considered in the context of carbonate sands and limestones . |
| 30 | However , my aim is to show that notions of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ are important in shaping students ' experiences of schooling . |