Example sentences of "[was/were] important [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To what extent bears , wolves , beavers , otters , hedgehogs , badgers and so on were important as food resources at different dates is not yet known . |
| 2 | For them it was important that gender should reflect sex , even if on a highly metaphorical level . |
| 3 | It was important that government and the European Commission looked beyond the narrow confines of the current legalistic approach and took full account of the practical consequences of this onslaught on the system which has served the Community and world trade so well for more than a century , he said . |
| 4 | It was important that employee information remained secure , and was seen to be so . |
| 5 | It was important because subterfuge meant deception , and he had denied deceiving the Yugoslavs . |