Example sentences of "[noun pl] be important [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Added to this , capital flows are important vectors of technical change . |
| 2 | While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options . |
| 3 | The interactions between suppliers and customer firms for such nascent and rapidly changing products are important determinants of the directions and pace of technological developments . |
| 4 | Parties and pressure groups are important parts of the British political system , and they do assume a position of power and some prominence in linking economy and society to the polity and the state . |
| 5 | Furthermore , Granovetter ( 1973 ) has argued that ‘ weak ’ and uniplex interpersonal ties are important channels through which innovation and influence flow from one closeknit group to another . |
| 6 | It is equally true , however , that other of its elements are important means to the attainment of these riches . |
| 7 | These two visits are important steps in LASMO 's feasibility study . |
| 8 | Local software companies are important members of national and international groups , supplying customers worldwide . |
| 9 | The clearing banks are important sources of short to medium term finance . |
| 10 | Bell towers were important features of most churches , serving as places of refuge , means of raising the alarm and giving notice of events . |
| 11 | From what has been said so far it is obvious that good interview schedules are important tools for the fieldworker . |
| 12 | Recent research is demonstrating that kin relations are important determinants of relationship patterns in monkey groups . |
| 13 | Rift valleys are important landforms on continental crust in plate interiors where tensional stresses predominate in the lithosphere . |
| 14 | Bile salts are important buffers for calcium ion , which may act to reduce free calcium ions ( Ca 2 + ) in the bile thereby reducing calcium lithogenicity . |
| 15 | Thirdly , ideas as well as interests are important influences on policy . |
| 16 | Selecting the task and the members are important variables in predicting group effectiveness . |
| 17 | Business travellers are important customers to the travel trade , and keep the airlines busy ; about half of all airline scheduled flight tickets are sold to business travellers . |
| 18 | Before and after course results are important indices of immediate impact , but did participants manage to keep out of trouble with the law twelve months after completing the course ? |
| 19 | But my hon. Friend 's points are important ones about fairness in handling disciplinary matters , and I shall of course ensure that they are drawn to the attention of BR . |
| 20 | Cold weather payments , child benefit and the dependency allowances are important matters on which the Government have cheated in the uprating statement . |
| 21 | We have also noted above that Johnes ( 1990 ) in her study of student wastage notes that while A-level scores are important predictors for men they are not for women . |
| 22 | For such manufacturers ( eg of foodstuffs , confectionery , footwear , clothing and soaps , to name but a few ) , middlemen are important links in the chain . |
| 23 | The film and television industries are important ingredients of the city 's culture and the Festival reflects this life-style in its informal atmosphere , giving endless pleasure to the many cinema goers from the city and to the numerous professionals who visit the city for the Festival . |
| 24 | The data from this study confirm that non-pharmacological factors are important determinants of duodenal ulcer healing during treatment with a histamine H 2 receptor antagonist and that healing processes are affected by multiple factors whose effects are cumulative . |
| 25 | MAN-MADE membranes that allow some charged molecules ( ions ) to pass through them but prevent the passage of others are important components of many medical and technological systems . |
| 26 | For example , predators are important causes of mortality of small mammals , and they may accumulate large assemblages of small mammal remains , but their prey reflects the particular needs and hunting behaviour of the predator rather than being representative of any one habitat . |
| 27 | Predators are important accumulators of small mammal bone at all times . |
| 28 | Self-image , its origins , its present restrictive function and its future debilitative consequences are important elements in an individual 's life , and gaining an understanding of them is vital . |
| 29 | Schools are major consumers of books , the National Health Services is the major consumer of drugs of all kinds , the personal social services are important clients of aids for the physically handicapped , and so on . |
| 30 | Peters also argues , more elaborately but in less detail , that women were important links in furthering competition between families . |