Example sentences of "[is] [adv] important [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is most important that separation of the fines be carried out before drying of the sediment for , on heating , silts and clays produce crusts or durable pellets . |
| 2 | It is most important that teacher assessment should take account of the way pupils tackle writing tasks — that is , it should be sensitive to the writing process as well as to the finished product . |
| 3 | It is extremely important that Network members are given the opportunity to handle both of these tasks ( origination and/or contacts ) in an effective and professional manner . |
| 4 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that although business sponsorship of the arts is extremely important and welcome , it would be just as beneficial for the arts , particularly local theatres such as the Civic theatre in Chelmsford , if we had a national lottery to which everyone could contribute to help to raise funds for the arts ? |
| 5 | ‘ Beauty is less important than character , ’ Turakina said , as if she believed it . |
| 6 | In the public sector , scarcity is more important than price . |
| 7 | Shape is more important than colour at night . |
| 8 | My life is more important than rugby . ’ |
| 9 | Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on . |
| 10 | Sir Claus said last night : ‘ In official statistics and research , nothing is more important than integrity . |
| 11 | Water quality is more important than water chemistry . |
| 12 | Oh well er , quality is more important than quantity , but obviously if the quantity is very tiny , i it is there 's not much room for quality . |
| 13 | The painful spiritual growth of Bleek , his learning that love is more important than music , is acceptable enough , but Lee concentrates far too much on his own character , a much less sympathetic figure than was intended . |
| 14 | Some working-class groups are the same , able to have a knees-up in a pub , sing in a bus or appear on panel games on television in which they laugh loudly , show disappointment openly and accept the idea that luck is more important than knowledge . |
| 15 | Einstein noted that imagination is more important than knowledge . |
| 16 | In understanding isolated sentences ( for example , the ones above , presented in a psycholinguistic experiment ) role mapping is more important than name mapping . |
| 17 | It was the beginning of a move away from the belief that " faith is more important than competence " . |
| 18 | Language development is more important than vocabulary building and offering dauntingly-high standards of written and spoken language . |
| 19 | By contrast socialism reverses the priorities : control is more important than freedom ; and control extends to the whole of the economy , with concessions to freedom being minimal . |
| 20 | In the mating season finding a partner is more important than camouflage and bright colours are moulted in , but during the rest of the year self-protection dominates and camouflage returns . |
| 21 | The conformation should reflect the breed 's dual-purpose nature , and quality is more important than size . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's one thing I am certain of — and my mother would agree with me — love is more important than money . ’ |
| 23 | What is more important than gender is the personality and skill of the fieldworker in overcoming the feelings of suspicion the police have of all outsiders , especially in the more enclosed and threatened world of the RUC , and in our case the field-worker 's gender seemed no bar to her obtaining access to the masculine ‘ canteen culture ’ of the men or to participating in conversations on the topics which are popular in that culture , which van Maanen describes as ‘ sports , cars and sex ’ ( 1981 : 476 ) . |
| 24 | It is possible and indeed likely that context is more important than gender in determining how cooperative or competitive speakers are . |
| 25 | ’ COMMONNESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OPENNESS , ’ SAYS NEW SCIENCE |
| 26 | ‘ For the average user , commonness is more important than openness . ’ |
| 27 | For some people , though tradition is more important than novelty . |
| 28 | Challenged on the question on May 20th , he said : ‘ Hope is more important than reality . |
| 29 | That nurture is more important than nature seems to be borne out by a study published in Nature in 1989 . |
| 30 | In other words , human need is more important than Sabbath law . |