Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a important [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Bancroft has highlighted an important observation that recently there seems to be a greater willingness to disclose socially censured sexual behaviour . |
| 2 | This tournament has filled an important gap in Higher Education tennis thanks to Midland Bank 's financial support ( which stretches from sponsoring schools tennis right through to the World circuit ) . |
| 3 | It has won an important contract with Eurodisney and has substantially increased its exports which now account for over three-quarters of its sales . |
| 4 | Even dark green have to acknowledge that Julia Hailes has made an important contribution . |
| 5 | Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period |
| 6 | Damien , the wild card , has had a very visible year whilst Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period . |
| 7 | The Normal College , Bangor , which was established in 1863 , is also an institution which has made an important contribution to teacher education in Wales . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend is right to say that BT is one of the leading companies and has made an important contribution to our economy . |
| 9 | Certainly , the hon. Gentleman has made an important point . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman has made an important point . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend has made an important point . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman has made an important point . |
| 13 | In other moves the government has made an important policy switch with a decision to provide direct support for biotechnology research . |
| 14 | The complexity of modern technology has had an important influence on the scale of life in modern society . |
| 15 | A high proportion of affected subjects are therefore compound heterozygotes rather than homozygotes , although particular mutations may occur with a frequency of over 60% in certain populations and there may be close association with particular haplotypes , indicating that founder effect has had an important influence on the distribution of mutations across nations . |
| 16 | Conflict in the employment relationship has had an important influence on theories of industrial relations . |
| 17 | The weaker version of left idealism — that working-class crime is an irrelevance , dramatised by the capitalist media for diversionary purposes — has had an important resurgence in the 1980s with reference to black urban crime , thus adding a racial component to the original class issue ( see Tierney , 1988 , for both an analysis and an evocation of the sense of déjà vu ) . |
| 18 | Table 4.4 , which summarises the main studies , shows that they all agree that regional policy has had an important effect on job creation though they disagree on how important it has been . |
| 19 | Over the years The Trades House has had an important role to play in promoting trade and industry in the city . |
| 20 | Your Robert has got an important client there . ’ |
| 21 | My hon. Friend has raised an important point about the ability of prisoners relatives to travel around the country . |
| 22 | Matza 's reference to deviance being ‘ vital ’ for society relates to an idea , borrowed from Durkheim , that was popular with the ‘ new deviance ’ writers and has played an important part in academic thinking about crime and deviance generally . |
| 23 | Portraiture has played an important part in Williams 's work and in 1993 an exhibition of his portraits is to be held in Anglesey . |
| 24 | The company has played an important part in the operation by utilising its deep water surveying expertise to locate and recover what remains of the aircraft from the seabed . |
| 25 | While the Protestant church , like the Polish Catholic church , has played an important role in the efforts for reform , the nature and situations of the two churches could hardly be more different . |
| 26 | THE London Metal Exchange has played an important role in the exposure of an alleged scam by an American company with a virtually identical name , writes Jonathan Confino in New York . |
| 27 | There can be no doubt that Linda Nochlin has played an important role in making feminist interests and priorities visible ; this collection shows some of the ways in which she has brought these issues to the surface over the last twenty years . |
| 28 | Third , retirement has played an important role in periods of high unemployment . |
| 29 | Zambia , Zimbabwe and Costa Rica have invested heavily in education , which has played an important role in legitimizing political parties and governments . |
| 30 | In fact , Mexico has played an important role in international cooking culture : the tomato was first grown there and chillies , corn and chocolate were introduced into Europe from Mexico . |