Example sentences of "[vb -s] a important [noun] in " in BNC.
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1 | The maintenance of a firm currency has an important part in the battle against inflation , but if pursued uniquely by means of offering foreign holders of sterling an ever-increasing interest rate premium , the result will be severe damage to the British economy and the Tories ' chances of re-election . |
2 | I think it has an important function in providing a clear statement of a furniture-maker 's design philosophy . |
3 | The agency itself has an important stake in avoiding complaints or in dealing with them efficiently . |
4 | However , before we pass to a consideration of modern conditions , we must turn our attention to one last aspect of the situation in the Neolithic which , as we shall see , has an important parallel in our own times . |
5 | Monoamine oxidase ( MAO ) is involved in the endogenous metabolism of several neurotransmitters and has an important position in the metabolism of several amines derived from our natural environment . |
6 | I do not decry systematic nomenclature , it has an important place in chemical literature ; but this is a specialist niche , devised for the convenience of indexers and users of indices , not a part of the lingua franca of chemistry . |
7 | The transmutation of elements has an important place in modern nuclear physics ( as it did in mediaeval alchemy ) but ran completely counter to the aims of Dalton 's atomistic programme . |
8 | Imaging has an important place in confirming or excluding pyloric stenosis in difficult cases . |
9 | It has an important place in European history for it was here that the peace treaty was signed that finally brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession . |
10 | There is widespread support for two recommendations , that history has an important place in the National Curriculum and that teachers should be sensitive to the developmental needs of children . |
11 | Role-play or drama also has an important place in history teaching with young children . |
12 | Much of this legislation , as one biographer noted , " has an important place in the development of the Welfare State . " |
13 | It has an important application in screen graphics , as described below . |
14 | Michael believes that ARM still has an important role in continuing the impetus of renewal and I am sure we will find his ministry an encouragement . |
15 | If sodium retention has an important role in the development of diabetic renal disease a diuretic drug should reduce blood pressure and protect renal function . |
16 | Inference has an important role in comprehension . |
17 | Indeed , the state has an important role in the task of representing the legitimacy of the system as a whole . |
18 | It is also the rationale for suggesting that evaluation has an important role in promoting professional development and curriculum improvement ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
19 | Education also has an important role in the mental health field . |
20 | However , we need to start with an older , non-digital technology which still has an important role in current developments . |
21 | As well as addressing some of the major policy issues affecting the sector , N C V O also has an important role in helping voluntary organisations to do their job better . |
22 | The Liberal party has an important ally in its partner , the Social Democratic party : both are strongly committed to electoral reform . |
23 | The new sulphuric acid recovery plant at Birmingham has an important innovation in the use of oxygen rather than air in its combustion process , which was jointly developed by ICI and Air Liquide . |
24 | The 1907 Hague Convention IV also contains an important provision in the preamble to the main convention , in what has come to be known as the Martens clause . |
25 | The attempts by banks in recent years to find new sources of deposit has become known as liability management , and signifies an important change in bank behaviour . |
26 | To many people the Salvation Army is best known for its band and this certainly holds an important place in its life and worship . |
27 | Ciprofloxacin , a fluoroquinolone antibiotic , fills an important gap in the range of antibiotics and has an interesting development history . |
28 | That he has used his linguistic skills to make such a protest , where before he has been content merely with linguistic cleverness , marks an important development in his character and it leaves the reader with a distinctly more favourable impression of him at the end of the play than at the beginning . |
29 | Whatever action is taken on the final report of the Buea project ( and I have fears that the heavy reliance on expatriate experts in the project and in drawing up the report may not contribute to its being widely read and followed in Cameroon ) there can be no question that the project marks an important landmark in curriculum planning in Africa . |
30 | Organised by season , this book marks an important step in the development of horticulture in the late 1500s and is probably the only surviving pictorial record of an important garden of that period ( est. £300–500,000 ; $520–860,000 ) . |