Example sentences of "[vb -s] a important [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happened in the relay at the European Championships bears an important relationship to some of the friction , argument and unpleasantness that occurred , mostly between Frank Dick and me , over the following two years , so it is important to record an unbiased , respected outsider 's view of what actually took place . |
| 2 | This represents an important contribution to the maintenance of society since order , stability and cooperation largely depend on learned , shared norms and values . |
| 3 | It represents an important contribution to the ongoing debate between non-disabled feminists and the disabled people 's movement about the construction of community care . |
| 4 | This presents an important challenge to composers and performers , and church musicians dare not disregard or dismiss so potent an influence for evangelism . |
| 5 | This gives an important role to word-recognition skills , but it is a role which recent studies are tending to support ( see , for instance , Gough , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | Although I have to confess that at present , during a time of recession , it is increasingly difficult to attract the backing of galleries for such shows and , indeed , to have the personal confidence to finance and promote them oneself , the solo exhibition remains an important event to which every serious artist occasionally ought to aspire . |
| 7 | Behind the hype surrounding ‘ business process re-engineering ’ lurks an important message to companies |
| 8 | It provides an important reference to medical history in case of emergency . |
| 9 | The duration of totality at each observing site provides an important clue to the size of the Moon 's shadow on the Earth , and thereby to the size of the Sun at the time of the eclipse . |
| 10 | Whereas the Z-Score approach provides an important input to the credit manager 's judgement , it should not be used simply as a tool for avoiding risky customers , but more creatively . |
| 11 | DTS claims the Accommodator system , as well as handling telephone traffic and the facilities mentioned above , makes an important contribution to housekeeping , maintenance and billing functions . |
| 12 | In addition , Colwell et al ( 1978 ) have postulated that abnormal platelet function secondary to the diabetic state may contribute to the development of the specific microvascular disease of diabetics which makes an important contribution to morbidity and mortality in the diabetic population , principally through retinopathy , nephropathy and neuropathy and possibly also a cardiopathy ( Keen & Jarrett , 1982 ) . |
| 13 | Any serious attempt at Christian living , however small in scope , makes an important contribution to the overall effect and impact of the salt and light strategy envisaged by Jesus . |
| 14 | Thus the concept of the product life cycle makes an important contribution to forecasting of sales and planning of products . |
| 15 | " The NI makes an important contribution to the debates surrounding development issues . |