Example sentences of "be important [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We can legitimately ask to what extent such personal qualities are important as a source of power within the public sector .
2 The expressions simplify a good deal once it is noted that the most significant contributions come from terms containing which are important when the probe passes across the region where .
3 Technological influences may be important where the plant or machinery is old , or where new technology is unsuccessful .
4 In one sense , the characterisation of the transaction as being either sale or exchange may be important because the remedy for defective performance in exchange is not for the price , but rather a claim for unliquidated damages for non delivery .
5 Efficient update of the data structure may be important if the word list is to be changed frequently — such as adding technical terms and proper nouns .
6 Comparison can also be important when the researcher is trying to establish what is not an independent variable .
7 So the plant 's important because the plant has the ideas .
8 This question is important whether the client system be a social group , a committee of a functional community or a neighbourhood activist group .
9 Some kind of realism is important whether the movie itself is ‘ realistic ’ in reflecting the real world more or less as we perceive it or believe that other people do , or whether it is clearly a fantasy of some kind , set in the future or the distant past or another galaxy or in a present where some of the rules have been changed or abolished , eg time travel is possible , robot androids pass for human , most of the population are zombies , animals speak English , people mix with cartoon characters , or what you will .
10 This is important since the brief was always to destroy anything that may leave incriminating evidence .
11 This information is important if a child 's test score is to be compared with information from the standardisation sample in order to make judgements about relative severity of a linguistic problem or language delay .
12 It stigmatises the conduct , which is important if the public is to view it with an appropriate degree of revulsion .
13 Keeping track of the individual pupil 's exposure to health education is an even more difficult task , but one which is important if the purpose of health education is to promote and encourage future healthy living habits .
14 Producing quality products is important if the company is to continue to compete in the international marketplace .
15 This is important as the area is still young and both theorist and practitioner will benefit from mutual and current awareness of each other 's achievements and problems .
16 This fact is important when the evidence for the existence of latent coeliac disease is reviewed .
17 This difference is important when the motor is producing maximum ( pull-out ) torque , because any small increase in load causes the open-loop system to stall , whereas the closed.loop system merely slows to a lower speed ; the open.loop system is unstable , but the closed.loop system is stable .
18 And this is important because a man might look very well from one side but he might look like a cheese from another , and that would be a distraction .
19 We believe that this is important because a study of police forces and the way in which they make decisions is essential to an understanding of the role of the law and rights and thus of the distribution of power in societies .
20 The case is important because the Court of Appeal considered in some detail the way in which a restraint of trade clause should be construed .
21 Francome is important because the court recognised the possibility that information taken without anyone 's consent , for example by espionage , might be held subject to an obligation of confidence .
22 The difference is important because the metal reflects any light falling on it .
23 This change of atmosphere is important because the scope and effectiveness of statutory ouster clauses is a matter of statutory interpretation , and so it is open to the courts , by interpreting ouster clauses more or less strictly , to regulate access to judicial review .
24 It is also significant that the oddness of 9a can be reduced by modifying table semantically : The table with the electronic eye saw Arthur ( we know that it is the meaning of the modifying phrase which is important because the reduction in oddness depends on the open set items the phrase contains — compare The table with the melamine top saw Arthur ) ; no similar modification of bake in 11a , or table in 12a , can reduce the degree of deviance of these sentences .
25 This question is important because the list of variations can be extended indefinitely by adding a variety of further variations such as the colour of the container , the identity of the experimenter , the geographical location , and so on .
26 This information is important because the extent of slavery in any society is difficult to determine through archaeological evidence ( Pelteret 1981 ) .
27 Nolan J. 's reference to ‘ duress on the part of the revenue ’ is important because the duress with which the law is concerned is that exerted by the defendant and not that exerted by extraneous circumstances such as general commercial considerations .
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