Example sentences of "important as the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the rejoicing and the laughter which followed the tears were of equal importance , because they powered the erotic joy that was as important as the water falling from the sky . |
| 2 | The gesture is as important as the money involved . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The ordination of women is important , but not as important as the mission to proclaim the love and mercy of God , ’ he said . |
| 4 | A fair amount of rough means accuracy off the tee is as important as the ability to keep it low . |
| 5 | He said co-operation between schools and industry was becoming ever more important as the government strives to encourage a ‘ spirit of enterprise and togetherness for the future of Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 6 | In a government document on maternity care , the Maternity Services Advisory Committee rounded up advice on good practice in postnatal care : ‘ The care a mother and baby receive in the first weeks after the birth is as important as the care given antenatally and during childbirth , ’ it says . |
| 7 | ‘ Food fads create a market niche which may be short-lived ; food scares induce a glut of specific vulnerable products and economic distress , but the emerging concept of ‘ healthy foods ’ is bound to become progressively more important as the population follows the trend to healthy eating . |
| 8 | What is not always obvious is that the bridle line itself , and its connections to the kite frame , are every bit as important as the kiteline ends over which far greater fuss is made . |
| 9 | The microscope , improving radically in the early nineteenth century so that its images no longer had coloured fringes all around them , was perhaps as important as the telescope had been two centuries earlier . |
| 10 | Edward III 's orchestration of support for the war was skilful and successful , yet fundamentally he depended on the co-operation of the nobility , who recruited and led the contract armies that became increasingly important as the war continued . |