Example sentences of "it [be] an important [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's an important achievement for volunteers who 've flown all the way to Oxfordshire from America to be part of this Earthwatch project .
2 Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal .
3 It 's an important port and it connects the east with the west .
4 So it 's an important change I think in er , the way it 's structured .
5 Mr Hughes , a keen fisherman , said : ‘ I think it 's an important case , an absolutely historical case because it 's reactivated the power of common law in this terrific issue of water quality in rivers . ’
6 Going I it 's on just about every year , cos it 's an important part of the the chemistry .
7 I mean you think about primal hunting adults like the bushmen or the Australian Aborigines , the the men do the , do the hunting for erm for meat and women do the , do the gathering for and the point is that er meat is very nutritious and it 's an important part of their diet and men go hunting and they come back and they share food with their wives and their relatives or someone and male parental investment is terribly important So women for instance if you ask David McKnight who 's a world authority on the Australian Aborigines and has spent many years living with them , say what do women look for in the traditional society , what do women look for in a husband ?
8 Yes I I do n't really want to respond to that other than to say that Bond End is d it 's still an extremely important consideration , it 's in the conservation area , it 's an important part of Knaresborough and it was obviously something that members had in mind when they they made their decision on on the relative merits .
9 I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry I 've been a bit steady getting there , but I think it 's an important issue to tackle that , quality is horses for courses and we have to accept the fact that we 're gon na get prestige type jobs and quick slick jobs , especially in the beginning of March every year .
10 It 's an important issue , and has led to some serious misunderstandings about the teaching of drama .
11 So it 's an important issue er , of principle .
12 Well I think it 's an important issue , we need to sq we need to squeeze every , every pound out that we can if we 're not to if we 're not to affect our service level .
13 Though unlikely to figure in England 's starting five , he said last night : ‘ Although it 's an important night for basketball in this country , the big occasion wo n't get to me .
14 And we have never apart from I think we 've lost one spoon which was the since we started so er we do n't leave valuable things around but it 's an important consideration to think that our most valuable things are things it would take four large strong men to move
15 It 's an important reserve for wild plants .
16 Erm you know having said that , that clearly is is one factor , it 's an important factor in assessing the schemes but it is one factor and a number of other things such as the impact clearly of the routes themselves .
17 It 's an important question , because unless we remember the past , we 'll forget how much we have achieved during the last years .
18 I sha n't force you to but erm it 's an important document and the biggest problem about wills is that when anybody gets to look at it you 're not around to say what you meant .
19 But still it 's an important paper that sort of broke away from a lot of the traditional thinking and led towards a lot more feminist stuff .
20 The three Appeal judges ruled that Lambeth was right and it 's Labour leader , Joan Twells says it 's an important victory .
21 for year seven , eight parents it is coming , if you like , that at the end of year nine it 's the end of the key stage and it 's an important time de dun da , they 're warned for two successive years .
22 It 's an important week and if you would be happier at home … . ’
23 It 's an important wind , she thought dully .
24 However , winning the Trophée des Mères Cuisinières will bring her valuable publicity : ‘ It 's an important media event which is bound to attract a new clientele . ’
25 Mr Chairman , er , it 's an important point , but I 'm so fed up with hearing people using this as a political issue , erm , and , and , and I 'm a high critic of the government er , for many other reasons , but I would like to know where these people think the money would come from .
26 Yes I 'd like to m make a it 's an important point about End .
27 And they have a bill , an bill of two hundred and fifty four pounds for the lighting , erm they think it 's an important community opportunity to have good entertainment on their doorstep , and they 've only been able to balance their proposed production this year , by putting up the price by fifty pence .
28 It 's an important debate .
29 Please , try to look at it the way I have to — you must know that it 's an important matter because of Michel 's divorce ; if it were known , if it could be proved , that he is , ’ Flavia looked at Andrée and continued firmly , ‘ living with my mother , the divorce could still be stopped .
30 It 's an important matter , this is n't it ?
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