Example sentences of "it [prep] an important [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told magistrates that she had been into town and was late getting the car back home to her parents who needed it for an important appointment . |
| 2 | In most cases the issue raises no problems , but estranged parents using the child to fight their bat ties or rebellious teenagers seeking recognition of their maturity and autonomy against over-protective or interventionist parents may see it as an important issue of principle . |
| 3 | Together with the use of the display area it is hoped pupils will be encouraged to use the library as a source of information for homework and classwork on a regular basis and that staff will see it as an important adjunct to their departmental resources . |
| 4 | WordPerfect have found the multi-tasking capabilities of OS/2 valuable and see it as an important platform for future development . |
| 5 | ‘ But they obviously see it as an important matter of principle , so I ought not to stand in their way . ’ |
| 6 | When it had been authenticated by its silver hallmarks , Sir Charles bought it and for the rest of his life regarded it as an important heirloom . |
| 7 | While some described it as an important strengthening of the rights of children , others saw it as a willingness to overturn natural family links in order to pander to a child 's desire to acquire richer parents . |
| 8 | Er and of course if you 're in one group , you might think that something 's trivial and you might denigrate another a group for talking about those things , when in fact that group sees it as an important talk about it might see the thing that the other group hold dear to talk about as something trivial , and to denigrate . |