Example sentences of "a [adj] but important " in BNC.
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| 1 | To date it is a subtle but important change of mood that , with luck , will grow stronger over the winter — allowing spring to bring those green shoots of recovery that the Treasury and the Chancellor have been banging on about for the last two years . |
| 2 | The Independent of April 8 noted that this Luxembourg meeting of the European Council would be the fourth special meeting in 18 months [ see pp. 37028 ; 37363-64 ; 37782-83 ] and detected " a subtle but important change in the character of the Community , away from supranational roots where the European Commission holds sway , towards a more intergovernmental future under the guiding hand of the European Council " . |
| 3 | The funeral itself will be a painful but important occasion for her , as this , and all the ritual connected with it , will be her first big step forward into the grieving process which is to lead on to final recovery . |
| 4 | It was a vague but important time in the cultural and social history of the western world , a good time for those who were in it and enjoying themselves , a bad time for those who were dismayed at ‘ young people today ’ . |
| 5 | Reference must also be made to a brief but important statement by the Privy Council , in the course of an elaborate opinion , largely concerned with other matters , in Government of the United States of America v. Bowe [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 500 . |
| 6 | ‘ Bert , who in the play is around ten , has a brief but important and dramatic role about a tragedy that befalls an American family , ’ said Patricia . |
| 7 | For productivity the substitution of the iron for the wooden plough , or even — a neglected but important development — of the scythe for the sickle , were more important than the application of steam power , which never found the basic labours of the farm congenial , since it was largely immobile . |
| 8 | In Morocco command was assumed by General Franco , a late but important recruit to the conspiracy , flown there from the Canaries in a plane provided by British sympathizers . |
| 9 | A curious but important feature of the PESC system was to define ‘ constant prices ’ as being those prevailing at the beginning of the exercise : they were not updated in the light of subsequent price changes . |
| 10 | There is even a small but important market for English seeded hops in Belgium , and the United States with its burgeoning microbrewing industry . |
| 11 | But to end our book on jet-lag and shift-work would be too negative , and so we will end by describing an area in which the knowledge of daily rhythms has enabled a small but important contribution to medicine to be made — the diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease . |
| 12 | The aftermath of the war did oblige Mrs Thatcher to engage in a piece of Cabinet reform on a small but important scale . |
| 13 | This is a small but important point at which geometers and M. C. Escher do go further ; as , for example , Escher 's Sphere Surface with Fishes or his Circle Limit series . |
| 14 | A small but important African press existed in South Africa . |
| 15 | Thus it was a small but important beginning . |
| 16 | The signal box at Bradley Fold West , situated between Bolton and Bury , was a small but important unit miles from anywhere controlling the up and down main lines and both goods loops . |
| 17 | Third , there is a small but important category of provision deriving authority from Section 137 in the Local Government Act 1972 which allowed local authorities to spend the product of a rate of 2p in the pound on anything ‘ which in their opinion is in the interests of their area or any part of it or all or some of its inhabitants ’ . |
| 18 | Yet when a chance came to her — a few extra lines , a small but important part — she would forget to learn the lines , forget to come in on cue and for a while would not be asked again . |
| 19 | They were also , since they were increasingly used by a small but important educated public , a link between diplomacy and the wider social world in which it operated . |
| 20 | A small but important part of Middlesbrough 's Vistorian heritage is to be saved and restored and used as an education centre . |
| 21 | Clearly there is still much to be done , but whatever choices are made we all have a small but important part to play . |
| 22 | To use a single but important example , it is the difference between looking at the Great War as an event which centred around the policies and machinations of politicians and generals , or one which impinged upon the lives of ordinary people . |
| 23 | Eating here is a mundane but important matter . |
| 24 | Induction is a final but important step that is often neglected , falling between the end of the selection process and the beginning of a person taking up their new role . |
| 25 | A rare but important complication of non-gonococcal urethritis is Reiter 's disease or syndrome . |
| 26 | This , arguably , provides a diffuse but important form of decision control over the managers . |