Example sentences of "an important [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This perception found expression also in an important Audit Commission Occasional Paper ( Audit Commission , 1987 ) from which Banham 's statement quotes and which is itself a direct repetition of Lemann 's views . |
| 2 | As late as the middle of the seventeenth century we find , for example , that even at the age of 30 Samuel Pepys ( 1633–1703 ) , already an important government official , did not possess a watch . |
| 3 | The third policy development in 1987 was the emergence of a curious body , English Estates , as an important government agency in urban regeneration . |
| 4 | It is quite common to see an important Orc Boss strutting through the Orc camp followed closely by a tiny Snotling impersonating his walk and copying the Boss ' every movement in an exaggerated comic fashion . |
| 5 | And for good measure , he entered into an important pariage agreement with Cluny and the bishop and chapter of Mâcon , that resulted in the creation of a royal enclave within the county . |
| 6 | They believe the town lost an important factory development because other parts of the country are able to offer better financial incentives . |
| 7 | Handloom weaving was an important cottage industry at the time and Charles was sent to Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire to learn the trade ; that was why Robert Burns referred to him as ‘ Wabster ( weaver ) Charlie ’ in the poem Epistle to James Tennant . |
| 8 | But buyers most likely to be satisfied probably already own a desktop PC , perhaps with an important text file which they 'd be glad to carry around for reference . |
| 9 | Because Richard usurped the throne , his retinue is inevitably seen as inimical to the crown and therefore in an important sense independent of royal authority . |
| 10 | Because Richard usurped the throne , his retinue is inevitably seen as inimical to the crown and therefore in an important sense independent of royal authority . |
| 11 | And lanthanum could become extremely valuable if the world decides to turn to hydrogen as a novel fuel ; a mixture of lanthanum and nickel absorbs hydrogen safely and easily and so could become an important storage mechanism for the gas . |
| 12 | In that case do not change from B ♭ to A or vice versa for the offending section , unless the clarinet is to have an important solo passage during its course . |
| 13 | 700 the area of circulation of the sceatta or penny , introduced probably in Kent in the 670s , was widening to embrace the Thames valley and Hamwic , near Southampton , was emerging as an important trading settlement to become within a few decades ‘ possibly the largest and most densely populated town in eighth-century England ’ . |
| 14 | Olives are grown in many Mediterranean countries , where they have been cultivated for centuries and have been an important trading crop since ancient times . |
| 15 | Higher levels of protein in the urine can be linked with high-blood pressure or pre-eclampsia , so this would be an important warning sign for your doctor . |
| 16 | But biologically , pain can be seen to have survival value , and the benefit of a mechanism which suppresses pain and cancels an important warning mechanism , is not immediately obvious . |
| 17 | Just how far the market has declined in the last two years can be gauged by the performance of Henry Moore 's ‘ Reclining Figure No. 6 ’ ( lot 89 , est. $50,000–70,000 ) , an important bronze maquette dating from 1954 and closely related to the great elmwood reclining figure of 1959–64 . |
| 18 | This suggests that either educational reform has just not gone far enough or that , although improved educational standards constitute an important development goal , they can only be effective when accompanied by structural changes in the rest of society . |
| 19 | At the moment that gallery is engaged — I use the word advisedly — in purchasing an important Cuyp landscape . |
| 20 | I should like to intervene only for a moment because I have an important constituency interest in that Gatwick , a major inter-national airport , is within my constituency . |
| 21 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising an important constituency point . |
| 22 | Like the subcontracting system , group affiliation provides an important adjustment cushion which helps to explain why keiretsu profits are much less variable , if not necessarily higher , than other firms . |
| 23 | The celebration of Punch 's 150th anniversary was an important publishing landmark . |
| 24 | Ashton-under-Lyne was given a rigid grid of wide streets by the Earls of Stamtord after 1758 when it was becoming an important cotton town . |
| 25 | The trial is so entangled with the standing of the ANC that the right-wing Conservative Party has blamed the ‘ state intelligence service ’ for the disappearance of an important state witness ; the party 's argument was that the government wanted to persuade whites of the virtue of negotiations with the ANC , and found the trial embarrassing . |
| 26 | Merano is an important spa resort . |
| 27 | Reports quoting LTTE sources said on Nov. 25 that an important Army camp at Mankulam in the north-east had fallen to LTTE rebels , with hundreds of casualties on both sides . |
| 28 | And an important slip road has been closed . |
| 29 | Seal Sands is also an important staging post on the migration route of at least 11 species of waders , including the knot and redshank , which feed on the plants that grow on the marshes . |
| 30 | But the really bad news was that the post in question was an important insurance form . |