Example sentences of "important [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MACROCYCLIC ligands — cyclic organic molecules with a central cavity — are used by nature to bind metal ions in such important molecules as haem , chlorophyll and vitamin b 12 . |
| 2 | Not only does Rosenberg ( 1982 ) question the implication that a change in US climate will have an adverse impact on crop yields , but he also questions whether evapotranspiration , which may be a more important parameter than precipitation and temperature , will change adversely . |
| 3 | On the other hand , these sound tracks can be erased and re-recorded ( dubbed ) independently of the pictures ; this is an important advantage when video tapes are being edited ( see page 80 ) . |
| 4 | That mechanical structure , with the spine as its most important support and carrier of the major nervous system , can get damaged , distorted or irritated . |
| 5 | The catalogue raisonné , which accompanied an exhibition at the Musée du Dessin et de l'Estampe originale , Gravelines , contains a penetrating and thorough essay on Hayter 's relations with Hecht by Carla Esposito ( who organised the important Hayter and Atelier 17 retrospective in Rome in 1990 ) , a detailed chronology , and a reprint of a 1926 appreciation by the Symbolist writer André Saures . |
| 6 | There is good potential for straw as a fuel source , so long as we continue the important research and development programme that we are currently commissioning . |
| 7 | In addition , the important research and development activities of many technologically advanced industries often tend to be concentrated in " core " as opposed to peripheral economies with the latter frequently assuming a " branch-plant " nature . |
| 8 | As yet Asturian industry could not absorb the surplus population : hazel nuts were a more important export than coal . |
| 9 | This was once thought to be a productive and praiseworthy way to make the best of almost useless land ; but now environmental groups point out how this practice can involve the destruction of important wet-land and wilderness . |
| 10 | The loss of important relationships and retirement from a job , with its easy access to daytime companionship and the outside world , can also come at a particularly vulnerable time in life . |
| 11 | During 1990 we shall be assessing such important aspects as warmth of welcome , efficiency of service and atmosphere , as well as the quality of furnishings , fitments and equipment . |
| 12 | The labour supply ( including such important aspects as participation , working hours , retirement age , etc ) labour productivity and the role of new technology , structural changes affecting investment trends and other areas such as training , will also be dealt with in some detail . |
| 13 | Such important parameters as age at maturation and longevity are unknown , though it seems likely that krill breed two or three times in a lifespan of three to five years . |
| 14 | This explanation is not entirely convincing , however , since it overlooks the important industry and workplace negotiations which also take place . |
| 15 | Obviously the classificatory data will give special attention to the factor of social class and also to such important variables as age , sex , marital status , and so on . |
| 16 | The department has admitted to a substantial underspend in two important areas or research in the financial year that has just ended . |
| 17 | Clearly , whether this is an important issue or conflict can only be answered empirically . |
| 18 | Whilst concentrating on urban women , the research considers the many links between town and countryside , for towns acted both as stimulants of population growth and as important marriage and employment ‘ markets ’ for their hinterlands . |
| 19 | It is impossible to indicate all the humanly important matters that literature gives us knowledge of … . |
| 20 | These include such important matters as status and its relation to land , office-holding and military service ; the structure and function of local networks ; the degree of lawlessness . |
| 21 | Yet Santiago de Compostela — the Church of Saint James at Compostela — became , with the exception of Rome itself , the single most important shrine and pilgrimage centre in medieval Christendom . |
| 22 | However , by focusing exclusively on girls , researchers have ignored the important premise that gender has any cultural meaning only because it is based on difference ( Hollway 1982 ) . |
| 23 | Jones makes the important point that sex is used to advertise everything from cars to chocolates ; ‘ but when it comes to condoms it 's all flowers and sunsets ’ . |
| 24 | The most convenient method of keeping a note of important individuals and terminology is a card file or index . |
| 25 | People have talked a bit about their children and er and , and how beautiful they are , supposing you were a fairy god mother and you were at a christening and you had a wand and you could endow one gift , would it be beauty ? , is beauty the most important gift ? , button one for yes and button two for no and I 'd love to go round the world and ask this question , but out of one hundred Scottish women seven of you say yes , but ninety three of you think there is a more important gift than beauty and what that might be we shall talk about another time , but for all thank you now , thank you for watching , good bye |
| 26 | And this last two or three years I 've s I 've become to realize that how important acting and performing is to me , and h how much more there is to do in it . |
| 27 | One third of Lithuania is covered by forest , an important ecology and animal population . |
| 28 | the athlete has been an important person and model of success for Black youth for a long time . |
| 29 | Turnpike Road Act — Newhaven became an important Ferry & Packet Station as a result of sand bar restrictions at Leith . |
| 30 | It is now generally accepted that nurture — the environment in which a child grows up — is a more important factor than heredity when it comes to the intelligence of the resulting adult human being . |