Example sentences of "important [conj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This is particularly important where interview panels are made up of people who do not normally work together , and also where there are a lot of people who will take correspondingly longer to learn to work as a team . |
2 | Water quality is more important than water chemistry . |
3 | Language development is more important than vocabulary building and offering dauntingly-high standards of written and spoken language . |
4 | It is evident from this quotation that the grammarians were mainly motivated not by considerations of linguistic naturalness or logic ( for example , the clash of singular and plural implicit in the use of they ; and as Bodine points out , why in any case is number concord more important than gender concord ? ) but quite explicitly by sexism . |
5 | The technical literature suggests that structural factors may have been more important than price factors in explaining the persistent deficit . |
6 | The personal , physical or expert power of leaders is therefore more important than position power alone . |
7 | In understanding isolated sentences ( for example , the ones above , presented in a psycholinguistic experiment ) role mapping is more important than name mapping . |
8 | In particular , the New York Times/CBS poll of Oct. 22 found that 79 per cent believed foreign policy less important than home issues , that only 37 per cent approved Bush 's handling of the economy , and that 56 per cent believed that the recession was getting worse . |
9 | He was genuinely concerned for the children and considered their happiness and development as responsible citizens to be more important than exam results . |
10 | Whether one considers lawyers and doctors as more important than farm labourers and refuse collectors is simply a matter of opinion . |
11 | People for whom career goals are less important than comfort goals ( lower achievers in an organizational sense ) are more likely to watch others play sport ; their first sexual experiences occur younger and more frequently thereafter . |
12 | Climate change is already more important than acid rain , genetic engineering a more topical issue than saving whales . |
13 | We believe the most likely explanation is that , over 2 years , physiological age is much more important than calendar age . |
14 | We failed to realise that product life was more important than machinery life . |
15 | It could be argued that the weights reflect the decision-makers ' theory of investment desirability , but what theory could rate NPV 333 per cent more important than process yield and ten times as important as basic R&D ? |
16 | In other words , human need is more important than Sabbath law . |
17 | But I hope that you will think , as I do , that because this basic subject is omitted in ordinary teaching syllabuses it is all the more important that law students should pick up something about it on their own . |
18 | With both this method and the tellurium method , it is important that hydrogen bubbles should not be produced . |
19 | It is important that assessment methodologies which will provide valid and reliable results are developed at an early stage . |
20 | As the young economies in these countries grow it is important that life assurance and pensions services develop from solid actuarial foundations . |
21 | It is vitally important that canister filters are packed fairly loosely and maintained correctly to ensure that the correct amount of water reached the pump impeller . |
22 | It is important that field trips and museum and site visits form an integral part of the school curriculum for history ( Report National Curriculum History working group ) |
23 | It is important that fieldwork staff give high priority to this . |
24 | It is very important that user groups do contribute to the change and that their suggestions are not merely dealt with by paying lip service . |
25 | It is important that selection decisions are timed at the right moment in this chain . |
26 | ‘ It 's important that shift times are kept to , because the person you are taking over from ca n't always leave until they are replaced . |
27 | In this respect , it would seem to be more important that family relationships improve , whether or not husband and wife remain together , rather than urging parents to ‘ stick it out for the sake of the children ’ in unhappy marriages . |
28 | It is important that parish directors of music be encouraged to take opportunities for in-service training . |
29 | It 's important that garden steps are both easy and safe to use , especially if they 're going to form a long flight . |
30 | It is also important that business executives and their financial and legal advisers be aware of the current state of development and the future direction of EC merger policy . |