noun
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a matter of importance (= something important )
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He consulted her on all matters of importance.
appreciate the significance/importance/value of sth
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He did not fully appreciate the significance of signing the contract.
assume...importance
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These relationships assume great importance in times of crisis.
be of central importance
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Loving care is of central importance to a child’s development.
be of crucial importance
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Good leadership is of crucial importance in motivating staff.
be of secondary importance/be a secondary consideration
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Cost is the important thing – any benefits for the user are a secondary consideration.
emphasizes...importance
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The report emphasizes the importance of improving safety standards.
exaggerate the importance/significance (of sth)
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Personally, I think society exaggerates the importance of marriage.
in order of importance/priority/preference etc
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The country’s main exports were, in order of importance, coffee, sugar, and soya beans.
incalculable importance/value/worth etc
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treasures of incalculable value
increase in value/price/importance etc
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Investments are certain to increase in value.
lessen the impact/effect/importance (of sth)
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The new project will lessen the effects of car pollution.
of critical importance
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Foreign trade is of critical importance to the economy.
of equal value/importance
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He is remembered for his novels, but his scientific work is of equal importance.
of paramount importance
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Women’s role as mothers is of paramount importance to society.
of particular interest/concern/importance etc
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Of particular concern is the rising cost of transportation.
of primary importance
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Personal safety is of primary importance .
of prime importance
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Good management is of prime importance in business.
play down the importance/seriousness/significance of sth
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The White House spokeswoman sought to play down the significance of the event.
sth is of fundamental importance (= it is extremely important )
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It is of fundamental importance that justice should be seen to be done.
sth is of vital importance
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Reading is of vital importance in language learning.
strategic importance
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Marseilles was of great strategic importance .
stress the importance of sth
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He has always stressed the importance of a stable family.
symbolic importance/significance
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The capture of the city was of great symbolic importance.
underestimate the importance/extent/effect/power etc of sth
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Never underestimate the power of the press.
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■ ADJECTIVE
aware
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As a new father I am only too aware of the importance of expert guidance through the first months of parenthood.
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The miners, for their part, continued to be well aware of the importance of ventilation.
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In all countries, governments and businessmen have become aware of the importance of statistics.
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Historians of the region are fully aware of the importance of using social science techniques in their reconstruction of its past.
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She becomes aware of the importance of her body.
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As a doctor he had always been aware of the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.
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It was hoped that parents and staff would become more aware of the importance of sharing.
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Yet I am now more than ever aware of the importance of this venture.
central
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The novel finding, of central importance here, comes from the behaviour shown by a third group of subjects.
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Of central importance are recent demographic shifts in the pool from which colleges must pick their first-year classes.
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Furthermore it seeks to highlight the central importance of localities and localism in Northern Ireland.
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However, the issues are of central importance and can be simplified to some extent.
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This transmissible lysis, later known as the Twort-d'Hérelle phenomenon, is of central importance to molecular biology.
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Since an inventory was not taken after Martin's death this document is of central importance .
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None the less, the central importance of interest rates is widely recognised.
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It is already clear, however, that the notion of acquired distinctiveness is of central importance in discussions of perceptual learning.
considerable
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This problem is of considerable empirical importance when testing the no-arbitrage condition.
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For President Lincoln, the victory had considerable political importance .
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The attitude of employers to domestic responsibilities is of considerable importance and highly variable.
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In other words, young children's area of weakness coincides with an area of considerable educational importance .
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The distinction between them is of considerable importance .
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These anomalous properties of water may turn out to be of considerable importance in the preparation of homoeopathic remedies.
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There is no doubt that the owner of the horn must have been a person of considerable importance in his time.
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I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down.
critical
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Estimating the future rate of energy growth is of critical importance for predicting future concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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The effect of these changes in world geopolitics and economics are of critical importance .
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At this stage the precise form of the household's relation to its property is of critical importance .
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Of critical importance is that the studio continues to attract gifted animators.
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This view is in complete contrast to those who maintain that environmental deterioration is widespread and of critical importance .
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And the objectives involved are of critical importance .
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A further problem arises from the fact that the experimental results of critical importance are far from clear-cut.
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Honda understands those cost-versus-value trade-offs, and the critical importance of the quality mindset.
crucial
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The market is of crucial importance for efficiency, but the control of inflation is a separate problem.
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Or, does it encapsulate a mystery of crucial importance for the dying to contemplate?
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The distinction between names and descriptions remains thus of crucial importance .
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To say this is not in the least to underestimate the crucial and indispensable importance of such therapy in itself.
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Tax planning and accounting objectives are frequently of crucial importance in determining an appropriate form of consideration.
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Not many more offer Arabic, whose crucial importance is even more evident.
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It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin.
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A woman abandoned by her husband found her wage of new and crucial importance and looked to the union for support.
economic
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Sports events are growing in economic importance , as Euro 96 proved, and are not fully reflected in these estimates.
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The graphite boom temporarily reduced the social and economic importance of subsistence agriculture in the Low Country.
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Nor was it seen as of such immediate economic or political importance as public health, education or unemployment.
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The chapter uses a national income accounting framework to estimate the economic importance of sport in the United Kingdom.
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Those that remained were engaged on tasks of economic importance .
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And what they all display, rather too baldly though highly effectively, is the simple economic importance of the Ocean.
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Another important indicator of the economic importance of sport, employment, is given in Table 2.4 in Chapter 2.
equal
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Remember to pay ongoing attention to the intonation, and regard it as of equal importance to get right as the actual words.
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Of equal importance are the relative amounts of assimilation and accommodation that take place.
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Of equal importance are those social factors which come into play when the user or former user is back on the streets.
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He and Johnson, however, emphasized the equal importance of volunteers.
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Indeed, horticulture is of equal importance to the maintaining of the animal collection.
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Qualitative measurement of skill mix within departments is usually of equal importance .
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Of equal importance , the social side was satisfactory.
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We must remember also, however, that there is a vast amount of other information which has equal and greater importance .
fundamental
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Stoichiometry is of fundamental importance in modern chemistry.
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Those and related questions are of fundamental importance .
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Here are three of fundamental importance . 1.
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Given consumer tastes, product prices are of fundamental importance in determining consumer expenditure patterns.
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The investigators believe that the answers to these questions are of fundamental importance for all of economics.
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Yet he must make a tentative judgment on inadequate evidence, for such a matter is of fundamental importance .
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Basil used to tease us about movement and chuckle at our claims for its fundamental importance in the education of young children.
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However, in two other respects, Waddington draws our attention to points which are of fundamental importance .
great
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Towns, therefore, were coming to assume greater importance as places of defence and refuge for the surrounding countryside.
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The early law attached great importance to the first test.
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The status and availability of the original speaker is therefore of great importance in deciding whether to publish the remark.
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The state governments, of whatever party, attach great importance to the expansion of their own mass media facilities.
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His collection of Turners was of greater and paramount importance .
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Another water course formerly of great importance in the Forest of Dean is the Cone Brook.
growing
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Remuneration planning remains an activity of growing importance for search firms such as Tyzack, as companies agglomerate and national compensation characteristics clash.
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For example, account is taken of the growing importance of theoretical linguistics, for which Edinburgh University is particularly well-known.
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The latter argument is based partly on the growing importance to higher education of mature students and continuing education.
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The growing international importance of economic and particularly commercial forces now influenced diplomacy in a number of ways.
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A feature of growing importance in the software world is integration.
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An indicator of the growing importance of this totalizing view of education was contained in the 1841 rescript from Rome.
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At the same time the structure of corporate organization has changed with the growing importance of the multi-locational, often transnational company.
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These applications and others like them for the microprocessors have growing importance in the Third World.
major
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Social themes are not of major importance in the first part of the exhibition.
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This turns out to be of major importance in dyslexia.
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Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market, although other areas of law have also had a bearing.
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The last point will be of major importance to significant parts of Estates and possibly other service areas.
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The clinical application of devices or materials which contact blood is of major importance in modern medicine.
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But from then until 1917 it became an issue of major importance .
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The Diet represented both central and local authorities, and was a gathering of major importance .
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Recent evidence suggests that phospholipids are of major importance in biliary pathophysiology.
national
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More important to all of us, he has information of national importance .
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Although their tactics have taken on national importance , the garbage workers' issue is largely local.
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Off to the House side, where debate has started on the floor on some question or other of great national importance .
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Although the history of Scotmid is very much of local interest, the carriages they collected are of national importance .
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She was to apply for a job in a certain firm, with national importance .
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Ownership by the Trust is often the surest way of guaranteeing the preservation of beautiful places of national importance .
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The scheme is of strategic, national importance .
paramount
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Clear air is nearly always of paramount importance .
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It is thoroughly Darwinian in its stress on the paramount importance of biotic interactions.
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Anybody who knows anything about football knows confidence is of paramount importance .
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At the hearts of these industrial towns the old marketing and retailing functions remained of paramount importance .
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The symptoms and signs are therefore of paramount importance in designing the treatment.
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His collection of Turners was of greater and paramount importance .
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Stopping the epidemic is of paramount importance .
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Again, it's of paramount importance to keep an overview so that you can gear each aspect towards achieving the objective.
particular
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Bush's choice was of particular importance because of the Court's current delicate political balance.
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Chord changes were of particular importance , because they provided the raw material for each improvised solo.
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Tourism is also of particular importance in some regions and may dominate the local economy.
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Muriel was favoured by all three partners, but the comments of her present employer turned out to be of particular importance .
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They are therefore of particular importance during a missed approach and when flying in turbulence.
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The Yellowstone herd, which is directly descended from those last surviving bison, is of particular spiritual importance to those tribes.
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Of particular importance to worldwide navigation is the state of the world's insurance markets.
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Of particular importance to the family was the proximity of the synagogue itself, a mere few minutes walk through the park.
practical
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A better understanding of the implications and consequences of economic and political development policies is of immediate practical importance .
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Science has long been of prime practical importance to civilization as a whole.
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It is a matter of practical importance that teachers can argue this case.
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Of more practical importance than estimates of global annual average temperature increase is that of resulting regional and seasonal changes.
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The debate had no practical importance , nor did it influence the direction and methods of further research.
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Inputs are thus of great practical importance , but they are only the means, not the ends, of competitive endeavour.
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The practical importance of this latter requirement among people who know they disagree about justice is evident.
primary
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However, of primary importance is the portfolio presented at interview.
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In the case of lube oil production, an aspect of primary importance is catalyst selection.
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These personal considerations are of primary importance to the social worker and the manner of his work.
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Because prevention is of primary importance , early diagnosis is the goal.
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Poor delivery dates and servicing facilities are further factors to which empirical studies have attached major, even primary importance .
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Of primary importance were the clay pots, so much better suited as containers than the skins and baskets employed by hunters.
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Correct proportion is of primary importance , as long as size is within the Standard s range.
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Within the family it is usually the words and their literal meaning which take primary importance .
prime
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The key to any understanding of the prime importance of the Soviet press is contained in Lenin's remarks on its function.
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Science has long been of prime practical importance to civilization as a whole.
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To no other group of soldiers functioning in this period was leadership a factor of such prime importance .
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These classic instances reveal above all the prime importance of communications.
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The marriage is still of prime importance .
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He thought compatibility and interests which could be shared and understood were of prime importance .
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But no one ever mentions two things which seem to me of prime importance in the whole relationship saga.
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Here, reliability of quality and delivery is of prime importance because the producer works on minimal stock-holding of raw materials.
relative
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The motives influencing a particular individual may change from time to time, and their relative importance may also vary, depending on the situation.
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The position and height of the surge are determined by the relative importance of recent and older literature in different disciplines.
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Of what are you assessing the relative importance ? 1.
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The classification exercise provides another arena for the conflicting points of view as to the relative importance of good people as opposed to good systems.
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Their relative importance varied according to context.
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The relative importance of these revenue sources can be seen in Fig. 12-1.
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Churches are full of such clues to their local importance and relative importance in their immediate region.
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The relative importance of habit and biological factors in such circumstances is hard to decide.
secondary
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What children gain in terms of content is surely of secondary importance .
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The precise form in which the words in these languages are represented is a matter of quite secondary importance .
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As far as the effects of population change on the economy are concerned, however, the particular disease is of secondary importance .
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The vascular changes and muscle contraction then could be considered to be of secondary importance .
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Wisdom and experience are of secondary importance in our world; it is expertise that is valued.
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A feature of such organizations is that the means are all-important and the ends are of relatively secondary importance .
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But inter-county rivalry will be of secondary importance for the 23-year-old World Student Games bronze medallist.
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The patient quickly concludes that tablets are the real treatment and the diet of secondary importance .
strategic
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Newark Castle was of strategic importance during the Civil War when it withheld three sieges by Parliamentarians.
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This bridge we're guarding is of great strategic importance .
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To this day the strategic importance of Stirling is obvious to anyone approaching from the south.
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After all, what strategic importance could an ordinary tutor hide in his ordinary office?
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Henley offers both organisations and individual managers the opportunity to carry out interdisciplinary research into issues of strategic importance .
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From a military point of view, the strategic importance of the Iberian Peninsula was evident simply from looking at a map.
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The scheme is of strategic , national importance .
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Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning.
symbolic
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Now that it is, try thinking about what is happening in astronomical terms and you will instantly notice the symbolic importance .
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Riyadh, the modern capital, does not have this symbolic importance .
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There can be no doubt of the symbolic importance of prostitution to the Victorians.
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It was therefore of some symbolic importance , but it was badly flawed.
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The anti-investiture decree, however great its symbolic importance , did little to diminish the power of lay rulers over ecclesiastical appointments.
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Holidays had symbolic importance: then, as now, the more prestigious an educational establishment then the shorter its terms.
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But there is a symbolic importance of the prominence of Mr. Flynn in Fianna Fáil.
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I was in a numbered uniform of massive symbolic importance with nuances of style which clearly defined our social identity.
utmost
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Professors Berry and Mott are right to stress that the support of the child and the family is of the utmost importance .
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How soon and how broadly will you communicate that the changes at hand are of the utmost importance ?
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Yet finding out what happens in higher education is of utmost importance in understanding the patterns of gender inequality that exist.
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Tithing was of utmost importance , as was celebrating weeklong feasts in spring, summer and fall.
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It is of the utmost importance that we continually experiment with things such as venue, lighting, perfumes etc.
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It is of the utmost importance that it is the mind of the human operator doing the selecting.
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In particular in the sophisticated world of alchemy, the resonances of chemical and other truths were of the utmost importance .
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Brian was always keen to stress that the comfort and wellbeing of the birds was of the utmost importance .
vital
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Computers at the centres hold information of vital importance to any private forecaster.
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But what seems Insignificant in our eyes is often of vital importance in the eyes of a child.
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Even equipped with all these preconditions, it is also of vital importance for him to have to hand a good telescope.
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It is an extremely arduous and difficult process, as befits something which is of such vital importance to us.
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It was of vital importance that she should not think of him.
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So now you know your real objective, and can appreciate the vital importance of this mission.
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To the environmentally concerned, however, the origin and extraction method for capturing an essence may be of vital importance .
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The function is of vital importance .
■ VERB
appreciate
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He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect.
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Personally, I appreciated the importance of being able to empathize with a newly widowed or soon-to-be-divorced client.
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Mr. Baker I appreciate the importance of the case and the public interest in it.
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So now you know your real objective, and can appreciate the vital importance of this mission.
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As a man with agricultural interests you will appreciate the importance of living in harmony with nature and of conserving the environment.
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I fully appreciate the importance of GEC-Ferranti as an employer in Edinburgh and Lothian.
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Again we can appreciate the importance of trying to see the task from the child's point of view.
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I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment.
assume
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Towns, therefore, were coming to assume greater importance as places of defence and refuge for the surrounding countryside.
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It meant that at the moment of its founding, Atchison assumed importance as the eastern terminus of the overland stagecoach lines.
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Privately financed and provided group medical plans are assuming greater importance .
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So it must be assumed that the importance of marginal increments of all production is low and declining.
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In future economic efficiency was likely to assume as much importance as the technical side.
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Financial management is now assuming greater importance .
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The trivial upsets of daily living assume importance but the big tragedies they take in their stride.
attach
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Goebbels controlled the media and attached particular importance to cinema.
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Hindus attach great importance to food, and her presence where it was prepared defiled everything the community ate.
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He will attach great importance to face-to-face meetings and so will his constituents.
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The Government attaches great importance to the training of food handlers and the new Food Safety Act contains specific provisions on this.
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We attach profound importance to the fact that some industries advance.
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Humphrey calls the differentiation of the working class thesis technologically determinist because he says it attaches too much importance to technology.
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In our experience parents attach great importance to the approach and attitude of the medical and nursing staff.
demonstrate
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This demonstrates the immense importance of the detector in the overall performance of the zoned system.
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The transition will demonstrate to individuals the importance and value of periodic re-direction in their lives.
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Report on the potential of a short video to demonstrate the importance of accuracy in collecting road accident information.
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The comparison of these few-country studies demonstrates the importance of case selection and unit of analysis for drawing inferences.
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We are seeing a great cultural change among those companies who are demonstrating the importance and benefits of total quality management.
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They demonstrated the importance of early socialisation for the development of social and mental skills in the individual.
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This demonstrates clearly the importance of the two leading companies in their fight for market share.
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Yet 1857 had also demonstrated the full strategic importance of railways and their role in maintaining future order.
emphasize
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This is just one example of the many that could be quoted to emphasize the importance of shape in biological systems.
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Here, I want to emphasize the importance of daily connection to your kids.
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Dawson emphasized the importance of combining agricultural and urban for building a strong society.
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P., who emphasized the importance of the berakah in connection with his studies on the Didache.
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Both approaches, too, emphasize the importance of teacher assessment.
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Both are sons of prosperous professional fathers, who are devout and emphasized the importance of orthodox religion in the home.
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This emphasizes the importance of the cell's internal programme.
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The physician should emphasize the importance of immediate treatment, as soon as the person is aware that an attack is developing.
grow
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The company obviously needed a new image to express their growing importance internationally.
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Prestige passed increasingly to the financial agencies, which grew in size and importance , overshadowing the judiciary.
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Sports events are growing in economic importance , as Euro 96 proved, and are not fully reflected in these estimates.
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But we must also take note of its growing importance in the advanced capitalist countries and the workers states.
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The parallel markets have grown in size and importance in recent years.
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Internal auditing is rapidly growing in importance .
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Lewes alone seems to have grown to any great importance in the pre-Conquest years.
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The growing importance of the service industry is especially apparent in a place like Miami.
highlight
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Sacks etal highlighted the importance of prostatic disease as a preventable and treatable cause of renal failure.
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The part the Flemish towns played in the crisis of 1127-8 not only highlighted their importance , it also guaranteed their liberties.
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Colonel Spratt highlighted the importance of the qualification for people planning a career in marketing.
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The back highlights the importance of using caution and suggests how to use the card.
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Furthermore it seeks to highlight the central importance of localities and localism in Northern Ireland.
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This again serves to highlight the importance of the cut-off point in determining estimates of illness prevalence.
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Second, it highlighted the importance of active participation by elderly people themselves in all aspects of course planning.
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Such an incident highlights the importance of clarity and definition of language, both between professionals and with clients.
increase
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From the point of view of capital the sector would have increased in importance by a half.
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Another argument in favour of the provinces is that the steady decentralisation of justice from London naturally increases the importance of the provincial Bar.
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Indeed as the public domain has become more impersonal and technical so the family has increased in importance .
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This increases the importance of competition as a structuring agent. 3.
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The 1970s and 1980s have been marked by an ever increasing realisation of the importance of home - school relationships.
place
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Besides, a refusal would seem as if she placed too much importance on an accepted practice.
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But the current penchant for mixing styles has placed new importance on that special little table with an individual personality.
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Or by placing it third in importance of equipment?
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Co., said the measure places too much importance on whether buyers or sellers initiate transactions.
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Business courses place an importance on creative thought because it is new ideas which keep a business ahead of its competition.
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They place great importance on concrete feedback on how well they are doing.
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Resource-based learning has placed greater importance on learning how to learn and the handling of information.
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People who place great importance on the goals of autonomy, creativity and growth will have no difficulty in filling the paper.
recognize
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No serious Marxist discussion of class has failed to recognize the importance of divisions within the working class.
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They also recognize the importance of national legislation aimed at eradicating torture.
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The other was that in defining individual teachers' roles, schools were asked to recognize the importance of job-satisfaction.
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The participating States recognize the importance of co-operation in a number of areas in the economic integration process.
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Increasingly since then archaeologists have recognized the importance of identifying and accurately recording associations between remains on sites.
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An effective coach is interested in people, recognizing their importance and potential.
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Both candidates are moderates who believe in market-driven reforms and recognize the importance of public security.
show
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The study of sociology began to show the importance of the family and class and cultural factors in child development.
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This dimension of university life is only hinted at in our research; future research will almost certainly show its importance .
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What this study showed was the importance of activating the appropriate schemata.
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But that was enough to show the importance of the area as a Marine Nature Reserve.
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It has shown me the importance of true friendships.
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Recent findings have shown the importance of phospholipids in biliary pathophysiology.
stress
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He stressed the importance of local people taking care of their belongings.
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All of them stressed the importance of doing it from day one.
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Since the intellectual establishment's aesthetic criteria stressed the importance of originality, their silence is hardly surprising.
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We have already stressed the importance of silent reading in the classroom.
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We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses.
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We stressed the importance of including carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals in every meal.
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Such an approach is in keeping with the guidelines for the original conference, which stressed the interpretative importance of indigenous concepts of self.
underestimate
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Have I underestimated the importance of sustainability?
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Cultural studies also underestimate the importance of racism which is an incontestable fact in the lives of many black people.
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I had underestimated the importance placed on personal cleanliness and hygiene, and had been caught out on my underpants.
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You should not underestimate the importance of these rights when working out the value of your contract.
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Locus believes Microsoft has underestimated the importance of open networking in the marketplace.
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Don't underestimate the importance of captions either.
underline
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That underlines the importance of the construction industry training board.
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We also underline the importance of an early entry into force and implementation of the Treaty on Open Skies. 13.
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This paper underlines the importance of maintaining a functional health care system even during times of political change and unrest.
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We underline the importance of human contacts in overcoming the legacy of old divisions. 15.
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It underlines the importance of accuracy.
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Fforde also establishes an important point by underlining the importance of land reform to late Victorian and Edwardian debates.
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But the inspectorate is prosecuting to underline the importance that it attaches to nuclear workers following proper procedures.
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The Hayward case underlines the importance of the way in which the story is presented to the public.
understand
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Governments are coming to understand the importance of privatising quickly.
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Business Ethics Magazine is an excellent reporter on companies that understand the importance of respecting all workers.
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At a meeting with the catering management, they understood the importance of this and are taking steps to solve the problem.
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Wise companies understand the importance of a single, unified voice and work to make every correspondence consistent.
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Children love to feed the fish, but you must make sure they understand the importance of giving the right amount.
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Children who understand the importance of work tend to imitate their parents and become hard workers themselves.
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Community aspects of care must also be included, so that the learner understands the importance of both hospital and home.
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The people simply do not understand its importance .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
attach importance/significance etc to sth
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And, since he seems to attach importance to the language-game of giving orders and obeying them, let us begin there.
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Hence he attaches importance to spending more of the government's research cash in industry as opposed to within the government's own establishments.
place value/importance/emphasis etc on sth
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A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring.
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In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow.
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It places emphasis on external evaluation and it undervalues the individual young reader's assessment.
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Some place emphasis on biotic, others on environmental factors.
the utmost importance/respect/care etc
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Brian was always keen to stress that the comfort and wellbeing of the birds was of the utmost importance.
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Everyone has the utmost respect for Rickey Henderson.
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How soon and how broadly will you communicate that the changes at hand are of the utmost importance?
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Hygiene and safety take priority on the sunbeds while personal supervision is regarded as of the utmost importance on the toning tables.
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In fact I have the utmost respect for it.
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In particular in the sophisticated world of alchemy, the resonances of chemical and other truths were of the utmost importance.
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It is of the utmost importance that it is the mind of the human operator doing the selecting.
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Professors Berry and Mott are right to stress that the support of the child and the family is of the utmost importance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Explain the importance of the Monroe Doctrine in a 750-word essay.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He will have importance , though.
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Something we have known for many years is of deep importance in comprehending the world of the dying person.
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The importance attached to every other issue rose sharply when the campaign opened but the importance attached to defence hardly changed.
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The importance of these actions is that they legitimise intervention in other spheres, from trade to the environment.
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The distinction between them is of considerable importance .
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The effect of increasing affluence is to minimize the importance of economic goals.
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The several statements should be arranged in order of their importance .