adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a great/major/important discovery
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The archaeologists had made an important discovery.
a key/central/important concept
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The title tells you something about the central concept of the poem.
a major/important achievement
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Writing the book was a major achievement.
a major/important concession
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We made some major concessions in order to protect national security.
a major/important port
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The city became a major port.
a major/important source
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The lead mines were once a major source of employment for the islanders.
a serious/important matter
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It is a very serious matter to mislead the police.
a significant/important breakthrough
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Another very significant breakthrough has been made by Dr David Peacock.
a significant/important contribution
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All of you can make a significant contribution to the organization.
an essential/important item
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Salt was an important item in the Roman economy.
an important commodity
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Crude oil is the world’s most important commodity.
an important consequence
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This discovery was an important consequence of his research.
an important constraint
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Their religious beliefs were an important constraint on their behaviour.
an important decision
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My father made all the important decisions.
an important element
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This one fact is the most important element of the theory.
an important engagement
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He had an important engagement with his solicitor.
an important exhibition
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an important exhibition of twentieth century art
an important factor
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Human influence has been an important factor as regards climate change.
an important feature
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The final-year project is an important feature of all undergraduate courses.
an important habitat
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The island is an important habitat for exotic animals.
an important issue
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The committee met several times to discuss this important issue.
an important means
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Surveys are an important means of gathering information.
an important moment
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This was probably the most important moment in his life.
an important move
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I cannot decide on such an important move on my own.
an important part
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Fresh fruit is an important part of our diet.
an important point
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That’s an important point to bear in mind.
an important precedent
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By doing this, an important precedent was established.
an important principle
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One important principle is that you should give yourself plenty of reward for your success.
an important sector
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Sport is now recognized as an important sector of economic activity.
an important topic
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The legal team will discuss a number of important topics.
an important/big question
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The book raises important questions about nationality and the role of a citizen.
an important/crucial distinction
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There is an important distinction between these two types of cancer.
an important/crucial match
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Luckily, all their players are fit for such an important match.
an important/essential characteristic
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An essential characteristic of good teaching is that it must create interest in the learner.
an important/major industry
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Agriculture is still a major industry in Scotland.
an important/major role
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She played an important role in her husband’s political career.
an important/major/big step
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The move is seen as a major step forward for UK firms.
an important/significant aspect
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A person’s nationality is an important aspect of their identity.
an important/significant event
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It’s natural to be nervous before such an important event.
an important/significant exception
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The treaty was ratified by all the EU member countries, with one significant exception, Britain.
an important/significant/crucial difference
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A study of the two groups of students showed a significant difference.
an important/significant/major influence
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Parents have an important influence on children's development.
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He was a major influence on my musical tastes.
an important/useful/valuable clue
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The car used in the robbery may provide important clues.
an urgent/important message
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an urgent message for the commanding officer
consider it necessary/important etc to do sth
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I did not consider it necessary to report the incident.
critically important
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This is a critically important meeting.
immensely powerful/strong/important etc
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Nationalism is an immensely powerful force.
important news
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I've got some important news to tell you.
important
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This is an important client and we do not want to lose her.
important/serious implications
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The results of the experiment could have important implications for scientists.
key/major/important etc component
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Exercise is one of the key components of a healthy lifestyle.
seem important/right/strange etc to sb
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Doesn’t that seem weird to you?
severe/serious/important limitations
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This approach to the problem has serious limitations.
vitally important
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A sensible diet is vitally important if you want to remain in good health.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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also
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There are also important differences in levels of mobility between rural residents.
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In addition to monitoring specific diseases and syndromes, gathering information about the numerous factors that affect disease emergence is also important .
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It is also important to choose a quiet locality for this purpose.
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It is also important to determine whether a reader likes all types of Romantic Mysteries or is partial to a particular variety.
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However, considerations of long term safety are also important as lifelong maintenance treatment is usually recommended.
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It is also important that the chemical analysis of the specimen be started within 20 minutes of drawing the specimen. 191.
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The character of the research is also important .
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In less-developed nations, power from burning biomass is also important locally.
as
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Continuity is just as important in dialogue as in monologue.
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For Rice, the arts and personal evolution were as important as ideas.
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These are just as important and often the most painful types of fear.
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Acts of neighbourly kindness are as important .
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Ecumenically it is as important as anything.
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Mere winning was not as important to Ranieri as winning with style.
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Turnout is becoming as important an electoral indicator now as the share of the vote that each party achieves.
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Just as important , it gives the tomato a four-week shelf-life.
equally
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This international context is equally important in considering, finally, who are the principal agents of political change.
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A second and equally important impact of the time factor in making oil-backout investments is inflationary rises in capital costs.
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In local authorities, the law plays an equally important , probably more important, part in accounting standards.
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But equally important , learning about rabbits taught Miles, Evan, arid me more about people.
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There are proposals for less contentious but equally important Bills.
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But its other aim, left unstated, was equally important: to keep the regent in power.
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The standardization of textual requirements was an equally important contribution of the Hague Rules to the certainty of the ocean bill.
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The second audience is equally important as a justification for investigating the problem.
especially
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This is especially important in a home with young children.
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This is especially important for the abstract which accompanies the proposal.
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In particular, we consider two especially important parts of your work: the beginning and the end.
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Light intensity is especially important in relation to photosynthesis, of course.
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Written sources were especially important for the economic sector.
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This is especially important for work-inhibited children, who are typically overly dependent upon the support of others to complete school assignments.
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It is especially important in these cases to apply the medication effectively in order to cure the condition.
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On the other hand, one of the curriculum guides may represent the ideas that are especially important to me.
extremely
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External effects are extremely important in both Aben Humeya and La conjuracion de Venecia.
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A: It is extremely important .
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The rhythmic design and pitch scheme are therefore extremely important .
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Two-thirds of those questioned said that jacket copy is either extremely important or very important to them.
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It is therefore extremely important that the basic stances be thoroughly understood and properly practised.
how
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They show how important it is to consider the objectively quantifiable support provided within a relationship during a crisis.
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No matter how important man may become, there is some one who is always superior to him.
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Having known the lack of that luxury herself, she was all too aware of how important it was.
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I never knew how important a job was.
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That consulting group came to realize earlier than others how important market share was to corporate profitability.
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The first time Julie had to be away overnight for business, she learned how important Clara was to her son.
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The top of the Courage League shows just how important tomorrow's game is.
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Corporate employees have little feeling for how important every moment is for the entrepreneur.
increasingly
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Mathematics is becoming increasingly important in its applications and uses in the modern world.
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This latter aim is increasingly important amidst debates about what health insurance should cover.
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However, it has become increasingly important , too, that borrowers should not be exploited unknowingly.
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That question becomes increasingly important as the Pentium class of personal computers moves through its lifespan.
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It is the principal supplier of investment goods and armaments and an increasingly important producer of consumer and export goods.
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Drink was an increasingly important and self-deceiving prop in his life.
less
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Before that, however, consideration is given to other, relatively less important , programmes.
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The old differences separating one system from another now are becoming less and less important , less and less easy to define.
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The genitor is far less important here than the educator.
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Although essential to children, the tissue seems less important to healthy adults.
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The true cost of allowing unfettered insider dealing has become less important than what people think the true costs to be.
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They came about another and, seemingly, far less important matter.
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A calm body leads to a calm mind, and suddenly life seems brighter and worries less important .
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In larger cities, ties to the land are less important and homogenizing influences have a greater impact.
more
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Even more important were his sensitivity, tact and diplomacy in an entirely novel situation.
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But a habit of mind, something much more important , will stay with young people.
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Which is more important - children or property, especially when the property is identified with one's hold on life?
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But more important , they stored their data in the digital form that computers so readily digest.
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They've got more important things on their minds.
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Who controls a meeting becomes more important than the goal of the meeting.
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But more important is how he will use them.
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The longer the club goes, the more important the club becomes as a source of ideas for their personal investing.
most
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The most important change must be the abandonment of tariffs, and the freeing of international food exchange.
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Finally, the most important message we give is that the client try it.
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But perhaps her most important legacy was in divesting the public culture of political language and political idealism.
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The most important thing is to be supple, to be flexible.
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The most important grammatical formalisms were discussed in the previous chapter.
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But in government, the most important lever-the system that drives behavior most powerfully-is the budget.
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Orality does not seem to be the most important factor here.
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Mirretti admitted in court that gambling was the most important thing in his life.
particularly
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It is particularly important that any PR/advertising consultants advising the offeror are made aware of all relevant facts.
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It provided stability, a particularly important quality after the Depression.
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In fact, savings of electricity are particularly important in terms of reducing CO2 emissions.
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The ability to steer is particularly important today, with the emergence of a global economy.
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Carbonation plays a particularly important role in the weathering of calcareous rocks.
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This is particularly important in education, because many parents do not want their children traveling great distances to school.
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Training is particularly important to the young who've never had a job.
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Since the ability to draw is not seen as particularly important , this state of affairs has not come to the fore.
so
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Why was it so important to get Steiner back and in the time scale indicated?
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Here in London, the royal line of a far-off Balkan country can hardly loom so important .
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Why is Jennifer Smith, of all people, so important ?
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And they have the tenacity so important in accomplishing anything of value. 2.
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Since thoughts are so important to the emotions and consequently to happiness, a man must learn to cultivate them.
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This issue is so important I will address it in greater detail later.
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Did he think he was so important that he could finish the cottage in his own sweet time?
very
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What you get from our work is small things that are very important in becoming part of your life.
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Clear enunciation of sounds is very important , particularly when speaking into the telephone.
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Is water so very important to life?
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On the whole it seems difficult to believe they are very important .
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Her taste in music, books, clothes and almost everything was different, and it was very important to respect this.
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The governing body's decision was guided by three very important considerations: principle, existing practice, and time.
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These are as yet little-known but clearly very important in the economy of the plankton.
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For example, intensive care beds and their support is very important .
vitally
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Histone is vitally important for survival.
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Encryption is vitally important to on-line commerce.
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Power relationships and relationships within informal networks are vitally important in all child care work.
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A vitally important way to achieve your goal is through specific word use.
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This concept underlies a technique for compressing video which has become vitally important in multimedia.
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You are important to me, and firsthand inquiry informs me that you are vitally important to your flock.
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I decide: When in doubt it's vitally important to keep moving.
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We still have to wait months for payment of vitally important benefits such as the attendance allowance.
■ NOUN
aspect
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Personal control over change and rational decisionmaking are important aspects of treatment.
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In these examples we see death and bereavement, together with other losses as an important aspect of work in counselling elderly people.
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Determine the three most important aspects of your life.
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Storage and viewing were very important aspects of an art dealer's business.
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In attempting to answer these questions, we will be examining some of the most important aspects of historical or comparative linguistics.
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The economic theory of job search has grown into an important aspect of labour economics in recent years.
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An important aspect of reading which must receive attention is the relationship between sound and symbol.
component
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Tourism is also becoming an important component of developing nations' economy because it is a source of foreign income.
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It does mean, however, that emotions are a very important component of attention.
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Training is an important component of the last two of these suggestions.
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Clearly, women are now an important component of the law profession.
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Housing may also be an important component as its relative cost increased in Britain from 1955 to 1975.
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Third, the choice of conservation techniques and/or other policy measures is another important component of a conservation policy.
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A commentator is the most important component of any major Rokkaku challenge.
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An important component of successful delegation is of course choosing the right people to carry out what you want.
difference
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There are also important differences in levels of mobility between rural residents.
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But there is an important difference .
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There were, however, important differences .
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At the doctrinal level there are also important differences .
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However, there were several important differences between the cases described in this article and Meadow's syndrome proper.
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This example illustrates again the important difference between semantic constraints and these sorts of pragmatic constraints.
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The texts still contained an important difference on the issue of maximum overall foreign troop deployments allowed to the two military blocs.
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There is, however, an important difference here from the contestable markets case.
element
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Apart from agriculture, what are the other important elements in the rural economy?
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An important element in Chasidic tradition is its devotion to Yiddish, even in prayer, which is usually in Hebrew.
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An important element is the development of a database recording all the 100,000 ships built over the last two centuries.
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Besides audio and pictures, written words are still an important element on television news.
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Conspicuous consumption became, for more groups, an important element in leisure culture.
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It is an important element in preventing conflicts reaching the stage of war.
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A important element in this kind of work and one which is often overlooked, is the discussion which takes place.
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Existentialism is an important element in post-war thought.
factor
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The relative presence or absence of the latter is an important factor in distinguishing between different categories of small town.
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His confidence in Hsu Fu, as much as mine, was an important factor in encouraging the rest of the crew.
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Yet by any measurement it is an important factor .
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The emergence of Real Will is therefore a very important factor to be noted.
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Colour is another important factor , and is not merely cosmetic.
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And limiting calories is the single most important factor in weight loss.
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One of the most important factors for maintaining beautiful skin and a glowing complexion is good circulation.
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The size of the audience is also an important factor to keep in mind.
feature
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The exedra is an important feature .
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Several important features of the medical history that are suggestive of malnutrition are outlined on p. 190.
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Introduction CROSS-BORDER portfolio investment has become an increasingly important feature of global capital markets.
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Many companies used to eliminate important features such as high resolution graphics or soundboard support.
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An important feature of this research is that it is carried out in a politically charged atmosphere.
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We shall see that an important feature of both the monetarist approach and our simple model is the so-called augmented Phillips curve.
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Two important features of Table 12.3 should be noted.
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They are often the most important feature of our lives, but very often the most neglected.
issue
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One important issue to consider is the cross-class character of these experiences.
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The body becomes a very important issue for them.
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A personal viewpoint Landscape painting provokes intensely important issues for me.
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The President had to be out front, leading the fight on the important issues .
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I now believe that we needed to build a broader consensus on this important issue before moving forward.
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We could not have a debate in Committee and the House deserves serious answers on this extremely important issue .
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The important issue regarding sample size is not the number of cases included, but how the sample cases were selected.
matter
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The Council effectively recognized that in a number of important matters Protestants had been right and Catholics wrong.
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All night long, serious, important matters were addressed; vital information was exchanged.
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Less than a quarter of Oxfordshire teachers believe that any important matters have been omitted from their report.
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These are important matters you have reported on today, and all the other days when you have come into this session.
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Some of the important matters that the hon. Gentleman raises have been the concern of several Select Committees.
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Important as these problems are, there are additional important matters which remain to be resolved.
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It is wrong that we should have to reply on voluntary information in such an extremely important matter .
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Like a marriage, the important matter is to be talking and remain talking.
part
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Computers have an important part to play in that wider programme.
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The report makes the recommendations in light of recent committments abroad ... and its felt the Glosters can play an important part .
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The sound of his or her own voice is in a similar way an important part of a person's self-image.
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Awareness of advertising, and its scrutiny and demystification are an important part of media education.
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Their four-year-old son Raphael is also an important part of Eric's day when he's not training.
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That was also the language I wrote in, and writing in it was the most important part of my life.
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A record of changes to items such as salary, job and grades is an important part of any record administration system.
point
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But there is another important point to consider.
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I hope that that is understood, because it is a very important point .
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However, there is one important point to keep in mind.
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This is a particularly important point .
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An important point is that these large-scale convection cells fit in with the dimensions of plates.
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The important point to note as you follow my progress is just how easy it is and how flexible.
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Again, the important point is to be consistent.
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The records of the Council Committees are historically an important point of access to information for all these groups.
question
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These are important questions and any doubt about the answers may lead to the Commissioner acting ultravires.
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And, perhaps the most important question , How do you escape, Houdini-like, from the chains of words?
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But I do think they are important questions .
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Another important question to ask yourself: Where do you want to live?
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But this is where important questions are raised concerning the police in society.
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Those are important questions that deserve cogent answers.
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Before we examine these problems one important question of method must be noted.
role
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Purchasing plays an important role in production activities.
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In short, authentication plays an important role in the implementation of business transaction security.
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Records of achievement also play an important role ill developing this coherence.
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As on land, local topography plays an important role in affecting the distribution of organisms.
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He played an important role in the first three tries as well as kicking four goals, one from the touchline.
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There are two chemicals that seem to have important roles in memory.
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What is market research, and why does it play an important role in the marketing function?
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It is self-evident that civil servants have an important role to play in implementing policy.
source
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It is an important source of the acquiescence upon which the constitution stands.
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Syndicated columnists are particularly susceptible to being conned by their important sources .
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This constituted an important source of financial support.
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Government was by far their most important source of income.
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Although bank loans are a vitally important source of finance, this is not to the complete exclusion of equity issues.
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This is an increasingly important source of revenue for many commercial organizations.
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Today they are an important source of food all over the world.
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Social interaction involving dialogue and argument over ideas, by its very nature, is an important source of disequilibrium.
thing
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The important thing is that you don't feel hungry.
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There are important things to do.
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I learnt that to love and to be patient are the most important things in the world.
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The important thing was that the mock-up had to be as near as possible to the specifications of the building.
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The important thing is that children learn to read with confidence, understanding and pleasure.
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The important thing about shamans is that they exist in order to bring spiritual power to bear on human pain.
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The important thing now, he wrote, is to finish.
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Each of the groups we have looked at has important things to teach us, some positive, some cautionary.
things
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One of the important things to take into account when designing single bed Fair Isle patterns is the length of the floats.
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Voting is one of the most important things you receive as a citizen.
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I learnt that to love and to be patient are the most important things in the world.
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At present, for example, I am engaged in one of the most important things I have ever done.
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To the new directors Because you are new in the Opera House, I am writing to tell you some important things .
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Several important things did happen in this election.
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To the young man himself the important things are no doubt the various states of his body.
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Most of us assume that government does the important things and voluntary efforts fill in the cracks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as important/clear/big etc as anything
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Ecumenically it is as important as anything .
every bit as good/important etc
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Barbara was every bit as good as she sounded.
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Here, the Fund runs many family projects that are less well-known but doing work that is every bit as important.
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If you looked through a microscope you could see that they had cheekbones every bit as good as Hope Steadman's.
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In terms of predicting and controlling the social environment, high technology can quite clearly be every bit as important as brute force.
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It is for this reason that good balanced design is every bit as important as meticulous craftsmanship.
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It takes no more than five minutes and tastes every bit as good at the oven-baked variety.
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The explanation is every bit as important as the numbers!
every bit as important/bad/good etc
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Barbara was every bit as good as she sounded.
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Here, the Fund runs many family projects that are less well-known but doing work that is every bit as important.
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It is for this reason that good balanced design is every bit as important as meticulous craftsmanship.
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It takes no more than five minutes and tastes every bit as good at the oven-baked variety.
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The explanation is every bit as important as the numbers!
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The traffic was every bit as bad as had been predicted.
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Things every bit as bad happen there, too.
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To her horror it was every bit as bad as she'd feared, and possibly even a tiny bit worse.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an important meeting
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At least the children are safe - that's the important thing.
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I have an important announcement to make, so please listen carefully.
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It is important that everyone understands the risks involved in this plan.
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It is important to read the instructions carefully before you start.
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J. S. Bach is the most important Baroque composer.
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Next Thursday's game is very important - if Italy lose they will be out of the World Cup.
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Several important politicians are calling for a change in the laws on gun control.
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She asked some important questions.
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She didn't realize how important schoolwork was until it was too late.
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The school is having some very important visitors next week.
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Which is more important to you - your family or your career?
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While I was a student, my parents' support and encouragement were very important to me.
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Young children should be given a healthy diet - that's very important .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But you do not have to be a fusion buff to appreciate Joan Bromberg's history of an important part of science.
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Gumbel and Sawyer are more important than ever.
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It is important to stress that the Chewong do not conceptualise specifically male characteristics as opposed to female ones.
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More important in establishing his general dominance was his closeness to the crown.
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Now, however, Mr Ratti has put his name on a vastly larger and more important textile trove.
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School is important to me and so are my friends and family.
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That makes film sales an increasingly important measure of profit.
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What is important for its value as evidence is that it is contemporary with the period under study.