growing importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowingandimportance
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growing
adjective
uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Two considerations attest to thegrowingimportanceof professional associations.
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This is a reflection of thegrowingimportanceof information processing and person-to-person interactions in the new and rapidly growing service industries.
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Leaving aside the possibility that these claims are hyperbolic, the book touches on issues ofgrowingimportancefor research, policy and practice in children's services.
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The authors also emphasize the need for an ecologically sound framework for conservation efforts, a point ofgrowingimportance.
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It also mirrored thegrowingimportanceof the role at a time when the world economy was in crisis.
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The sustainability and ecophysiology of grazing systems are ofgrowingimportance.
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How various components of an individual's life ultimately influence life satisfaction and positive psychological functioning are ofgrowingimportance.
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Thegrowingimportanceof microfossils for biosteering horizontal wells is not mentioned; however, this contribution is helpful as a teaching aid.
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All of these observations are closely related to thegrowingimportanceof the rotation effect on the vortex wake development.
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Many of the authors mention thegrowingimportanceof technology in the institutional settings they describe.
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The handling of dynamic communication requirements also seems to be an issue ofgrowingimportance.
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Moreover, economic globalization and thegrowingimportanceof transnational institutions have eroded traditional bases of political power.
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Dementing illness is a major public health problem ofgrowingimportancein an ageing population.
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With changing climatic conditions, it is likely that tick populations, and tick-borne diseases, will assume agrowingimportancein the future.
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It will continue to stimulate interest and to satisfy student and mature readers alike in a subject ofgrowingimportancefor a very long time.
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Presumably, then, a decrease in redundancy (despite thegrowingimportanceof tonal traits) would lead to circumlocutions which, when lexicalised, may re-enter the erosion phase.
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Among such diverse contributions it is not easy to extract common themes, but thegrowingimportanceof computer simulations stands out.
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A corollary was thegrowingimportanceschoolmistresses attached to undergoing some form of specialized training.
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For different reasons, all of the aforementioned phenomena and analyses reflect thegrowingimportance of culture and lifestyle in the global community.
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