greatest importance

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandimportance

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofgreatandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreatest importance

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Here then is a distinction of thegreatestimportance.
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Understanding the factors that facilitate and constrain human cooperation is of thegreatestimportance.
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This last point is of thegreatestimportance.
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Such a status exempts citizens from the law of the land in matters that are of thegreatestimportanceto them (typically, participation in combat).
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We suggest that it is those cells that are not growing at all, which are of thegreatestimportancein understanding antibiotic tolerance in biofilms.
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Among those factors, both groups of hospitals attach thegreatestimportanceto the need of a large capital investment.
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Local voluntary social welfare work seems to have itsgreatestimportancein the loosely structured activities that evolve within the framework of fairly different organisations.
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Directors of government and municipal-government hospitals attached thegreatestimportanceto clinical considerations and implications regarding the new technology.
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This is a pity as the topics discussed are of thegreatestimportanceand should be included in the awareness of any doctors studying fertility control.
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The whole question of transition arrangements is of thegreatestimportance.
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It is of thegreatestimportancethat governments, science and industry invest in alternative methods.
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The preservation and rational use of water resources are also of thegreatestimportancefor these countries.
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Therefore, the constitution is of thegreatestimportance.
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Therefore, you could in a sense say that this was not a matter of the verygreatestimportance.
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I endorse the opinion that harmonisation of the levy structure is of thegreatestimportance.
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They are of thegreatestimportancein mobilizing the sense of responsibility.
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This seems to me to be of thegreatestimportance.
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I now turn to the relationship between the family doctor and the hospital and the community care services, a relationship of thegreatestimportance.
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This is obviously of thegreatestimportance.
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This is certainly a matter of thegreatestimportance.
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