considerable importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandimportance
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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But there is now a point ofconsiderableimportanceto be made.
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Such an event is clearly ofconsiderableimportanceto the group of special sciences we call economics.
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The question of time is also ofconsiderableimportance.
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The mechanisms underlying these effects are ofconsiderableimportance, both with respect to disorder pathogenesis and in relation to drug therapy.
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The exponential distribution hasconsiderableimportanceand has had widespread use in the analysis of data in which the response variable is a lifetime.
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The analysis of matrimonial distances is, therefore, ofconsiderableimportancein the study of human population structure.
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Thus, an understanding of policies which foster corruption and of ways to control it is ofconsiderableimportancein designing effective environmental regulations.
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This issue acquiresconsiderableimportancewhen one is confronted with various phenomena in which some violation of syntactic constraints is unexpectedly saved.
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In this bleak context, the practical implications of the scientific understanding of the "mind-body connection" were ofconsiderableimportance.
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Moreover, because we spend so much time sleeping, it is reasonable to suppose that the function of sleep must be ofconsiderableimportancefor us.
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Then a stability criterion, when available, is ofconsiderableimportance.
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We have not included these complications in the present study, but they may obviously be ofconsiderableimportancein many cases in nature.
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This finding is ofconsiderableimportance, because if dominance effects derive from transderivational anti-faithfulness, the facts could not be otherwise.
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In doing so, he has put forward some novel interpretations which are ofconsiderableimportance, because of the strict logical analysis.
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I think this insight is ofconsiderableimportance.
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His contributions to parasitology were ofconsiderableimportance.
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States attachconsiderableimportanceto it and spend significant time and energy fighting over its interpretation while attempting to shape its evolution.
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