Sentence examples for Given too much importance from inspiring English sources

Brown's poor showing against Cameron in hypothetical match-up polls before June was also given too much importance, because the change of prime minister - entirely predictably - was not the same as the anticipation, and the change itself caused the electorate to re-evaluate Brown in a new context.

Slavery certainly was an issue but one that is given too much importance in explaining that worst war in our history.

"People like you are apt to give too much importance to scandal," she tells him.

The media and the public give too much importance to the things that happen around him.

But I will not give too much importance to this because it will put me in some sort of delusion.

So my father was not the only one: we all give too much importance to the idea of a world with a center.

The first would attribute a sinister purpose to the legislation of which there is no indication; the second would give too much importance to a subordinate provision, one that is only ancillary or convenient to the main purpose.

The committee, which took evidence from civil servants, ministers, NGOs and Europe, criticised Britain for giving too much importance to economic development, which it too often viewed as a magic bullet in development.

A sales ranking gives too much importance to retailers; a profits ranking would make Time Warner disappear when it has a big writeoff.

We felt that the latter analysis is preferable because the first analysis may give too much importance to changes occurring in neurons with a small percentage of spikes in bursts (a change from 1 to 5% will be counted as a 500% change, whereas a change from 30 to 60% will be considered as 200%).

But of course don't insult anyone just don't give too much importance to things.