Sentence examples for constituting an important element from inspiring English sources

And the reason is that he and the Arab soldiers he commands are a powerful force inside Afghanistan in their own right, his money and men constituting an important element in the Taliban's ability to squeeze their enemies, the Northern Alliance, into an ever-smaller wedge of territory in the north-east.

Constituting an important element in the causal chain to cancer initiation and progression, genetic imbalances could serve as predictive or prognostic biomarkers in the near future.

The treaty constitutes an important element of the postwar international order, but the Chinese government considers the treaty "illegal and void".

From the late 3rd millennium bce onward, the Hurrians had infiltrated northern Mesopotamia and Syria from the north and soon constituted an important element in the population of both territories.

Socioeconomic factors constitute an important element of SPECTRUM.

Chloride, as the major anion of the extracellular fluid, constitutes an important element in the homeostasis of the human organism.

Therefore, the optical properties of this material constitute an important element in the detection of cosmic rays.

In a survey of secondary school students, Hui and her co-authors (2011) found that filial piety constituted an important element of students' academic motivation.

Ceramides, one of the constituents of cellular cytoplasmic membranes, constitute an important element in the construction and stability of their lipid bilayer.

In contrast, tree plantations have expanded, and currently constitute an important element of the matrix of semi-natural habitats surrounding native forest fragments.

With careful experiment design, EMICs constitute an important element for future projection and interpretation of past events with time scales longer than approximately a few hundred years (e.g., Timmermann et al. [2009]; Hargreaves et al. [2012]).