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The phrase 'imperative to the' is not correct and should not be used in written English.
Depending on the context, you may use either 'important for the' or 'imperative that the'. For example: It is imperative that the employees attend the team building event in order to increase morale. OR It is important for the employees to attend the team building event in order to increase morale.
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Aston's haircut is imperative to the band.
Intersectionality is imperative to the path forward in feminism.
"They have decided the growth of airports is imperative to the nation.
"It's imperative to the economy that we have a port on both sides of the river".
Redford, as Callan shows here, has stretched that imperative to the far reaches of dullness.
Without the comma, though, the sentence is an imperative to the reader — more forceful, less eager to please.
Finally, my last thought is something that I think is imperative to the significance of this moment.
It seemed imperative to the writer, after her mother's death, that her garden should not be allowed to disintegrate.
And it's not just about people with families: flexible working is imperative to the next generation of employees, both men and women.
Participation in the body politic is widely considered to be both a privilege and an imperative to the enlightened urban citizen.
It's a word, with its direct imperative to the artist, its deep-breath overcoming of artistic paralysis or fear that has cropped up in her work before.
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