Sentence examples for importance to something from inspiring English sources
A lawyer told me that the slang use of "making a federal case out of it," meaning giving undue importance to something, is strictly New York in origin.
In 1946, writing to Queneau about the first draft of her debut novel Under the Net – which she later dedicated to him – Murdoch said "there is something heavy in what I write … that makes me wonder if I shall ever write something good", and "I am going to regret that I spoke of my work, because it seems to give an importance to something that is nothing nothing nothing".
This helped me focus on myself rather than giving importance to something else out there.
To care is to "feel concern or interest; attach importance to something," to "feel affection or liking".
But he too seemed like he was underplaying something: his importance to this band, possibly.
But in Manhattan there are two much smaller exhibitions, face to face on Madison Avenue, that add something of importance to the understanding of them.
In it, the project's leader notes that despite its great importance to humanity, well-being is something medical scientists have hardly investigated.
"Many people I know have a particularly high opinion of Nelson Mandela and feel it is of great importance to keep him provided with something to read," continued Astor, a passionate campaigner against apartheid and supporter of the banned ANC.
It's a bit of a disappointment that neither Stephen Holden nor his subject, Diana Krall, acknowledged Shirley Horn's importance to Ms. Krall's success, something the younger woman has done before.
He would later tell this story throughout the country and across the Atlantic Ocean adding, "From this time I understood the words abolition and abolitionist, and always drew near when that word was spoken, expecting to hear something of importance to myself and fellow-slaves".
