Each item was rated in terms of importance from 1 (least important) to 10 (most important).
Write down the three aspects of your life that are most important to you, and rank them in terms of importance.
So put clean soil up with clean air and water in terms of importance.
However, access to clean water trumps almost everything else in terms of importance.
But in terms of importance it's probably Hitchcock's "The Mountain Eagle" from 1926.
If that sounds too complicated, you could simply make a to-do list and number each job from one to five in terms of importance.
It would be hard to rate instruments in terms of importance, because if you take any of them away, you have no orchestra".
Imagine, in other words, if the perfect game were to assume the place of the World Series in terms of importance and public attention.
In terms of importance, she compared the gift to that of the Leonard A. Lauder Collection, an "unsurpassed" collection of Cubist art.
But it is rare for the publisher to compare the new advertiser to one of its owners in terms of importance.
"Interest rate risk has moved up in terms of importance because rates are so low right now," said Mr. Kiesel, who helps oversee corporate bond strategy at Pimco.
