Sentence examples for the scale of importance from inspiring English sources
As Brussels "moves up the scale of importance to these companies, it becomes of increasing importance to any law firm like ours," said Raymond S. Calamaro, a partner at Hogan Lovells, a firm that splits its headquarters between London and Washington, who oversees its lobbying practice globally.
Note that we decided not to include a neutral value for the scale of importance.
The ability to function, however grouchy we may feel, has let a good night's sleep fall further and further down the scale of importance and said feelings of grouchiness and lethargy are something we accept on a daily basis.
Based on the responses to the round 1 questionnaire, we categorised the criteria into high (70% or more respondents ranked criteria as 6 or 7 on the scale of importance), intermediate (50-69% ranked criteria as 6 or 7 on the scale of importance) and moderate priorities (less than 50% ranked criteria as 6 or 7 on the scale of importance) for the second round questionnaire.
Attributes with a median rating of 7 9 on the scale of importance, without disagreement, make up the study's final list of patient attributes.
Publication record and peer recognition were rated very high on the scale of importance, whereas factors such as monetary gain and the development of inventions or a patenting record were rated moderately important or not important at all.
Mr Bush's two main policies tax cuts and education reform still rank lower on the public scale of importance than holding down health-care costs, providing prescription drugs through Medicare and reforming Social Security.
"Given the scale of the issue, the importance of it, the fact so many ministerial colleagues have spent decades campaigning on it, I don't think anyone could possibly believe it if they were all corralled into holding a line that they clearly didn't all believe in," he said.
In order to assist in carrying out the pairwise comparisons, Saaty created a 9-point intensity scale of importance, known as the fundamental scale of preferences, ranging from equal importance (1) to extreme importance (9).
It may be that, far from exaggerating Waugh's importance, the scale of his farewell underestimates him.
Despite the scale of the deal and the importance of the project to the government's reputation, the Guardian has learned that Mr Prescott has met Mr Anschutz only once.
