Almost as important is the awareness of the U.S. they bring to their communities at home.
For him, the contents of Lincoln's pockets were almost as important as the Gettysburg address.
Almost as important as the answers (at times) will be the ability to demonstrate that your company asked them.
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Such information has grown to be almost as important as Apple earnings, able to move shares throughout the quarter.
That means a thick skin is almost as important as your reporting skills.
Almost as important will be the March quarter gross margin guidance from management.
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For the winner, that may prove almost as important as the result itself.
Thanks to Postmodern thought emotions are seen now as almost as important as analysis, in some cases as more important.
That suggests that the media's verdict on which candidate won may be almost as important as what was actually said.
Consequently, developing the skills and the discipline to save and invest effectively is almost as important as developing the skills for a six-figure salary.
And a final benchmark price stems from a complex summation of interlinked spot, physical forwards, futures, options, and derivatives markets, which means the paper market is almost as important as the physical one.
"This is one of the first times that I can remember that the secretary of the Treasury is going to be almost as important as the secretary of state, " said CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, who served in the Reagan and Clinton administrations.
The moral obligation we have to leave the next generation a chance at a better life is twice as important as almost any need for immediate gratification.
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The overall advertising market is very important for CBS as almost 50% of its value is dependent upon that.
One recent opinion survey indicated that the French now regard honesty as the most important value in everyday life, and consider the perceived decline in honesty to be almost as regrettable as the decline in politeness.
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Why are we treating Afghanistan almost like an afterthought, interesting and important but not as urgent a question as health care?
It can cause the price of that important agricultural commodity to rise or fall almost as much as weather problems in the midwest.
Just as important, game designers are willing to incorporate almost any new technology to get their titles to stand out from the sea of mediocrity.
TNK-BP is important to BP financially as it accounts for almost a third of the London-based oil firm's total crude production and about 10% of its net income.
Mr Armitage has been important as a poet in his own right for almost two decades.
In Tuesday's primaries, both Democrats and Republicans rated the economy as the most important issue in the primaries, and almost all voters said they were worried about it, exit polls show.
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