This has become particularly important because of developments in the European Union over the past 12 months.

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The big picture has become particularly important this year, as these figures now feed directly into the debate about Scotland's constitutional future, looking towards the independence referendum near certain within the next five years.

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Music has become particularly important to MySpace.

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Over the next few years, though, they are likely to become important, particularly in a new generation of flexible display screens.

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One of the most practical and useful topics covered involves teaching dogs to become good canine car passengers -- particularly important for those of us who see our car as our second-best friend (after Rover, of course).

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Postgraduate courses have become an important source of income for universities, particularly from overseas students.

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Increasingly that has become the practice in a number of countries, particularly in the important patent countries of France, Germany, Holland and England and Wales.

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Literally, with one Apple launch, you will see discrete graphics become even more important in notebooks as they once were, particularly given their ability to sip power.

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