U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the foreign ministers also discussed the importance of expanding trade and making it more sustainable and inclusive.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

The importance of this painting is who is being painted and, more than that, who is getting Rembrandt to paint this.

这幅画作的重点在于谁被画了进来,更重要的是,是谁让伦勃朗画这幅画的

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

and how they give importance to that equally if not more than classes.

学校给课外活动和上课同样的重视。

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Some shipping companies have begun sending their ships along different routes to avoid areas nearby the Somali shore, but the importance of the Gulf of Aden route has kept many more still braving its waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

One more extremely important announcement, it's on your syllabus, but I want to underline it even more than it is already underlined and boldfaced.I want to underline the importance of the section discussions in this course.

还有一个特别重要的通知，这在你们的课程纲要上但我想请你们在那下面划线,这比那些已经被划出或加粗的字还重要,我想请你们划下讨论课的重要性。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"Although it is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and is generally perceived to be a British company, BP is definitely much more an international company of huge importance to the American economy and the American employees."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Now, if that's the sort of thing you know about Freud, you are not going to have a very high opinion of him or of his work, but at the core of Freud's declamation, the more interesting ideas, is a set of claims of a man's intellectual importance.

如果大家对于弗洛伊德的了解仅限于此，一定不会对他及其学说给予太高的评价，不过弗洛伊德理论的核心，也是更有价值的观点，是一系列关于人类理性的主张。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It can ensure that poor,rural people, whose lives and livelihoods, depend on the earth's productive capacity, have the means to produce more and to produce it better, GDP growth generated by agriculture has been shown to be at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. In recent years, more attention is being paid to the importance of smallholder farms.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29