But he sensed that killing this creature was something he could do, and that had become all-important.

Some are filled with despair for our troubled world and, sadly, all they see around them is the hypocrisy of competitive, well-ordered society where materialism and signs of wealth have become all-important.

It is constructed from all kinds of experiences, and as these become all-important, the "I" and its needs have to be defended at all costs.

Their assignments on the shuttle had just become all-important.

But their dragons had become all-important.

Sir Edmund Hillary was highly critical of the decision not to try to rescue Sharp, saying that leaving other climbers to die is unacceptable, and the desire to get to the summit has become all-important.

Hillary was highly critical of a decision not to try to rescue David Sharp, an Everest climber who died on the mountain in 2006, saying that leaving other climbers to die is unacceptable, and the desire to get to the summit has become all-important.

But after a turbulent year of ash clouds, economic downturn, rising travel taxes and strikes, the date of the nuptials has become all-important.