Many political economists also looked at the accelerating development of technology, whose role in economic and social relationships grew ever more important.

Even without a lift from holiday sales, the Internet is rapidly growing important to certain businesses.

As Radio Afghanistan reached the entire country, popular music grew more important.

During the second half of the 19th Century, the silk industry grew important in the town.

The foreign markets are growing even more important economically to makers of American television programs.

These issues have grown more important recently, with demand for rooms at record highs.

In his own mind, food had grown ever so much more important than it seemed before the war.

Giving and taking the blessing of blood was growing less important.

The series that was not really important just grew more important for the Yankees.

They are the sponsors of immigrants to America, and their role, once informal, has grown ever more important in recent years.