Such declarations are of little intrinsic importance but they tell us something of how a politician sees the world and his own place in it.

Education has intrinsic importance; the capability to read and write can deeply influence one's quality of life.

But capital spending retains its own intrinsic importance.

The nature of the distinction between annals and history is a subject that has received more attention from critics than its intrinsic importance deserves.

However, the section in the Württemberg heartland, had considerable intrinsic importance, especially for transport to and from Stuttgart, which suggested that construction should begin there.

There's a primacy - I wouldn't say in intrinsic importance but in the opportunity for development of new economic and security relationships.

Apart from its intrinsic importance, it is of interest since the subject of matrices evolved from it.

Yet this small happening had consequences far out of proportion to its intrinsic importance.

When he considered the matter it was self-evident that Modesty's bottom was of far greater intrinsic importance than a packet of secret papers.

In the case of intrinsic importance, the factor that has been most extensively studied is animacy.