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He was a little man much filled with his own im- portance.
"Unicorns have never been a matter of particular im- portance before."
It was of no im- portance that he had misused Ben.
"Only that something there is to the Demu of great im- portance.
But your im- portance to me-to all of us-is greater than you think.
I deemed this knowledge of the utmost im- portance.
Warriors, on the other hand, not only have a well-thought-out strategy, but are free from self-im- portance.
As long as the Lizards hit them, they weren't hitting anything of greater im- portance.
He had known Tandy was very feminine; now this quality assumed phenomenal new im- portance.
It was the best story I'd written so far, and the first time I'd tackled issues of real im- portance.
"I'm a good deal of 'portance myself, and when Billina lays an egg she has the proudest cackle you ever heard.
Some patients are enthralled by the extravagant im- portance I assign to all that occurs in our hours to- gether.
Toward the back was some material of more direct imTo Live Again91 portance: tips on making the transition after your first transplant.
"I believe the words 'urgent' and 'maximum im- portance' were used in your communication, Colo- nel.
Now you have all been briefed on the im- portance of keeping your weapons well lubricated and ready for any action flank or rear guard."
Naturally people have come to attach im- portance to it, a feeling that if it stops it will mean some sort of bad fortune."
Augustus's previous favours had given him an exag- gerated sense both of his talents and of his political im- portance.
If I find that these two new learnings are of equal im- portance, after two moons I shall advise you'."
You are a male lending your seed to the matron and of no more im- portance:' "Four I have sired;' Rizzen said indignantly.
In Elemesnedene, the Elohim had treated Covenant as if he were of no personal im- portance; and now the Appointed seemed to take that stance again.
Metria realized that Roxanne Roc had just been pro- moted to Xanth's most powerful position, because of the im- portance of her job.
In a wider field, the maintenance of silence around any "unconscious" or injured person is second in im- portance only to preventing the "unconsciousness" in the first place.
But it was enough to make men wonder where Lord Tugness truly stood on a certain concern that was of im- portance in its day-which is now past!"
One day this worthy gentleman had the deep misfor- tune to perform for his cause a service of capital im- portance which was not recognized as legitimate by those who suffered its disadvantages.
After all, their institute supervised matters of cosmic im- portance, such as where oxygen-breathing starfarers might colonize, and which oxy-worlds must lay fallow for a time, untouched by sapient hands.