71.   In the pursuit of the alleged scandal, issues of greater importance were sidelined.

72.   It is difficult to imagine a case raising a question of greater public importance.

73.   Social status was probably of much greater importance back then and observation of proper adat was probably an imperative.

74.   The effort to jail Tommy assumed greater symbolic importance after the state failed to prosecute Suharto on separate corruption charges.

75.   The law also rewrites the criteria for spending the funds, placing greater importance on rural towns and less on urban centers.

76.   The Kashmir conflict assumed greater international importance in May when India and Pakistan conducted underground atomic tests and declared themselves nuclear powers.

77.   The issuance of a separate statement would lend greater importance to the crisis in Asia.

78.   These issues will take on greater importance as decision day draws closer.

79.   Though the president has few powers, the post has taken on greater importance recently as India grapples with shaky governing coalitions.

80.   He said Communications Bank had succeeded in preventing risks by attaching greater importance to the quality of loans, instead of blindly giving out loans and setting up branches.