1.  In the more traditional agrarian societies these mobile constructors formed an important bridge between rural and industrial life.

2.  As DNC chairman, Brown also rebuilt important fund-raising bridges to corporate America.

3.  A shared fondness for funny stories and other things Irish served as an important bridge.

4.  Work release has been an important bridge between the confined, controlled atmosphere of prison and the resumption of life outside.

5.  Doria is leader of the Democratic minority in the Assembly, and he and DiFrancesco have forged an important bipartisan bridge in the Legislature on the issue.

6.  The national road information center cited traffic problems in every French region, including roads to loading points for the English Channel ferries in Normandy and many important bridges.