11.  Figuring which of these forces is more important means guessing the relative weights of dozens of variables.

12.  He said that Giuliani saw the sale of the television station as an important means of removing the city from the business of operating broadcast properties.

13.  Hill believes that text will remain the most important means of communication as the Net continues to expand.

14.  Leasing sides of buildings to billboard companies has become an important means of paying for development.

15.  Past devaluations and revaluations have been important means of adjustment and correction of the differences between European states.

16.  These seed and nectar feeders are an important means of attracting those wild flocks for our viewing pleasure.

17.  Consumer groups and unions have opposed the measure, contending it would take away an important means of relief for families hit by job losses in the slumping economy.

18.  Food comes from a neighborhood barter club, bartering having become an important means of survival as the economy has floundered.

19.  Gaming products are an important means of fund-raising for charities, he said.

20.  Mules, an important means of transport along the rocky paths in mountainous Kashmir, hauled the victims from their frigid graves.