a medical discovery of great/major 'importance' [=a very important medical discovery]
The negotiations have taken on added 'importance' in the wake of the bomb attack.
The teacher lectured the students on the 'importance' of mutual respect.
(..) We're asking for a few thousand for a house. I wonder if Karla has the same problem with the Treasury at the Kremlin. Look, nobody underestimates the importance of the job you chaps are doing. But what happened in Budapest last year, that was a disaster. With respect, sir, (..)2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy