Unemployment was the 'paramount' [='chief, main'] issue in the election.
Safety is of 'paramount' importance. = Safety is 'paramount'.
(..) is gonna have an effect on the world of boxing? DAN: Such a tragedy can't help but shake the boxing world... to its very foundations... but paramount importance is during the sad weeks ahead... the eyes of the WBA remain... VINCENT: Mia. PAUL: Marsellus? WILSON'S TRAINER: (..)1994 Pulp Fiction