These are matters of small import in human traditions and records; in divine revelations they would be difficult to explain.
The import of this primal sentence weigh, Lest thy too hasty pen be led astray.
It is simply a pair of wings, your majesty, made from the finest silk which I import from France.
The terrified man stood for a moment on the verge of the appalling precipice; then he gave utterance to a remarkable pronouncement, the import of which was perhaps misunderstood because of the chattering of his teeth.
It can never be the interest or the policy of the nation to wring from its own citizens the reasonable profits of their industry and enterprise by holding them to the rigorous import of disastrous engagements.
The purpose of this Government is to concur in none which would import hostility to Europe or justly excite resentment in any of her States.
The condition of the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico is of deeperimport and more immediate bearing upon the present interests and future prospects of our Union.
She and Lyle were aware of the import of the visit to the cabin that night, and they sat in the dusky shadows, looking out into the night, alternately talking in low tones, and listening for the return of Houston and his friend.
For the next few days, nothing of any special import occurred at the camp.
A good many roads have been made in the State, and the Chinese are building buggies, gharries, and wagons, and many of the richer ones own them and import Sumatra ponies to draw them.
The import and export trade is carried on mainly with Pinang, and at this time one of several small steamers leaves Larut for that port daily.
The third import in value is oil; the next Chinese tobacco, the next sugar, the next salt fish, and the next pigs!
Naturally she accepted conditions of terrible importwith a sang froid scarcely possible to a girl of our day.
Grunts and laconic exclamations passed from mouth to mouth, and presently the import of it all could not be mistaken.
Cumberland inserts, that theimport of the word Peor, or Baal Pheor, is he that shews boastingly or publicly, his nakedness.
The import of these words seems to point out the necessity of warmth and cleanliness to ladies in this condition.
Sao Tome has toimport all fuels, most manufactured goods, consumer goods, and a significant amount of food.
Over 90% of government tax revenue comes from import duties and tourism-related taxes.
The largely subsistence agricultural sector has failed to keep up with rapid population growth, and Nigeria, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food.
Usually self-sufficient in rice, Japan must import about 50% of its requirements of other grain and fodder crops.
The Maldivian Government initiated an economic reform program in 1989 initially by lifting import quotas and opening some exports to the private sector.
The country mustimport a high proportion of its food, mainly from New Zealand.
Mayotte is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food requirements, mainly from France.
Import restrictions and inefficient resource allocations have led to periodic shortages of basic goods and foodstuffs.
New York levied an import duty on certain articles brought in from its less fortunate neighbors, Connecticut and New Jersey, and each in turn retaliated as best it could.
Mark me, for this statement is weighted with the greatest import to you all.
Experience has taught us that we can import twelve millions of grain, a full fifth of the national subsistence, in a single year.
The girl had realized the import of the speech; but, that she might better understand the words, she had sent them questioningly back in her vernacular for further confirmation.
He had heard the woman's words, and as he slowly grasped the import of them he turned over and raised his head while pulling desperately at his throat.
The Europeans concentrated especially on the purchase of silk and tea; but what could they import into China?
Similar results were achieved by others by just stimulating merchants to import grain into deficit areas.
Although the population got angry, merchants started to import large amounts of grain; as soon as this happened, Fan (himself a big landowner) reduced the price again.
When these facts are borne in mind the full import of the familiar Egyptian symbol for eternity=tet, becomes clear.
Consider deeply the import to him of this, his first sight of ruin, and compare it with the effect of the architecture that was around Giorgione.
There is, moreover, one distinction of the very highest import between the treatment of sacred subjects by Venetian painters and by all others.
French house; but there are numbers of Buenos Ayrean and other firms, that import largely from France, as do also some English houses.
The French import a quantity of hats; but the quality of them is much inferior to our's.
Gloves are exempt from this condition, but the traveler should not expect to import a large quantity.
Pointing finger] We make the import of Foreign Periodicals, by mail or otherwise, a specialty.
She thought that her lady's indisposition was of far graver import than that of Gaynor's master.
When she had taken in the import of Bellamy's words, Lady Wychcote said that she, too, would rise and dress.
The piece goods of Western India have always formed an extensive article of import into Java, and the annual value of those latterly imported cannot well be estimated at less than a million of dollars.
The precious metals have always been a great article of import into Java, as well as into the other regions of the East.
A scarcity of this grain frequently happens on the coast of Coromandel, when the import of it from Java will yield great profit, if the traders are permitted to export it.
Regulations were made for fixing the amount of import duties, and equalizing them over the island.
The import and export of Surat silks and of India cloths, were strictly prohibited under the same penalty.
The system of farming the import and export duties, which existed under the Dutch, was likewise annulled, and collectors were appointed to receive the duties immediately for government.
Virginia retaliated by her non-importation resolutions, binding herself toimport nothing from England until the obnoxious impost should be repealed.
The state of the revenues was such that we could dispense with any import duties upon coffee, tea, hides, and the lower grades of sugar and molasses.
They rather import a selection by the king of the most discreet men of every degree" (p.
The said charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid; and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of the like import in its stead.
They observe afterwards that "they have found no document before the Great Charter of John in which the term 'majores barones' has been used, though in some subsequent documents words of apparently similar import have been used.
The system of prohibiting the import of foreign wrought goods was acted upon very extensively in Edward IV.
The specific question concerns literature and its method, but its import is not mainly literary.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "import" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
