Example sentences of "important than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted . |
| 2 | But the economy is still more important than psychology : in Russia , we already have a capitalist economy , which makes the Russian language essential . |
| 3 | Age is the most important single influence over whether people are using credit currently — even more important than income . |
| 4 | The conformation should reflect the breed 's dual-purpose nature , and quality is more important than size . |
| 5 | Other factors can cause lung cancer but they are much less important than smoking . |
| 6 | It was the beginning of a move away from the belief that " faith is more important than competence " . |
| 7 | Water quality is more important than water chemistry . |
| 8 | Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on . |
| 9 | By contrast socialism reverses the priorities : control is more important than freedom ; and control extends to the whole of the economy , with concessions to freedom being minimal . |
| 10 | Language development is more important than vocabulary building and offering dauntingly-high standards of written and spoken language . |
| 11 | Style has become more important than substance . |
| 12 | Are wealth and power more important than love ? |
| 13 | Some working-class groups are the same , able to have a knees-up in a pub , sing in a bus or appear on panel games on television in which they laugh loudly , show disappointment openly and accept the idea that luck is more important than knowledge . |
| 14 | Einstein noted that imagination is more important than knowledge . |
| 15 | Personal relationships are more important than technique an productivity . |
| 16 | Although much less important than consumption in aggregate demand , investment has , through the multiplier , a significant effect on National Income , and is the most volatile element in aggregate demand . |
| 17 | She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being . |
| 18 | Bill Shankly was only joking when he said football was more important than life and death . |
| 19 | He mentioned stuff about his family … and how football was nt more important than life or death ( Shankly ) . |
| 20 | It was the third part of the book that spoke about the danger of making changes ; in the summer of 1857 Part Three may have seemed less important than Part Two because the tsarist authorities had yet to give an unequivocal sign of their commitment to reform . |
| 21 | The painful spiritual growth of Bleek , his learning that love is more important than music , is acceptable enough , but Lee concentrates far too much on his own character , a much less sympathetic figure than was intended . |
| 22 | My life is more important than rugby . ’ |
| 23 | Gifts in kind Gifts in kind are no less important than money in family exchanges and there is evidence that these can include both goods and services , including the basic necessities . |
| 24 | This treasure-trove of collections is proof that , when it comes to home making , imagination and ingenuity are more important than money or design trends |
| 25 | Friends were more important than money . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's one thing I am certain of — and my mother would agree with me — love is more important than money . ’ |
| 27 | The predisposition of the voters , issues of the moment , advantages of incumbency , and the support of various groups are all related to the final vote and often more important than money . |
| 28 | What is more important than gender is the personality and skill of the fieldworker in overcoming the feelings of suspicion the police have of all outsiders , especially in the more enclosed and threatened world of the RUC , and in our case the field-worker 's gender seemed no bar to her obtaining access to the masculine ‘ canteen culture ’ of the men or to participating in conversations on the topics which are popular in that culture , which van Maanen describes as ‘ sports , cars and sex ’ ( 1981 : 476 ) . |
| 29 | It is possible and indeed likely that context is more important than gender in determining how cooperative or competitive speakers are . |
| 30 | It is evident from this quotation that the grammarians were mainly motivated not by considerations of linguistic naturalness or logic ( for example , the clash of singular and plural implicit in the use of they ; and as Bodine points out , why in any case is number concord more important than gender concord ? ) but quite explicitly by sexism . |