Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] than [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to ensure that the new all-regular Army lived in conditions that would not deter recruiting became more pressing than consideration of the risks of capital expenditure on accommodation in areas where reasonable security of tenure was not assured . |
| 2 | Editor , — Since the advent of the NHS reforms and the internal market , expedient treatment and patients ' convenience often seem more important than quality of care . |
| 3 | It is a measure of the importance we now attach to sport , that although few either know or care who the latest Minister of Sport is , we pay our national team bosses far more than members of the Cabinet . |
| 4 | Thus although the term ‘ Messiah ’ simply meant ‘ the anointed one ’ , or ‘ king ’ , the concept of kingship it implied involved far more than concepts of kingship do today . |
| 5 | Priorities in economic policy have changed ; growth becomes more important than redistribution of wealth , and growth is encouraged by deregulation of the economy rather than by state intervention . |
| 6 | Control of interest rates loomed far larger than control of money supply . |