Example sentences of "[prep] more importance than " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Snowdonia National Park this latter consideration frequently appears to be of more importance than any other to the NP Committee when more controversial schemes are examined , in spite of a NPA having no statutory responsibilities for such policies . |
| 2 | Thus the financial health of the company seemed to be of more importance than the community 's concern over the health of its children . |
| 3 | The excavators at Silchester and Caerwent had found great quantities , but regarded it as merely so commonplace and ordinary , that they hardly bothered even to mention it , thus ignoring the important principle laid down earlier by the great Pitt-Rivers , who attempted to record everything he found ‘ however small and however common … common things are of more importance than particular things , because they are more prevalent ’ ( 1898 , 27 ) . |
| 4 | The definition of living space continues to be of more importance than its detail , and even Gothic novelists , who are fond of adjectives and often describe the landscape at some length , elaborate very little on interiors . |
| 5 | The parties ' intentions are perhaps of more importance than individuals ' commitments . |
| 6 | In a community like this the printed word has always been of more importance than to most of those whose access to books was very much easier . |