Example sentences of "[noun sg] more important [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if both man and woman are earning a wage , the man 's wage will be higher than the woman 's and so his job more important than the woman 's . |
| 2 | He will be followed at 18.10 by Professor Richard Hodder-Williams of Politics , who will briefly discuss the question : Is the United States Supreme Court more important than the President ? |
| 3 | The spirit and morale of a nation has no foundation more important than the self-reliance and confidence of its individual people . |
| 4 | There is a strong danger of a mountain ‘ twitcher ’ emerging , who like some bird fanatics finds a tick in the book more important than the joy of climbing the hill . |
| 5 | For example , when discussing the passage from matriliny to patriliny , Engels [ p. 119 ] echoes Morgan 's formulation in the following way:s ‘ Thus , on the one hand , in proportion as wealth increased ( as a result of the domestication of animals ) it made the man 's position in the family more important than the woman 's , and on the other hand created an impulse to exploit this strengthened position in order to overthrow , in favour of his children , the traditional order of inheritance . |