Example sentences of "more important [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speed of scoring , flowing from a range of strokes , is more important than a watertight technique . |
| 2 | This is more important than a long nose , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 3 | People agreed with Lord Henry , who once said , in his amusing way , that a good dinner was more important than a good life . |
| 4 | He thinks this is more important than a high turnover of staff , despite the fresh minds and attitudes this may encourage . |
| 5 | One human life was more important than a whole herd of pigs . |
| 6 | An honourable offer from Covent Garden or Glyndebourne for a worthy artistic venture is acceptable , but ‘ if I have a feeling that someone 's dreaming of going to a small provincial European theatre because they 're offered 1,000 dollars and they think it 's more important than a whole season at the Kirov , I am so angry and upset that I am absolutely confident when I say do n't come back . |
| 7 | The general qualities of those appointed as judges , chairmen or lay members of tribunals , are considered more important than a detailed knowledge of the law relating to the particular types of dispute likely to be considered by those persons . |
| 8 | A high level of linguistic competence is obviously an advantage but a flair for friendship is more important than an impeccable accent or a perfect lexicon . |
| 9 | Where we have a different point of view is the point of view that says that a general education which will train the mind erm and expand capacity for judgement and so on , erm is perhaps more important than an exact knowledge of erm some particular political science theory . |