Example sentences of "[is] more important [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more important to preserve the culture . ’ |
| 2 | The Labour Party supports considerable state intervention because it considers that it is more important to divide the cake more fairly , even if this means having more allocative inefficiency and a smaller cake to share out . |
| 3 | What is more important to explain the place of some of the pressure groups in Britain in relation to the structure of power is to examine the sense in which the policy-making power is perceived as involving assumptions that some interests should be consulted . |
| 4 | Students awarded more than one resit must choose , in consultation with their personal tutor , which one is more important to take . |
| 5 | In the present circumstances , it is more important to widen the Community — to include the nations of EFTA and the new democracies of eastern Europe — than to deepen the political union among the Twelve . |
| 6 | To paraphrase Oswald , ‘ It is more important to see 30 patients who might have breast cancer than five who do ( but it is useful and likely that you will see them too ) . ’ |
| 7 | Once again it is more important to explore the problem with students than to come to an answer . |
| 8 | He thinks that it is more important to convince doctors that ‘ teaching ’ is a broad term and covers much of what they do every day and to ensure that they receive adequate training and support to carry it out well . |
| 9 | ‘ Everyone likes to win but it is more important to produce first-team players . |
| 10 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 11 | Possible complications and side-effects are ignored or minimised in a target-oriented programme because it is more important to add to the numbers of acceptors than to help women make an informed choice about contraception . |
| 12 | All this may sound negative but it is more important to prepare for death than for any other event of life however much current thinking may sweep the subject under the carpet . |
| 13 | It is more important to achieve a difficult target on a bad day than a good one because it will increase your confidence still further . |
| 14 | In most cases it is more important to note the regional trends ; thus care must be taken to ensure that these are not obscured by local variations . |
| 15 | In the context of a general discussion of Nicholas I 's attitude towards non-Russians ( both inside and outside the empire ) , it is more important to note the sheer complexity of Caucasian affairs than to grade the first Viceroy 's performance . |
| 16 | It is more important to study the structural relationships maintained by bureaucrats , and the potential power coming to them from their control over much of the information required for the administration of a modern state . |
| 17 | ‘ It is more important to have happy franchisees because this is a team effort and there is a connection between all franchisees . |
| 18 | However that may be , we suggest that it is more important to have committed members than representative ones , and in this regard our evaluation of the Coordinating Team is very positive . |
| 19 | It is more important to have a good character than to be clever or intelligent . |
| 20 | It is more important to make the pupil aware that there is actually a spelling choice , for example between ea or e . |
| 21 | Colour is more important to fish than to mammals and birds , and in fish it is often highly variable . |
| 22 | If a horse shies , he is fundamentally ignoring the rider 's inside leg , so rather than worrying about the horse shying , it is more important to concentrate on exercises which make the horse move away from the leg such as leg-yield , shoulder-in , enlarging and decreasing the circle . |
| 23 | Which of the two solutions is preferable depends on whether it is more important to measure range ( how far away an object is from the instrument ) or velocity ( how fast the object is moving relative to the instrument ) . |
| 24 | However , it 's more important to consider what the adventurers say next . |
| 25 | I do n't know that the school 's is the right vehicle for this because in many ways , the children who are getting into these things pay more attention to the peer group , and it 's more important to have community groups , community cafes , things which are not seen as authority getting at them . |
| 26 | On the other hand I think we have to take seriously what Mao is , is saying that and it may conflict with that , that other view of the countryside an an and we , I think we do have to take this evidence into account , I think it 's more important to accept what Mao is saying . |
| 27 | but it 's more important to get the right person than to do it |
| 28 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |