Example sentences of "[verb] more important [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the West , leisure is becoming more important than work . |
| 2 | To me in that mood it seemed more important than philosophy , like the poetry of Keats or the music of Sibelius . |
| 3 | In terms of both household size and number of children per family ethnicity seemed more important than class , with 3.6 and 3.7 people in Welsh working class and middle class households respectively , and 6.7 and 7.1 in Bangladeshi working class and middle class households respectively ; Welsh middle and working class families had 1.5 children on average , while Bangladeshi working class averaged 3.4 and middle class 2.1 . |
| 4 | Migration is certainly related to the family life-cycle : House ( 1965 ) discovered in the North East that migration peaked in the late twenties ( when family commitments are fewest ) ; there was then a lull for about 15 years , and migration again became more important when family ties had been reduced as children grew up . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Style has become more important than substance . |
| 7 | She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being . |
| 8 | Life at the bottom is no easy run … survival becomes more important than style … but Oxford are trying to play their way out of trouble … |
| 9 | 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 . |