Example sentences of "[adv] more important [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These results suggest that underlying health is much more important than age in determining prognosis after hospital care with community-acquired pneumonia . |
| 2 | As in the case of genes , fecundity is much more important than longevity of particular copies . |
| 3 | I mean hearing from God is much more important than scotsport , is n't it ? |
| 4 | We believe the most likely explanation is that , over 2 years , physiological age is much more important than calendar age . |
| 5 | The role of the bus becomes much more important if rail services disappear and are to be replaced by bus services . |
| 6 | Climate change is already more important than acid rain , genetic engineering a more topical issue than saving whales . |
| 7 | But the economy is still more important than psychology : in Russia , we already have a capitalist economy , which makes the Russian language essential . |
| 8 | Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted . |
| 9 | Other young people left voluntarily to seek work and earn money , viewed as more important than education . |
| 10 | Whether one considers lawyers and doctors as more important than farm labourers and refuse collectors is simply a matter of opinion . |
| 11 | The West began to see aid to Eastern Europe as more important than aid to the Third World — ‘ charity begins at home ’ . |
| 12 | Rectification is often more important than restitution . |
| 13 | Space is often more important than type so do n't pack the lines too closely together . |
| 14 | The predisposition of the voters , issues of the moment , advantages of incumbency , and the support of various groups are all related to the final vote and often more important than money . |
| 15 | Age is the most important single influence over whether people are using credit currently — even more important than income . |
| 16 | John Disley , course director of the first 11 London marathons , says : ‘ Because road running has become so much more important in recent years — in some countries even more important than track and field events — it seems to be sensible for world records to be ratified . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’ |
| 18 | Such integration is even more important when money is limited . |
| 19 | Capitalism has attempted to construct and defend an economic system which embodies both but in which freedom is ultimately more important than control . |
| 20 | The personal , physical or expert power of leaders is therefore more important than position power alone . |
| 21 | Selection for senior posts is therefore more important than training ; if people who display the appropriate qualities are placed in the correct context then they will flourish . |
| 22 | It seems to be that soaps are endlessly doing that , they want to say maybe nurture is actually more important than blood , but then they pull back and keep reasserting the importance of blood ties . |
| 23 | Another is food , and for the hungry it is infinitely more important than oil . |