Example sentences of "important than the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question of who can sue is less important than the question of who will sue . |
| 2 | But in a pragmatist society he would have to predict whether the judges would be likely to consider his case as one in which the virtues of predictability were less important than the substance of the law , and whether , if they thought substance more important , they would think a decision for him better or worse for the community . |
| 3 | In this area , the message is more important than the medium of communication . |
| 4 | What is to be avoided is the point-scoring conflict that develops between groups who see their relative success and status vis-a-vis their neighbours as being more important than the pursuit of the common good . |
| 5 | The guidelines include a list of entry qualifications which for the most part are similar to those granting entry to the Council 's teacher-training courses for would-be school teachers ; in that respect , they do not accord with NATFHE 's belief that formal entry requirements are less important than the achievement of terminal standards . |
| 6 | The total dose given is probably more important than the frequency of dosing . |
| 7 | But the techniques discussed in this book are more important than the frequency of their use would suggest , for a number of reasons . |
| 8 | The sediment geochemistry , which will be discussed in full elsewhere , implies that erosion of subsoil ( fraction c in Fig. 2 ) , possibly by gullying , was more important than the removal of fine weathered topsoil ( fraction a ) . |
| 9 | In this milieu , academic achievement by girls was considered much less important than the development of the quality called ‘ character' , which meant the potential to become decent , responsible officers ' wives , pillars of whatever community into which their marriages would take them , pleasant to look at but not disruptively decorative . |
| 10 | For the UK in particular the use of IT is far more important than the development of the technology itself . |
| 11 | A national survey of teachers ' attitudes to equal opportunities found that men were more likely to be opposed to promoting equal opportunities than women , but that differences in subject taught were more important than the sex of the teacher in determining his or her attitude . |
| 12 | In some areas the size of the shell is less important than the thickness of the shell . |
| 13 | For me nothing could be more important than the scandal of world poverty in the late 20th Century . |
| 14 | Even more important than the size of the type , though , is the amount of leading that is inserted between the lines . |
| 15 | He was aware that what exactly the words meant was in a curious way less urgently important than the necessity of uttering them . |
| 16 | Simple accounting systems are no longer adequate or appropriate for monitoring and evaluating job performance : tasks are intertwined and interdependent , and the quality of work is often more important than the quantity of work . |
| 17 | THE new Gatt agreement on trade is far more important than the ego of the French and the greed of their farmers . |
| 18 | The exact chronology is , however , less important than the recording of a definite Saxon tradition , the inauguration of a new political unit . |
| 19 | A consensus between powerful corporate interests is regarded as more important than the sovereignty of elected representatives . |
| 20 | After a study of academic enterprise in the US , Matthew Bullock of Barclays Bank , concludes that specific ‘ technology transfer mechanisms ’ are less important than the willingness of universities to allow their academics to work for industry ‘ on the side ’ . |
| 21 | Thus one social argument which might be mobilised in favour of the rule in the Attorney-General 's Reference case is that the savings of medical expenses resulting from conformity with the law are more important than the liberty of individual citizens to engage in fights . |
| 22 | The majority of bird netting is likely to be knotted ( this produces a fine and very flexible net ) or knitted , but the thickness of the thread is likely to be more important than the type of assembly . |
| 23 | However , what seems more important than the type of award is the quality of the school 's approach to the grant , whatever its size or designation . |
| 24 | Probably more important than the detail of how a left government could appropriate personal saving , is the question of deployment of the funds . |
| 25 | More important than the form of the covenant , however , was its theological significance . |
| 26 | Today , in the minds of many , the prevention of war through deterrence is more important than the devising of rules for its conduct or limitation . |
| 27 | None is more important than the seeing of themselves as valued and important people , each with a separate and positive sense of identity . |
| 28 | It has long been the case that the fact of winning is far more important than the manner of doing so , and since they have found a winning formula they have a powerful argument for keeping it , especially now that the financial rewards are considerable . |
| 29 | The number of people supporting an idea is more important than the quality of the idea . |
| 30 | ‘ Quality of care is far more important than the quality of the surroundings in which they live , ’ added Jane . |