Example sentences of "more important than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming from a country where the use of the appropriate word is more important than a gesture in daily life , both choreographers have resolved that words must be replaced by gestures within the choreographic design . |
| 2 | Lewis was subtle enough to see that this was at best a half-truth , and perhaps he was beginning to sense that what Tolkien 's friendship had to offer him was something rather more important than a regress to me nursery . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , it proved to be too taxing and Peter persuaded her to give up , telling her , ‘ You 're far more important than a degree . ’ |
| 4 | It might even be possible to create a ‘ place in the sun ’ , where car parking has been placed underground because a place in the sun for townsfolk is more important than a place in the sun for cars ( e ) . |
| 5 | If you use your card as a way to spread payments , of course , low annual percentage rate ( APR ) is more important than a fee . |
| 6 | This is more important than a long nose , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 7 | One human life was more important than a whole herd of pigs . |
| 8 | He thinks this is more important than a high turnover of staff , despite the fresh minds and attitudes this may encourage . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mention this to most clergymen and they will rightly say that spiritual development is far more important than a degree . |
| 11 | In this , nothing is more important than a core of energetic teachers with an interest and commitment to such related trends as those of RBL , study skills , information handling and integrated thematic approaches . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Thus it could be argued that a doctor is functionally more important than a nurse since his or her position carries with it many of the skills necessary to perform a nurse 's role but not vice versa . |
| 14 | Speed of scoring , flowing from a range of strokes , is more important than a watertight technique . |
| 15 | People agreed with Lord Henry , who once said , in his amusing way , that a good dinner was more important than a good life . |
| 16 | ‘ I should , but this is more important than a dozen shows . |
| 17 | I 'm sure that there are hundreds of dealers getting ready to write me letters at this point to tell me that a satisfied customer is more important than a sale . |
| 18 | And that is much more important than a championship for youth next year . |
| 19 | Planning is more important than a plan |
| 20 | Surely , she reasoned , the future of a child was more important than a promise to a man who was now dead ? |