Example sentences of "more important [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rectification is often more important than restitution . |
| 2 | In the mating season finding a partner is more important than camouflage and bright colours are moulted in , but during the rest of the year self-protection dominates and camouflage returns . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Bill Shankly was only joking when he said football was more important than life and death . |
| 5 | He mentioned stuff about his family … and how football was nt more important than life or death ( Shankly ) . |
| 6 | In the West , leisure is becoming more important than work . |
| 7 | Language development is more important than vocabulary building and offering dauntingly-high standards of written and spoken language . |
| 8 | Personal relationships are more important than technique an productivity . |
| 9 | Oh well er , quality is more important than quantity , but obviously if the quantity is very tiny , i it is there 's not much room for quality . |
| 10 | This treasure-trove of collections is proof that , when it comes to home making , imagination and ingenuity are more important than money or design trends |
| 11 | Friends were more important than money . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's one thing I am certain of — and my mother would agree with me — love is more important than money . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Their sales campaigns have resulted , for example , in increasing consumption of white bread , confections and soft drinks among the poorest people in the world by convincing people that status , convenience , and sweet taste are more important than nutrition . |
| 15 | Sir Claus said last night : ‘ In official statistics and research , nothing is more important than integrity . |
| 16 | The conformation should reflect the breed 's dual-purpose nature , and quality is more important than size . |
| 17 | Quality can be more important than price for bed-and-breakfast customers and there is a demand for more en suite bathrooms as long as they can be fitted without changing the character of the house , and for secluded , self-catering accommodation with a rural character , rather than multiple units . |
| 18 | In the public sector , scarcity is more important than price . |
| 19 | The technical literature suggests that structural factors may have been more important than price factors in explaining the persistent deficit . |
| 20 | In the contract market , quality seems to be more important than price and it would seem to be good for the company to concentrate on contract carpet sales . |
| 21 | Space is often more important than type so do n't pack the lines too closely together . |
| 22 | Shape is more important than colour at night . |
| 23 | 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 … |
| 24 | To me in that mood it seemed more important than philosophy , like the poetry of Keats or the music of Sibelius . |
| 25 | By contrast socialism reverses the priorities : control is more important than freedom ; and control extends to the whole of the economy , with concessions to freedom being minimal . |
| 26 | But the economy is still more important than psychology : in Russia , we already have a capitalist economy , which makes the Russian language essential . |
| 27 | The personal , physical or expert power of leaders is therefore more important than position power alone . |
| 28 | Form was more important than function because in some cases the efficiency of the adaptation was impaired because the Creator wished to maintain the consistency of the basic pattern . |
| 29 | My life is more important than rugby . ’ |
| 30 | What is more important than gender is the personality and skill of the fieldworker in overcoming the feelings of suspicion the police have of all outsiders , especially in the more enclosed and threatened world of the RUC , and in our case the field-worker 's gender seemed no bar to her obtaining access to the masculine ‘ canteen culture ’ of the men or to participating in conversations on the topics which are popular in that culture , which van Maanen describes as ‘ sports , cars and sex ’ ( 1981 : 476 ) . |