Example sentences of "is less important [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the time of year is less important than the time of the shift . |
| 2 | Presumably it eventually dies , but that is less important than it seems to us mortals ; as far as this discussion is concerned the end of the cycle is reached when the present organism reproduces and a new generation 's cycle begins . |
| 3 | It is assisted by the tradition of knowledge that values perception and disdains sensation , maintaining that what we feel is less important than our awareness of reality . |
| 4 | Doubtless there will be some who will argue that attempting to change structures is less important than trying to convince those who exercise power in our society to do so responsibly or that in any case radical changes in structures are politically impossible . |
| 5 | This means that the ‘ fact ’ that an individual has become an ‘ old person ’ , or suffers from regular illness or pain , or has become dependent upon others , whilst an important part of our understanding , is less important than how these facts make the individual feel . |
| 6 | Whether or not this small-scale self-publication works in terms of sales is less important than the extraordinary experience it can provide : that of working hard with a few other writers at making something , putting something into print . |
| 7 | In some areas the size of the shell is less important than the thickness of the shell . |
| 8 | Women are often brought up to feel that their pleasure is less important than their partner 's or that we do not have the right to ask for what we want . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's also , particularly in the United States , this sense that if something is on the body , it is less important than something that is on the wall ’ , says Martin . |
| 10 | That sport and , for that matter , entertainment may not be viable avenues from despair is less important than the fact that they were seen as such by groups who saw no alternatives . |
| 11 | The size of the sample is less important than its structure . |
| 12 | Some people will want to quarrel with this analysis ; but for our present purposes its accuracy is less important than the use Miller makes of it . |
| 13 | In the final analysis , the true cost of allowing insider dealing is less important than what people think the true cost to be . |
| 14 | The advantage for static illustrations is less important than the dynamic qualities that arise from the interactive role of the microcomputer . |
| 15 | The degree to which any particular development is exclusively attributable to the project remains a moot point , but in our view this is less important than the degree to which the project complemented and extended existing and coincidental developments , and in this respect the project has been most successful . |
| 16 | However , it should be noted that Blacksell and Gilg ( 1981 , p. 143 ) consider that ‘ in many respects , whether or not an application is granted or refused is less important than the safeguards that are attached to any permission . ’ |
| 17 | This relevance makes the material strongly motivating — here is an example of the way you will need to use English in a month 's time — and therefore the quality of the recording is less important than its immediate relevance . |
| 18 | We must ask whether performance is less important than general structural change in individual areas as well . |
| 19 | ‘ Beauty is less important than character , ’ Turakina said , as if she believed it . |
| 20 | However , Mrs Thatcher 's personal style is less important than the policies she has supported , some of which are distinctly anti-democratic . |
| 21 | The existence of such systems is less important than the fact that they are technically feasible and get reported as such . |
| 22 | I accept that my development as myself is less important than the chance to become part of a couple . |
| 23 | In a climate where what is thought is less important than that it does not deviate from what it is ‘ correct ’ to think , the use of grids can illuminate the unique aspects of individual insight . |
| 24 | The fact that existing structures of policing ( or defence ) are more effective than what is proposed is less important than the principle that such matters should be the preserve of a united European Government . |
| 25 | For Ure , however , special expertise is less important than the essentials of contact and clout . |
| 26 | Here the actual process of perception by the audience is less important than the knowledge resulting from perception which the playwright wants the audience to receive at this point in the play . |
| 27 | This is less important than in a share sale where the difficulty of the purchaser , without an express damage statement , is to show that the shares are worth less than the purchaser paid for them , as a reduction in the assets or increase in the liabilities does not necessarily reduce the price of the shares . |
| 28 | In Joyce v Yeomans [ 1981 ] 2 All ER 21 the Court of Appeal said that although the impression made on the trial judge by expert witnesses is less important than that made by lay witnesses , it will still carry considerable weight . |
| 29 | The question of who can sue is less important than the question of who will sue . |
| 30 | He tells us that being a ‘ gentleman ’ is less important than being a ‘ gentle man ’ . |