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The phrase "a more complex story" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing narratives or situations that have multiple layers or intricacies, often in contrast to a simpler version.
Example: "While the initial report seemed straightforward, the investigation revealed a more complex story behind the events."
Alternatives: "a more intricate narrative" or "a more detailed account".
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New scientific techniques are giving us a more complex story to tell.
"What's a more complex story in America than race?" Mr. Nelson asked.
Had he become a tragic figure, or was there a more complex story to be told?
But compare the 1990's with those earlier decades and a more complex story emerges.
But with a more complex story behind the new album and a shrunken music market, it's anyone's guess.
Each change is more profound than the addition of a more complex story line or an enhancement to the graphics might be.
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But the effect is to streamline a more complex tale into a coherent story that will make sense to readers (who, even if they respond to arguments, probably wouldn't be as fascinated by the actual behind-the-scenes between Stravinsky and Sergei Diaghilev).
Though the world is recognizing the inauguration of the first African-American president, the story is a more complex narrative, about immigration, social mobility and the desegregation of one of the last divided institutions in American life: the family.
Exploring themes such as drugs, violence and murder is a small part of a much more complex story, and we have rarely come across a novel where these subjects are just "shoehorned into a single narrative".
The latest finds imply a much more complex story: they include a Roman coin among stone fragments, suggesting the Romans also believed in and sought out the healing magic.
A braver film, though, might have acknowledged the issue and presented a richer, more complex story.
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