The phrase "put more importance" is correct and usable in written English.
You would use it to indicate that increased significance or emphasis should be given to something. For example: "The principal advised that we put more importance on the students' personal development, rather than just focusing on academic performance."
We need to play with more focus, put more importance on these games".
"I'm not into rituals," Dr. Hamid said, "and I put more importance on deeds, on the work you do.
"Essentially, the crown prince put more importance on individual happiness than on the imperial system," said Takeshi Hara, a professor specializing in the monarchy at Meiji Gakuin University here.
Correction: August 9, 2004, Monday An article on Saturday about the Japanese monarchy's handling of Princess Masako's depression gave an incorrect affiliation in some copies for Takeshi Hara, a professor specializing in the monarchy who said that in a speech last May "the crown prince put more importance on individual happiness than on the imperial system".
That most people don't want friends who put more importance on being right than they do on being happy.
As the government put more importance behind the school's ability to "take the Indian out of the child," as their philosophy went, they began requiring attendance.
In between jibes at reporters about putting more importance on style than the final score, Coach Herman Edwards conceded that the measuring stick is again out this week.
I think a lot of sugar babies feel forced into this lifestyle due to their circumstances, and end up putting more importance on getting the money than their own safety".
Other organizations put more emphasis upon the importance of the executive's ability to work effectively with people human relations skills.
For a highly-social game like FarmVille 2, Zynga wanted to put more emphasis on the importance of bringing a user's friend into the mix.
For example, people from interdependent cultures (Asian countries) put more emphasis on the importance of other people in society; people try to maintain harmony in interpersonal relations and as such the impact of entrepreneurship for the society could be an important persuasive factor.
