shunitang: John,you mean,here,institutions refer to the authorities making policies?they just make policies?while,police,as the main body for carrying out the po

the word institution used here is ambiguous. it might stands for big companies, government organizations, or any unit. so it depends. even if the ugly things such as bribes or corruptions exist, the government institutions are more important than police.

看了这句子，俺觉得是police更重要，因为few这个单词有否定含义，也就是说没有几间机构是比警察局更重要的，在学新概念还是什么的时候，老师还说这个句子可以记住，以后说什么比较重要的时候就可以用这个句型代替单调的sth be more important than sth这个句型了。。