Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the breach is caused by inadvertent default the more serious the type of breach covered by the clause , the less likely it is to be reasonable . |
| 2 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |
| 3 | All the electronic equipment used should be of as high a standard as possible since the poorer the recording , the less useful it is as a classroom aid to teaching . |
| 4 | At nights , particularly , she had felt loneliness so great it was as if a hole had been torn in her soul , something irreplaceable had been ripped from her . |
| 5 | Generally , the bigger the fish , the less vulnerable it is to predation . |
| 6 | John 's tears were so enormous it was like trying to stem a leak in the plumbing . |
| 7 | Following the performance , officials at the hospital and members of the audience were invited to an informal get-together an event which was so successful it was to repeated at the October production and hopefully will become a feature at every future production . |
| 8 | I was so hurt it was like a serious wound , it would start being painful soon but in the meantime there was just an apprehensive numbness . |
| 9 | That night the air in the basement room became so thick it was like inhaling the black tar they put on the road . |
| 10 | Thus , the more suitable the application is for bit-pattern index handling ( small numbers of possible attributes ) , the less suitable it is for inverted file handling . |
| 11 | owing to the difficulty of forecasting [ … ] the less possible , and indeed , the less desirable it is for the person purchasing to specify what the other contracting party is expected to do [ … |
| 12 | She was lying naked on bare boards in an empty room , not bound but somehow bounded , and a man whose face she could never see , his mouth so sweet it was like eating candy to kiss him , made violent love to her . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a stunning setting but everyone was so silent it was like playing in a church . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a stunning setting , ’ said Courier , ‘ but everyone was so silent it was like playing in a church . |
| 15 | He cried out , a sound of pain and rage so inarticulate it was like a seagull 's screech . |
| 16 | They were in , aha , yeah , they were in bed , right , and this , look , in bed , listen to this , sound asleep it 's on the radio and news , they 're asleep in bed with two girls and the boys , the boy was in bed fast asleep and somebody come and touched him like that and when she woke up it was this , this the lad |
| 17 | Although these assumptions may seem too numerous and overly restrictive it is worth restating that this is essentially a deductive economic model which abstracts from reality . |
| 18 | Blue larkspur against a table-slip of faded mauve velvet , oh ! how unutterably delicious it is to tired eyes For half-a-crown , one of those gigantic glazed brown earthenware jugs ( filled with cream ) and for 5 ½d. each half a dozen tiny ones to match . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're darn right it 's like a war , ’ Hortensia cried . |
| 20 | The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners . |
| 21 | The longer it stays in the air , the more likely it is to be oxidised acid , the process speeded up by pollutants such as ozone and hydrogen peroxide . |
| 22 | Nothing is impossible and the more unlikely the allegation the more likely it is to be true . |
| 23 | It is also probably true that the more specialized the catalogue the more likely it is to be used for selection — for instance , the catalogues of local publishers , those of specialized formats ( e. g. microforms , large print books ) , or those in subject fields which are dominated by the work of one or two publishers . |
| 24 | The more we do to our hair — whether it is blow-drying , heat-styling , perming or colouring — the more likely it is to be porous , dry and dull . |
| 25 | The deeper down a tunnel goes the more dangerous it is and the more likely it is to be inhabited by some terrible monster . |
| 26 | This example illustrates a general point , namely that the more heavily regulated by statute a government activity is , the more likely it is to be amenable to judicial review . |
| 27 | The more organized the body of knowledge appears to be , the more distinct its academic identity , and the more likely it is to be called a ‘ discipline ’ . |
| 28 | Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true . |
| 29 | The more severe PMS , the more likely it is to be noticed — over 20% had their behaviour commented on by colleagues . |
| 30 | The more complicated and far-reaching that the clause is , the more likely it is to be ineffective . |