Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [pron] [vb base] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not like to think that such a brutal murder could be committed by a Scouser , but the more they think about it the more they believe that it was . |
| 2 | ‘ We feel that the more we know about Michael , then the more we can help him . ’ |
| 3 | The more we know about cars , the less nervous we 'll be . |
| 4 | The more we learn about bees ' capabilities , though , the more glaring their limitations become , and the question of what constitutes intelligence emerges as a central issue in understanding behaviour . |
| 5 | The more we learn about the brain , the more clearly we see how its specialised wiring affects what we are . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the more we talk about it encourages a certain kind of person to continue with it . ’ |
| 7 | We have only done them when we know we have not done them , because there is so much more to them ; and the more we think about them the more they have to say . |
| 8 | The more we discover about the interactions of world poverty , ecoclimate , world trade arrangements , debt , etc. , the more important it becomes to raise awareness and change attitudes , campaign and lobby , in the rich countries of the North . |
| 9 | And in the light of increasing concern about the possibility of global warming , the more we understand about our water , the better . |
| 10 | It is obvious that the more we are aware of the feelings , the more we understand about the filter and the better placed we are to minister to an individual 's needs . |
| 11 | Whatever the products you sell , the more you know about them , and the more you show that knowledge to potential customers , the better you will be at making sales . |
| 12 | Many things about AIDS are uncertain but the more you know about it , the less you will be afraid — and you could become a very good friend to people who have to live with this problem . |
| 13 | The degree to which this is possible is largely determined by the prevalent market conditions , but is also partly influenced by your knowledge of the subject ; the more you know about oriental rugs , the better your chances of negotiating a favourable price . |
| 14 | The more you know about their fads and foibles , their strengths and weaknesses , the better you will be able to deploy your arguments to persuade them to buy . |
| 15 | And if you want to become a manager one day , the more you know about now he or she survives , the better . |
| 16 | The more you think about it , the more you realize that life is riddled with Iterated Prisoner 's Dilemma games , not just human life but animal and plant life too . |
| 17 | If we define publishing as the production of information in a printed form you may begin to realise just what I mean ; price lists , company reports , catalogues , advertisements , newsletters , memos , the list gets longer the more you think about it . |
| 18 | The more you learn about it , the more you understand how to use it , the less likely you are to subject your raw materials to absurd or unharmonious treatments . |
| 19 | Ability with sound systems only comes with practice and the more you learn about sound , the more respect you have for it . |
| 20 | THE more you learn about Raine Spencer the more you goggle . |
| 21 | I think to its detriment , it has been very white and it has been very historically specific , but the more I hear about what women are doing in Africa and India I think that the visions are very similar even though the words sometimes are different . |
| 22 | ‘ The more I hear about him , the less I like him , ’ she admitted . |
| 23 | You know , " he hissed , " I used to wonder why my father left you to go out and fight against the British , I used to wonder why he sacrificed everything … but the more I learn about you , the more I realize why ! " |
| 24 | In fact , the more I think about it , few people have any self-control at all ! |
| 25 | The more I think about it the more I am amazed that men are so sanguine about this food-for-sex thing . |
| 26 | The more I think about it , the more I veer to the conclusion that it was all a fantasy . |
| 27 | The more I think about these cases , the more difficult I find it to put each into its proper pigeon-hole . |
| 28 | The more I think about it the more I feel sure that this is the way . |
| 29 | The more I think about it , the more I persuade myself that I 've misjudged little Selina . |
| 30 | The more I think about it , the more I believe that it is a political unit in which the minority accept the verdict . |