Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [pers pn] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more shopping resembles work , the less it is liked . |
| 2 | So the less one has the less he is tempted to extend the range of his needs indefinitely . |
| 3 | Clearly , the sooner it is vested the better , as the fund will take over responsibility for maintenance on a regular basis . |
| 4 | The sooner it 's finished , the sooner you can get away . |
| 5 | But it has been said before we should have professional referees — the sooner it 's sorted out the better . |
| 6 | ‘ The sooner she 's packed off to New Zealand away from Ricky the better . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Your sister is a major obstacle in Svend 's career , ’ Rune interrupted her heated retort bluntly , ‘ and the sooner he 's persuaded to abandon her , the better for all of us ! ’ |
| 8 | The more you ask her to stop the more she 's going to do it . |
| 9 | There 's , the older you are , the more it 's gon na cost , the more risk , etc , etc . |
| 10 | The United States thus finds itself in a no-win situation : the more it is seen to be intervening against him , the more it is likely to reinforce his position . |
| 11 | The effect of this when it is accepted is very far reaching because the more an idea is tested the more it is validated and criticism becomes not a threat but an opportunity to strengthen the idea ; and what is more important scientists cease to have the same proprietorial attitude towards in idea . |
| 12 | In Canada and New South Wales , the emphasis of the schemes is on violence , so that , broadly speaking , the more it is used or threatened , the more serious the offence becomes . |
| 13 | Whichever it is , the more it is rubbed in , the more it will fail to click . |
| 14 | Trevor stung a little he 's adjusting his thigh pad now rattled in there at the rate of knots , and er Hugh Morris at short leg fielded . |