Example sentences of "the [adv] [pron] [vb base] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The less you rely on any drugs , the better for your health in the long run . |
| 2 | Some people prefer not to talk or to think about their tinnitus as they find that the more they concentrate on it the worse it becomes . |
| 3 | That 's your ace in the hole ; the more you concentrate on note choice , the more quality you 're gon na get . |
| 4 | In general as the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth noted in 1980 , ‘ the more you earn the more you get on top of pay ’ . |
| 5 | The more you have on top , the more it lifts you ; the more you have on the bottom , the more you 're pulled down . |
| 6 | The more you have on top , the more it lifts you ; the more you have on the bottom , the more you 're pulled down . |
| 7 | It is obviously useful to be able to look up words that you ca n't remember in a dictionary , but in addition you will find that the more you work on your dictionary , whether it is on a computer or on cards , the more you memorise your vocabulary . |
| 8 | Working on an exhibition of this nature inevitably leads to reflection on the artist : ‘ The more I work on Rembrandt , the more fascinated I am and the more remarkable he becomes ’ was Christopher Brown 's assessment , ‘ in range , ambition and the achievement of that ambition he stands so far above his contemporaries ’ . |
| 9 | The more I think on it the more I see that this cruel sentence may yet be turned to advantage and may be God 's way of effecting what I most desire and have been unable to bring about . |
| 10 | So she began with praise : — the more I think on it Ellen the more beholden I am to you for how you have cared for Oreste and the more fortunate . |