Example sentences of "the [adv] [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Margolis pointed out , in an age of literature inflation , the more papers are written , the less they count for , and the greater the pressure to produce more . |
| 2 | The more a person is integrated into a close-knit social network , the more time they spend speaking to the same group of people and the less they spend in contact with others who might change their speech . |
| 3 | ‘ The less you respond to him the more he tries to get to you — I know I can be a bit intense so it 's really good that he taught me to have fun at work and loosen up . ’ |
| 4 | The less you feel like it , the more you need it . |
| 5 | The less you have of it as , for example , in a short face-to-face contact , the more difficult it is to impress and/or influence . |
| 6 | The less you rely on any drugs , the better for your health in the long run . |
| 7 | In the games I enjoy , the better I become at them , the more do they come to resemble dream ; and the more does sleep-dream seem familiar , comfortable , homely . |
| 8 | The arrangement of the signs and symbols is designed to encourage a deepening awareness of their " pointing-towards " character ; the deeper we penetrate behind the scenes as it were of the various words and actions , the closer can they be seen to become because all alike are pointing towards that Mystery which is beyond straightforward conceptual understanding . |
| 9 | The deeper I get into this the more difficult it becomes , but I know I need to delve deep in order to get to grips with what lies underneath . |
| 10 | The deeper I get into this the more difficult it becomes . |
| 11 | ‘ Piano Song ’ , for instance , includes lines like ‘ My vulnerability rushes up to me ’ and ‘ The deeper I delve into the conciousness of me and you ’ , which sound as though they have been selected from a random computer-search for meaningful phrases in a dictionary of pretension . |
| 12 | The sooner we know for certain what we believe to be true , the sooner we can mobilise against them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The sooner we get aboard the better , ’ Lawton said quietly . |
| 14 | We 'd better be on our way because the sooner we get to the party and do our duty , then the sooner we can leave . ’ |
| 15 | But it is what we owe to Byrd , and it can only get easier the longer we spend with this daunting but rewarding music . |
| 16 | Alas , although I can read it , the nearest I get to delivering any coherent message is a faded ‘ Share the world ’ T-shirt with tigers on it , and trousers which certainly look recycled . |
| 17 | In fact , my dogs eat the supermarket 's own brand and I seldom change my car ; paying double for my dinner is the nearest I get to it , to being Imelda , or Ivana , but it makes me feel good . |
| 18 | The further we research into the intricacies of the human genes , the closer we come to the possibility of refashioning human biological existence . |
| 19 | Therefore , despite the extent of his knowledge , the further we recede from the date at which he wrote , and the geographical area on which he is most forthcoming , the less it is possible to be confident that important events were not omitted from his work . |
| 20 | He thought for a moment and added : ‘ In fact , the further I get into it , and see all these boats and families aboard , the more I realise that crossing the Atlantic is no feat at all . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In other words , the more ’ everyday ’ a domain is , the more ’ everyday ’ its constituent words will be , and the more they fit into stereotypical patterns of usage that are quoted as examples in the dictionary definitions . |
| 24 | ‘ Now , the more they see of us the less they like us . ’ |
| 25 | Indeed , the more one thinks about them , the more they conform to the conventional pattern of the apprenticeship , with their carefully graduated stages ( apprentice , journeyman , master ) , their strict job demarcations , the emphasis on personal contact and role modelling , the gradual increase in responsibility , the mimicking of the activity of research in seminars , and library and project work . |
| 26 | The closer we come to the game the more we focus as a group , and the more people drop off the equation . |
| 27 | The more we come in contact with animals and observe their behaviour , the more we love them , for we see how great is their care for their young . |
| 28 | Because the more we hear from our Customers , the better we can make our service . |
| 29 | ‘ We feel that the more we know about Michael , then the more we can help him . ’ |
| 30 | The more we know about cars , the less nervous we 'll be . |