Example sentences of "that the [adv] we [verb] " in BNC.

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1 As we are inspired and taught by others , we find that the closer we get to Jesus , the more we share in common with those on the road with us .
2 Does he agree that the sooner we put new measures on the statute book , the sooner we can instil into these young criminals the knowledge that such selfish and irresponsible behaviour will not be tolerated ?
3 What this means is that the faster we go , the more the apparent wind direction swings forwards .
4 It takes time to understand this need , but I believe that the more we write , the more fully we grasp why it is we want to , have to .
5 ‘ We feel that the more we know about Michael , then the more we can help him . ’
6 This is the great paradox of the Christian life , that the more we abandon ourselves to God , the more genuinely real and unique we become as individuals .
7 Spinoza holds that the more we understand why we have these impulses , as also why certain sorts of thought overwhelm us with depression , the more we will get on top of them .
8 It is one of the more perverse facets of human nature that the more we have , the more we want — and so it is with the rose .
9 That may be a drastic example but it is as well to remember that the less we use our muscles the less efficient they will be .
10 ‘ The knowledge of the works of God proportions our admiration of them , they participating and disclosing so much of the inexhausted perfections of their author , that the further we contemplate them , the more footsteps and impressions we discover of the perfections of their Creator . ’
11 This means that the better we understand the environment in which the output of a system will be used , the better we will be able to estimate the potential value of those outputs , and to design systems accordingly .
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