Example sentences of "more [adj] [pron] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the idea is that the more difficult the the situation the mother finds herself is in the more likely she is to spontaneously abort and the more likely any retained er foetus is to be normal an and , and to , and not to have any defects . |
| 2 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 3 | The more the analyst knows about the features of context , the more likely he is to be able to predict what is likely to be said ( see 2.4 ) . |
| 4 | The longer it stays in the air , the more likely it is to be oxidised acid , the process speeded up by pollutants such as ozone and hydrogen peroxide . |
| 5 | Nothing is impossible and the more unlikely the allegation the more likely it is to be true . |
| 6 | It is also probably true that the more specialized the catalogue the more likely it is to be used for selection — for instance , the catalogues of local publishers , those of specialized formats ( e. g. microforms , large print books ) , or those in subject fields which are dominated by the work of one or two publishers . |
| 7 | The more we do to our hair — whether it is blow-drying , heat-styling , perming or colouring — the more likely it is to be porous , dry and dull . |
| 8 | The deeper down a tunnel goes the more dangerous it is and the more likely it is to be inhabited by some terrible monster . |
| 9 | This example illustrates a general point , namely that the more heavily regulated by statute a government activity is , the more likely it is to be amenable to judicial review . |
| 10 | The more organized the body of knowledge appears to be , the more distinct its academic identity , and the more likely it is to be called a ‘ discipline ’ . |
| 11 | Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true . |
| 12 | The more severe PMS , the more likely it is to be noticed — over 20% had their behaviour commented on by colleagues . |
| 13 | The more complicated and far-reaching that the clause is , the more likely it is to be ineffective . |
| 14 | The further away from the making of the contract it was made the more likely it is to be considered as a misrepresentation . |
| 15 | The wider the purported exclusion , the more likely it is to be held unreasonable . |
| 16 | The more important it is in sea water , the longer its residence time . |
| 17 | Clearly , the more fat there is in the cream , the easier it will be to achieve this network , as it can form with less elongated particles . |
| 18 | Broadly speaking , the higher a person is in the management structure , the more essential it is for him or her to be given work when it is available . |
| 19 | The greater the salesperson 's understanding of the needs of the buyer and the more capable he is of satisfying those needs , the stronger will be his bargaining position . |
| 20 | h ) company experience with forecasting : the more that a company , large or small , can build up forecasting information and experience , the more successful it is like to be in achieving effective forecasts . |
| 21 | The more open it is to cognitive , interactive and voluntaristic elements , the more misleading seems the whole vocabulary of learning theory as a means of describing it . |
| 22 | ‘ The more radical the slogans , the more difficult it is for us the day after in the corridors of power in Moscow . ’ |
| 23 | The more distant in time an issue is to current industry concerns , the more difficult it is for managers to establish that it applies to their business in some significant way ( relevancy ) and that it should be addressed now ( urgency ) . |
| 24 | The larger the number of firms already supplying a market and the more difficult it is for them to collude , the more competition there is likely to be . |
| 25 | The reasons for this are complex , but basically the more efficient one is as a reader , the less one reads individual words as separate bits , or pays attention to their structure . |
| 26 | The smaller British Coal is , the more attractive it is to buyers . |