Example sentences of "the more [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more Japanese they are , the more criticism they attract , both locally and nationally . |
| 2 | ‘ Lots of women who have fine hair hanker after long , thick hair , so they grow it in the mistaken belief that the longer it gets , the more hair they have and the fuller it will look , ’ explained Charles . |
| 3 | On balance , the more respondents knew about biotechnology , the more misgivings they had about its impact . |
| 4 | Within reason , the more choice they have the better . |
| 5 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 6 | It is usually the case that the more senior people are , the more meetings they have to attend . |
| 7 | The more games they play the more likely they are to win nothing . |
| 8 | Once constructed , sanctuaries and temples of whatever cult continued to receive votive offerings , and the richer and more prestigious they became the more emulation they aroused and the greater the inflow of precious substances . |
| 9 | Whereas the support the farmers received right , has always been coupled to production , so the more they produce , the more support they get , the higher , the higher their incomes . |
| 10 | And the more deals they get , the bigger they become . |
| 11 | And on a more le local level you 're quite right the better trained people there are , the more they , the happier they feel the more work they have , the more job satisfaction they have . |
| 12 | On the political side , Taiwanese worry that the more money they invest in China , the more vulnerable they will be to manipulation by the Chinese government . |
| 13 | The more money they can collect in direct taxes , which bite the rich hardest , the less they will have to raise by indirect taxes , which bite everybody equally . |
| 14 | The more money they make the better for them . |
| 15 | But you see , the more money they had , the more they had to share I suppose with M |
| 16 | The more shit they throw over at the Jerries the better . |
| 17 | The further they got from the rave the more bodies they had to step over . |
| 18 | Vitally for small manufacturers , the more parts they use from large manufacturers that have already gained Type Approval in another application , the cheaper the tests will be ; MIRA 's inspectors will be able to cross-check data they already hold for , say , a wheel , a light or a mirror , using their discretion as to whether they think its new role is fit and proper . |
| 19 | A number of those with their own businesses commented that the more their wives undertook on the farm the more time they themselves had to earn off-farm income . |
| 20 | ( 8 ) The more female ducks the males have to look at the more time they spend looking at them . |
| 21 | Second , most workers believe that the more time they spend searching for a job , the more likely it is that they will obtain one which meets their requirements , particularly in so far as the wage rate and working conditions are concerned . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |
| 24 | The dilemma can be expressed as follows : the more accessible teachers seek to make themselves to all their pupils as individuals , the less time they have for direct , extended and challenging interaction with any of them ; but the more time they devote to such extended interaction with some children , the less demanding on them as teachers must be the activities they give to the rest ; and the less demanding an activity is of their time and attention as teachers , the more the likelihood that the activity in question will demand little of the child . |
| 25 | The more time they took , the more time there was for a crowd to gather . |
| 26 | The more weapons they could capture — or preferably beg , borrow or buy — the better their chances . |
| 27 | They feel that the more control they can exercise over their surroundings , the safer life will be for them . |
| 28 | ‘ Because the more they become involved in each other 's affairs , the more reason they have to fall out . |
| 29 | for the , all the more reason they must have a big stock big stock |
| 30 | Their retail branches are a fixed cost , so the more business they put through them the better . |