Example sentences of "more [adj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In contrast , the more experiences and activities are such that we find it hard to make sense of them existing or occurring in isolation , the more difficult it will be , on Moore 's principles , to find anything of real inherent value in them . |
| 32 | The longer Everton are in the danger zone , the more difficult it will be to cast off the self-doubts and flow with confidence . |
| 33 | Too much sunlight might impress upon me the idea of how much more agreeable it would be out of doors rather than hunched over a sheet of almost blank paper . |
| 34 | While inevitably this will be a somewhat rough-and-ready exercise — and obviously there will be gaps — the closer you are to retirement , the more worthwhile it will be . |
| 35 | The longer we delay the worse it will become and the more expensive it will be to the nation at large . ’ |
| 36 | Uranium comes in two isotopes , U and U. It is U that releases energy ; but 99.28% of natural uranium is U. For this natural uranium to be made more potent it must be enriched in U , which means sorting through the uranium and discarding some of the U. A little enrichment — to a U content of 2–6% — is good enough for most reactors , though some can work with unenriched uranium and some research reactors use highly enriched uranium . |
| 37 | One would think that the more rigid a doctrine the more brittle it should be . |
| 38 | Once the dieter starts to lose weight and feels more energetic it might be time to consider further possibilities . |
| 39 | Er , see if it had been a bit more local it would n't |
| 40 | And the higher the stockmarket rises , the more attractive it will become to dump shares . |
| 41 | The greater the return to shareholders the more attractive it will be to invest in the company and hence the higher the valuation of the company in the view of the Stock Exchange . |