Example sentences of "more [adj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larger the telescope , the more light it can collect , and the higher the magnification which can be employed . |
| 2 | Oh , but how much more interesting it will be if the other lot are given a go for the first time in 13 years . |
| 3 | He still does n't know how much more smashing it might have been . |
| 4 | Society must ask how much more risk-averse it should be than the people it is trying to protect . |
| 5 | the more real it will look like . |
| 6 | The more there is , the more democratic it will be . |
| 7 | Staw and Szwajkowski attempted to test the following hypothesis : ‘ when the organization is located within a scarce environment , one method of coping with intra- and extra-organizational demands may be to perform activities which are legally questionable … the more scarce the environment of a business organization , the more likely it will engage in activities which are considered unfair market practices or restraints of trade ’ ( 1975 : 346–47 ) . |
| 8 | Naturally , the longer the delay the more likely it will be that the prosecution is at fault , and that the delay has caused prejudice to the defendant ; and the less that the prosecution has to offer by explanation , the more easily can fault be inferred . |
| 9 | The more technical the work is , the more likely it will be reasonable to do so . |
| 10 | Or more likely it could be erm from your income tax , your inland revenue so it 's |
| 11 | She knew that now , had known it from the very first moment she had met him , however more comfortable it would have been to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain . |
| 12 | Organic food is still expensive — but the more we buy it , the cheaper and more widespread it will become . |
| 13 | This attitude is part and parcel of the disease and the more advanced the illness , the more compelling it may become . |
| 14 | The more emotion you can muster , the more effective it will be . |
| 15 | A nicely bound A4 format logbook is bound to be more expensive than a tatty exercise book , but as well as being more effective it will also look much more impressive on the chart table or in the bookcase ! |
| 16 | Mostly it is a modernisation effort and the installations are likely to be large , making PRC more confident it will make its numbers . |
| 17 | And the greater the State the more inescapable was monarchy and the more powerful it must be . |
| 18 | The more marked the change in behaviour or mental state , the more important it will be to find a remedy with that same mental picture . |
| 19 | The stronger , more definite and consistent it is , the more important it will be as a symptom of the case . |
| 20 | It is an empirical fact that the higher the rate of inflation is , the more unpredictable it will be . |
| 21 | Among management practitioners and government advisors the consensus of opinion was that if manufacturing industry could become more flexible it would be more responsive the perceived more turbulent market environment of the 1980s and 90s . |
| 22 | I think what they 're trying to say is if it was more localized it would be easier . |
| 23 | The deeper they go , the more secure the vine will be in times of flood and the more able it will be to obtain moisture in times of drought . |
| 24 | There 's no guarantee that he 'll change his mind , and the older you get , the more critical it will become . |
| 25 | In principle there was no distinction between indirect interference at the first stage and such interference at a remoter stage , but the more indirect and remote the interference , the more difficult it may be to establish on the facts that A did intend to interfere with the particular contract relied on by the plaintiff and that that interference was a necessary consequence of A 's wrongful act . |
| 26 | She realised with a sinking heart that the longer her mother-in-law remained at the Manor , the more difficult it would be to dislodge her . |
| 27 | The ghost of the Duke of Windsor haunted the minds of the family , patently aware that the older he became the more difficult it would be to find a virginal , Protestant aristocrat to be his bride . |
| 28 | One has only to envisage circumstances in which all those upon whose territory strategic arms are stationed are required to come to the negotiating table to consider such a proposition to realise how much more difficult it would be if all , rather than a limited number , were participating . |
| 29 | The more this principle is understood and the more firmly it is adhered to , whether in practical or in theoretical subjects , the more difficult it will be for a school to organize its teaching . |
| 30 | The more uncertain and defensive you are , the more difficult it will be to attain your objectives . |