Example sentences of "that the [adv] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must also be borne in mind that when breeding takes place in an ‘ unsuitable ’ pH than the sex ratio of the fry may be affected — in A.cacatuoides it appears that the more alkaline the water the more males are produced , though I do not know if this is true for other species . |
| 2 | When choosing either foam or felt remember that the more resilient the underlay the more it will improve and therefore prolong the life of your carpet . |
| 3 | As a general rule it may be said that the more serious the breach , the clearer the words needed to exclude liability for it , and that where the court is faced with a choice of two or more interpretations of a clause , it will favour the one which produces the most reasonable result . |
| 4 | It is a fact that the more serious the crime , and the more awful the act , the more costly the nature of reconciliation . |
| 5 | In general , it appears that the more complex the level of stimulus processing required , the more likely it is that a difference between the ears will be revealed with monaural presentation . |
| 6 | But the difficulty with finance is that the more fluent a market becomes , the harder it can be to trace the original cause of an outcome . |
| 7 | They say that the more soluble a substance is in the lipid matrix of olfactory cells , the more intense the smell we perceive . |
| 8 | Research studies have shown that the more cohesive the group the higher the levels of group productivity and member satisfaction . |
| 9 | For the falsificationist , it follows fairly readily from this that the more falsifiable a theory is the better , in some loose sense of more . |
| 10 | If we accept that the more falsifiable a theory is the better ( provided it has not been falsified ) , then we must also accept that the more precise the claims of a theory are the better . |
| 11 | The several hundred Ma delay in the basin impacts after the main phase of accretion can also be explained , because it can be shown that the more massive a body the longer it is likely to survive before being collected by the Moon ( or by the Earth ) . |
| 12 | The general rule is that the more important the discharge , in terms of its volume , contents , and the use to which the receiving watercourse is put , the more frequently it is sampled . |
| 13 | The point being that the more detailed the categorization of the restrictions becomes , the more likely it is that qualitatively different kinds of restrictions will emerge . |
| 14 | If this is so , it should follow that the more gratifying a mother 's physical-care practices are , the greater should be the child 's developing attachment to her . |
| 15 | Meaning is closely associated with choice , so that the more obligatory an element is , the less marked it will be and the weaker will be its meaning . |
| 16 | The test shows that the more preposterous the thriller the longer it sticks in the memory . ’ |
| 17 | One would think that the more rigid a doctrine the more brittle it should be . |
| 18 | This confused me until I realised that the more shadowy the figure of the ex then the greater her power , because no-one can compete with a phantom . |
| 19 | The teacher , or anyone else present , could take steps to test the truth of the statement , ‘ Here is a piece of chalk ’ , but it is significant that the more stringent the test the more theory is called upon , and further , absolute certainty is never attained . |