Example sentences of "[art] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if , if Freud 's theory of the group is correct , that it 's centred on the leader playing the super role then the presumably the leader could exhort members of the group to act better than they normally would , because after all one of the super leader 's functions is to set the goals for the ego and to give the the goal , the ego something to aspire to so er and as Joy mentioned in her papers and I 'm trying to remind you of , y you , you said that quoting Freud if you recall that , that , that Freud says and I think he , he , he repeats this from the also made the same observation that in a group or a crowd people can act a lot worse than they normally would , they can be more destructive , primitive erm and er more governed by their erm base emotions as it were , but equally in a crowd people can act better than they normally would . |
| 2 | The earlier the intervention the less the damage done and the less the costs of treatment . |
| 3 | The less the intelligence of a creature , the more instinctive are the behavioural patterns programmed into it and the less it possesses the capacity to learn from experience . |
| 4 | None the less the king did summon the officers of the Exchequer to join him in Oxford ; Pye 's colleague , who was also his ‘ comptroller ’ and administrative rival , the clerk of the pells , obeyed this call . |
| 5 | You have to take into account first that there , as well as here , the better the score , the less the requirement for credit and , hence , the lower the response . |
| 6 | The books have not been burnt , but none the less the talking continues , and the force of its " humanism " derives as much from the everyday exchanges ( tutorial and seminar ) as from formal critical , theoretical , or methodological notions . |
| 7 | Some data analysts prefer to use the outer quarters ( Open University 1983 ) ; the larger the number of cases the less the decision matters . |
| 8 | Efficiency is seen to be associated with threat and with enthusiasm for the process : the more efficient , the more threatening , and the less the enthusiasm . |
| 9 | The greater the attempt to cling , the less the container can respond , thereby providing confirmation of the insecurity which feels so painful . |
| 10 | In general , the less objective the perception and the more it was influenced by partisan factors , the greater the influence of the press and the less the influence of television . |
| 11 | The less the variation in speed , the more monotonous the theme . |
| 12 | The less the capacity to learn and consider , the greater is the habit instinctive . |
| 13 | And insofar as the media do ‘ mould ’ opinion their influence is probably greater the less the issue is one of direct practical concern . |
| 14 | None the less the electricity industry was fortunate compared with , for example , the coal industry , where politics had long bedevilled management relations with both government and workers , and nationalisation led to the departure of senior managers in larger numbers . |
| 15 | Asquith 's capacity to recover quickly from his infatuation , strong though it was , was much greater than she allows , but it is none the less the case that he was thrown off balance for a crucial couple of weeks , the repercussions of which were considerable . |
| 16 | If cc was a causal circumstance for e , then ( 5 ) If cc occurred , then even if there also occurred any change x logically consistent with cc and e , it was never the less the case that e occurred — or , cc began and e ended a sequence of things such that it was true of each one and its immediate successor that if the first occurred , even if there also occurred any change x logically consistent with both , then the second also occurred . |
| 17 | Third , for any checklist which claims a developmental sequence , the larger the ‘ developmental space ’ between items , the less the checklist will discriminate levels of linguistic ability , and the less accurate it will be . |
| 18 | The smaller , the smaller the ripple in the pass band but the less the attenuation in the stop band . |
| 19 | If no action lies for the actual object , none the less the doctrine of tracing allows the money or property received by the trustee on sale of the object under trust to be pursued , and for it to be regarded as subject to the trust in place of the original property intended . |
| 20 | The sooner the animals are checked after mating the less the likelihood of the plug falling out prior to detection . |
| 21 | You know a gas er light in the hall but the less The stairway , you either had to go up by er with a candle in your hand , you see ? |
| 22 | On occasions the effect on inter-state trade is tenuous , but none the less the competition rules have been applied . |
| 23 | Ideally they would like these assets to be as illiquid as possible , since the less the liquidity , the higher the rate of interest they can charge . |
| 24 | The less the content , the less the risk , and greater the chance of infallibility . |
| 25 | Many fear the longer the fighting goes on the less the chance of a tolerant democratic system emerging . |
| 26 | The less the prospect — and most cases which reach this point will be hopeless — the less the obligation to continue treatment , including the use of the ventilator , which is thus seen as only one factor of many which have to be considered . |
| 27 | Their view that the less the state interferes with the market , the better for everyone is a totally different argument , especially as it applies to the developing countries . |
| 28 | The richer the vein was the less the tribute paid by the mine ; the leaner the vein the greater the tribute . |
| 29 | The less the prospect — and most cases which reach this point will be hopeless — the less the obligation to continue treatment , including the use of the ventilator , which is thus seen as only one factor of many which have to be considered . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) That the court 's discretionary jurisdiction to stay criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances ; that , while the longer the delay was the greater was the likelihood that the prosecution was at fault and that the defendant had suffered prejudice and the less the prosecution could explain the delay the easier it would be to infer fault , the question whether the defendant had discharged the heavy burden of demonstrating that it would be an abuse of the process of the court for the proceedings to continue , was to be considered in the light of all the circumstances without applying shifting burdens of proof ; and that , accordingly , since the district judge had correctly taken into account all the relevant factors , and had made no error as to the burden of proof , there were no grounds on which the High Court judge could have reversed the district judge 's decision not to grant a perpetual stay of the 1989 prosecution ( post , pp. 261B , 264E–F , G–H , 265A–B ) . |