Example sentences of "[conj] the more [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency . |
| 2 | We suggest that the more a person is in love and the less they are able to define what it is in the other that they love , the less free is the conscious choice and the more it relates to the ‘ me in you ’ and the search for psychological wholeness through another . |
| 3 | The same survey found that the more a person smokes the less faith that person has in believing that he or she can stop . |
| 4 | She believed that the more a girl covered up the more exciting she was . |
| 5 | One of his most striking findings was that the more a woman was employed the more domestic work was shared . |
| 6 | But she believed that the more a woman covered up , the more she was attractive to the opposite sex , while Bernard grasped the idea as a way of using up more fabric . |
| 7 | The auxiliary use of need has also been found in the following type of sentence not listed by Jacobsson : ( 23 ) By co-vary , we mean that the more a language has of one of the processes , the less it need have of the other . |
| 8 | Bentham 's intention here was explicit , for as he remarked ( Works , IV p 70 ) : " It is obvious that the more the persons to be inspected are under the eyes of the persons who should inspect them , the more perfectly will the purpose of the establishment have been attained . |
| 9 | It can be argued , to the contrary , that the more the courts are opened up to arguments based about the interests of the public or of significant sections of it rather than of particular individuals , the more likely are the judges to be drawn into political battles which ought to be resolved in the political arena and not in courts . |
| 10 | The coil springs are now tapered so that the more the load , the firmer the ride appears . |
| 11 | Mandler and Johnson ( 1977 ) maintain that such a linear sequence ( i.e. ‘ he did this , then he went there , then this happened ’ etc. ) is an ideal structure and the more a story conforms to this the better will be the recall . |
| 12 | A third fancied a documentary reconstruction , and the more the publicity , the more the letters came thumping onto the mat . |
| 13 | But the more these greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere , the more heat is trapped and the more the Earth warms . |
| 14 | The shorter the boat , the more easily the boat goes off course and the more the paddle blade needs to move away from the boat 's side whilst we propel it forward . |
| 15 | Pains accompanied by constant chilliness and the more the pains the worse the chilliness . |
| 16 | The further this empowerment goes , the harder it is to reverse , and the more the role of the communist party fades . |
| 17 | Moreover , the more effective the capital shares tax became , and the more the electorate approves of increases in this tax , the larger any consequent distribution of the derived revenue . |
| 18 | Therefore , the less this inner consciousness or Life Force is hemmed in by an instinctive mind structure , then the greater is the capacity for caring feeling and the more an offspring is capable of learning . |
| 19 | But the more the revival got under way , the more it responded to Rome 's own ethos , the less accommodating it was in regard to the values of either Protestantism or modern secular , liberal society . |
| 20 | But the more the subject is forced to produce details , Loftus has shown , the more inaccurate the details become . |
| 21 | But the more the Duchess of Teck received the more she spent , and shopkeepers , who had sent round goods on a royal promise to pay later , started pressing for payment now . |
| 22 | The effect of this when it is accepted is very far reaching because the more an idea is tested the more it is validated and criticism becomes not a threat but an opportunity to strengthen the idea ; and what is more important scientists cease to have the same proprietorial attitude towards in idea . |