Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [pers pn] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their retail branches are a fixed cost , so the more business they put through them the better . |
| 2 | The more I put into it the worse it goes . |
| 3 | Some people prefer not to talk or to think about their tinnitus as they find that the more they concentrate on it the worse it becomes . |
| 4 | The more I think about it the bleaker the home life of Professor and Mrs Maitland begins to seem . |
| 5 | If the notice is not complied with then the disposal authority may under s.9(4) ( b ) serve on them a further notice revoking the licence at a time specified in the notice . |
| 6 | Many situations of stress feel like a tangled knot of coloured threads — the more you pull at it the worse it gets . |