Example sentences of "the [adv] [adv] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bigger the fish the less often they feed . |
| 2 | Mr Lyle , although a commoner , has a very distinguished genealogy , for where the aristocracy are concerned , the further back they go , the better they get . |
| 3 | Pupils may well need to look beyond the immediate local area , the further back they go , though starting with an example not too far away can still be useful , and allows for field visits . |
| 4 | ‘ The older the doctor and the nurse , the more effectively they foster the self-reliant , independent behaviour in the elderly patient . |
| 5 | The more meekly they reacted , the more we 'd go on . |
| 6 | The more often they mate , the more likely they are to be the one who fertilises the eggs , and the more certain they can be that the offspring they expend so much time and energy in rearing are theirs . |
| 7 | The more citations their earlier work received , the more often they continued being productive . |
| 8 | And they will also know , that the more often they have to subject their students to the selective , norm-based assessment , the more some of their students will lose confidence and motivation and be reinforced in failure . |
| 9 | Some have been brilliant , others not so brilliant , but the more successful they are , the more quickly they seem to go , often within a year . |
| 10 | The more ardently they love liberty , the more perfect will be their obedience . |
| 11 | Look instead for a degree of suppleness in the fabric and the extent to which the colours alter their intensity when viewed from different angles ; the more readily they submit to subtle changes in the direction of the light source , the more likely it is that good quality silk has been used . |
| 12 | It is difficult to ascertain just how effective are conferences and seminars in promoting co-operation and coordination but at the very least they provide a forum for practitioners to take the opportunity for co-operative efforts . |
| 13 | The returns may explain a family relationship , they record each person 's occupation , and at the very least they demonstrate that an ancestor was still alive at that date . |
| 14 | At the very least they wanted a home help once or twice a week , to assist this mother with fifteen children to look after . |