Example sentences of "the [adj] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the pound locked into the European Monetary System , the most and the least the government can do is ensure that nominal demand does not collapse . |
| 2 | But they are the least the world must do to make itself safer from nuclear blackmail . |
| 3 | The commercial men resented thus having to create a negative image of their product , but this was the least the industry could do to allay government criticism that they were expanding more rapidly than resources allowed . |
| 4 | But given that companies pay a dividend ( based on current profit ) per share , the higher the price of the shares , the lower the dividend will be as a percentage of that price . |
| 5 | CAT is a donee-based tax in which the more people who share in a particular inheritance the lower the tax will be . |
| 6 | The wider the cut , the quicker the lawn will be mown , but there must be room to manoeuvre the machine properly . |
| 7 | The most important ingredient is speed , sine the faster you are going the lighter the rig will feel in the duck ( apparent wind ) . |
| 8 | And the more presents he gave his whore , the shorter the time would be . |
| 9 | Since the early 1960s it had increasingly opted for linking very different issues in a single package , hoping that because the latter offered something to each of the Six the whole would prove acceptable to all . |
| 10 | Belfast Harbour Commissioners are confident that during the 1990's the Port will respond to the challenges presented by changing trading patterns within an economically unified Europe with the ability to satisfy its customers ' needs and demands for an efficient , cost effective service . |
| 11 | what what the role of monarchy within the such a society would be becomes rather irrelevant . |
| 12 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 14 | The steep hillsides made it more difficult to hide and transport cattle , and after the establishment of coffee plantations and gardens in the 1840s the crime must have become more difficult to carry out profitably . |
| 15 | In the 1840s the aim would have been not so much to save the debtor 's soul as to save his creditors the expense and boredom of having to sue him . |
| 16 | Before the 1840s the answer would have been : to a very small extent . |
| 17 | The brighter the light given , the brighter the foliage will be . |
| 18 | Japanese spending is increasing at such a rate that by the mid-1990s the country may surpass the United States in its expenditure on space science . |
| 19 | This is why we do n't test at the ninety nine point nine nine nine nine nine percent confidence level because the higher you 'll , the smaller the probability making a type one error essentially er is significance level , right the larger the probability will make a type two error , right , a type two error denotes the power of the test . |
| 20 | The quicker you got him comfortable , the better the scene would play . |
| 21 | The less rigid and routine your prescribing the better the outcome will be . |
| 22 | The more exacting you are in putting the finishing touches to the picture , the better the result will be . |
| 23 | RELIABILITY — Check the pile , as it is generally true that the denser the pile , the better the carpet will wear . |
| 24 | I hate LA with all my heart , the sooner it falls into the ocean due to a major earthquake the better the world will be . |
| 25 | McLaren jumped on the ground-effects bandwagon with the M28 , reasoning that the bigger the ground-effects area , the better the car would be . |
| 26 | The longer I wait , the colder the trail will get . |
| 27 | ‘ The longer you leave it , the colder the trail will be . ’ |
| 28 | In the former case it does not matter that the victim consented ; in the latter the conduct must be unauthorised . |
| 29 | The difference between an action under the Act and a negligence action , is that in the latter the plaintiff must show that the defendant was negligent , i.e. that he failed to take reasonable care in the preparation and putting up of the product . |
| 30 | The more points you use , the smoother the curve will be . |