Example sentences of "more i [vb base] the " in BNC.

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1 The more I bet , the more I increase the probability of the bookie making the profit ( or the bingo hall ) .
2 There 's nothing really more I mean the whole thing is a budget guesstimate .
3 There 's a fine oboe solo , too ( the more I hear this slow movement , the more I hear the Brahms as role-model ) : again , the balance throws a pleasing emphasis on to the string harmonies , the oboe plaint evocatively distanced from our seat mid-stalls .
4 Thus for example , if I want pupils to understand subtraction , the more I rehearse the different details of the algorithm publicly , the less likely the pupil is to do anything other than pick up the outer show .
5 Once more I sense the evil in our midst .
6 ‘ The more I live the more I realise there are things that I 'll never do .
7 ‘ I am learning with every race and the more I finish the more I learn and the better I get .
8 But I notice the more I do the stronger the images become .
9 And the more I drink the more I feel it .
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