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"Their best chance of a goal looks like being if they win the ball while Liverpool are doing embroidery around their own box. The hosts are sharper up front and look more the more likely scorers." (The Guardian's sport report.)

What does the collocation "more the more" stand for in the above?
  

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It's a typo — for which The Guardian is famous. and look much the more likely scorers'.

  • It's a typo — for which The Guardian is famous.
  • and look much the more likely scorers'.
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It's a typo — for which The Guardian is famous.

'...and look much the more likely scorers'.

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