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時間が立てば立てるほど、頑張るのが一番大切なことがわかります。

I want to say something like: The more time passes, the more I understand that
the most important thing is working hard.

Is my sentence in any way correct? Did I use ば〜ほど right?

Thank you
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Writing a sentence with ば〜ほど
> The more time passes, the more I understand that the most

I think this translation is perfect. But I think the Japanese part 時間が _立_ てば
_立てる_ ほど looks and sounds weird and I wonder the 時間 is denoting whether "the
time in your life" or "the time your effort is put in".
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First of all, the kanji you used for 「たつ」is incorrect. The kanji for "passing
by" is 「経つ」.

Secondly, 「時間」refers more to a specific amount of time, where as 「時」(とき),
refers more to time in general.

So I think a better sentence would be:

時が経てば経つほど、頑張るのが一番大事な物だと分かります。
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> 時間が立てば **立てる** ほど、頑張るのが一番大切なことがわかります。  
>  The more time passes, the more I understand that the most important thing
> is working hard.

Use the dictionary form (or, the attributive form) [経]{た}つ, as in 経てば **経つ**
ほど, not 経てば経てるほど. ([経]{た}てる is the potential form of 経つ.)

「時間が経てば経つほど、頑張るのが一番大切なことがわかります。」 would make sense, but to sound more natural
(avoiding using が twice) I think you could say...

> 「時間が経てば経つほど、頑張る｛のが / ことが｝一番大切だと｛わかります / わかってきます｝。」  
>  「時間が経てば経つほど、頑張るのが一番大切なことだと｛わかります / わかってきます｝。」

Alternatively, you could use 「Verb + につれ(て)」, for example:

> 「時間が **経つにつれ** 、一番大切なのは頑張ることだとわかってきます。」
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