Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] it " in BNC.

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1 No matter how badly it offends your self-image , weigh yourself , even if you have to take yourself off to the abattoir to do it .
2 The Cunard shipping giant , which also owns the QE2 , limped into port with storm damaged results yesterday , reflecting just how badly it has been blown off course .
3 When we look at the English writing system we see how badly it fits the spoken language .
4 ‘ Look how badly it has been done .
5 The idea of multi-disciplinary group work in such situations is not new ; but it is surprising how rarely it has been used .
6 References by Miller 's contemporaries to his Gardeners Dictionary already mentioned have shown how widely it was used and appreciated both in Britain and abroad during the eighteenth century .
7 Alexei thought about asking what latest scandal Jehan had heard , and how widely it was being spread abroad .
8 In the early stages of a book I always write out two things : one , the plot , that is , the murder and how it happened and perhaps how eventually it will be seen for what it is ; two , the story ( which to make what I mean even clear to myself I generally label " The Storyline " ) , that is , in very rough outline what happens first and what happens next and next and next .
9 The success of any such endeavour rests in how effectively it captures the essence of the times ; Storia overall has a distinct 80s feel to it .
10 According to the argument , it was the passing of the law that was important to the reformers , not how effectively it was enforced afterwards .
11 Instead she almost dreamily let her fingers trail over Julius 's smooth and supple skin , she felt the hard heat of him against her palms , and it was astonishing how right it seemed that they should be together like this .
12 P.S. Please keep the sachet , as a reminder of how little it takes to save a child 's life .
13 Soon we shall be in eternity and then we shall see how little it mattered whether some things got done or not ; however , right now we rush about as if they were all-important .
14 An example of how little it matters to the speechreader is the sound of TH as in :
15 Nothing illustrates better the fluidity of viewpoints by which we can swing towards and away from egoism , and how little it has to do with morality .
16 The ‘ Thatcher revolution ’ has affected most areas of British life so it is perhaps surprising how little it seems to have impinged on the NHS .
17 But I suspect that if you confronted your past , you would be amazed at how little it moved you .
18 You 're amazed how little it costs to get the stuff and then suddenly the price shoots right up . ’
19 It is made all the more aggravating when people living inside the city know how little it costs the authorities outside the city to do precisely the same job .
20 She stiffened in his arms , saw the turmoil in his eyes and panicked as she sensed how little it would take to make her surrender .
21 That it is now required reading for the French Establishment and for anybody involved in business or education is a measure of how successfully it fulfilled its task without compromising a reputation for unbiased reporting .
22 Despite Berkeley 's comment that ‘ a little attention ’ to this will enable anyone to see how successfully it makes his point , this argument has provoked a considerable amount of detailed discussion .
23 Any elicitation procedure is itself subject to a degree of variation in terms of how successfully it stimulates a child to make a particular response .
24 Although it has been telling the world how successfully it has recovered , Unisys Corp made clear at the annual meeting last week just how parlous the company 's condition remains .
25 That there has been a consistent theme to British economic policy over many years is clear ; how successfully it has been implemented within the EEC is more obscure .
26 The movement whose new star he became in 1934 soon showed the public how greatly it had gained strength .
27 Dot looked at it and was surprised to see how dirty it had become .
28 That 's a shame , for it is obvious , just from how eagerly it will push its tail out if you cut the power , that the chassis has a rare agility .
29 They would all chip in later , of course , but she was too shattered right now , they must all be too shattered right now , to start doing sums , working out who had eaten what and how much it had cost .
30 With a tight budget of around £2m , the crew must watch how much it lashes out on lager .
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