Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [to-vb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a quarter tolerated the common misapprehension whereby to decimate has ceased to mean , as in the Roman legions , to slaughter one in 10 . |
| 2 | The real issue in health is how to continue to improve a good service for the benefit of the patient . |
| 3 | The challenge for all of us working in palliative care is how to continue to improve . |
| 4 | As you can see , so far six hundred organizations have registered with us and what we 've done is put them in a rather , rather flash booklet and the idea is that youngsters , their parents , teachers , youth leaders , scout leaders , anybody , gets hold of one of these booklets and in it , it tells them how to go sailing . |
| 5 | And you know how to drive do n't you ? |
| 6 | And a section on teaching children how to write did not ‘ offer a clear definition of basic writing skills , the grammatical knowledge pupils must master if they are to become effective writers and the variety of ways in which competence in spelling can be developed ’ . |
| 7 | Erm do you know how to spell played ? |
| 8 | I know right okay do you know how to spell played ? |
| 9 | She does n't know how to spell having . |
| 10 | You know a lot more words than you know how to spell do n't you . |
| 11 | I 'll show you how to spell check it . |
| 12 | Chimps , whose vocal chords are not well adapted to human speech , have discovered how to communicate using deaf-and-dumb language ; again , this is an incredible achievement . |
| 13 | Or rather , about how to try to tell it : since whether any such action of yours succeeds in doing what you want ( giving your tellee a true belief ) will depend as we 've seen on the truth of the beliefs which you also need in order to make you undertake that action . |
| 14 | This review dealt with why , what and how to evaluate giving a wealth of examples . |
| 15 | Our ‘ Aspects of Landscape ’ series , for example , continues on pages 15–17 with Martin Taylor describing how acrylic colours can be used with watercolours to achieve a convincing representation of landscape details such as grasses and tree branches , while on pages 18–21 Peter Partlington demonstrates how to simplify drawing birds in the start of a fascinating new series . |
| 16 | Dooley suggests that staff training should cover : how to guard against fires ; how to react in case of fire ; how to raise the alarm ; how to help evacuate patients ; how to stop fires spreading ; and how to help fight the fire . |
| 17 | The Department of the Environment has circulated a small leaflet : ‘ How to help prevent it ’ dealing with the winter-time pollution which is such a threat to road usage . |
| 18 | Whoever the initiator , he or she needs to know how to help create the conditions favourable to a good working group . |
| 19 | Passes for those under pensionable age should be valid from next Tuesday , while urgent talks are to be held to discuss how to help blind people over pensionable age . |
| 20 | Details of membership and how to help demob a Dakota called Daisy can be hand from : , . |
| 21 | More residential social workers are receiving professional training but rarely specialist training on how to help change destructive behaviour and its underlying causes . |
| 22 | Dooley suggests that staff training should cover : how to guard against fires ; how to react in case of fire ; how to raise the alarm ; how to help evacuate patients ; how to stop fires spreading ; and how to help fight the fire . |
| 23 | 37 SELLING How to help sell your home |
| 24 | The separate recordings can then be viewed after the event and decisions about how to edit taken at that point . |
| 25 | How to avoid using sexist language |
| 26 | Greenpeace has written to 2,000 companies in Britain advising them how to avoid using hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 27 | One approach is to hire a sociologist to peer into the black box ( the quotation from Heusch 1981 : 423 , and p. 46 in this book about the role of the sociologist is apposite here ) , in a similar way to anthropologists who sought to tell colonial administrators how to avoid irritating the people they governed ( although , according to Feuchtwang 1973 , the administrators did not take much notice of what they had to say ) . |
| 28 | IN THE THIRD PART OF OUR STEP BY STEP SERIES , ROGER GANN EXPLAINS HOW TO PHYSICALLY CONNECT THE MACHINES TOGETHER , WHAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU REACH FOR THE CABLES AND HOW TO AVOID CREATING A MINIATURE SPAGHETTI JUNCTION IN THE OFFICE . |
| 29 | Our report on page 97 looks at where you stand and your legal rights when it comes to joint finances — and how to avoid getting into difficulties that are not of your own making . |
| 30 | How to avoid harming your baby |