Example sentences of "[Wh adv] often [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her captain , Commander Colin Fearbrache , described the talks as positive , although he would not say when the operations would begin or how often they would take place . |
| 2 | They will have to answer for the team 's performances and can expect to be closely questioned on how often they saw those performances . |
| 3 | ‘ It is amazing how often they are wrong . |
| 4 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 5 | They are so basic they seem obvious , yet it 's amazing how often they are broken or ignored . |
| 6 | For example , individuals find it difficult to remember how often they have been ‘ victimised ’ , or tend to exaggerate their experiences . |
| 7 | As well as being asked how often they commit illegal acts , respondents are generally asked details of their social characteristics , social class , race and so on , in an attempt to get round the biases in official criminal statistics . |
| 8 | One market research survey into the purchase of a particular brand of ready-mix pudding named the article and asked housewives how often they bought it . |
| 9 | Draw a customer profile and write a description of your typical customer , explaining what age and sex they are , how far away they live , how they travel , how often they come , how much they spend , and any other information you found out . |
| 10 | Before we can begin to understand social interaction we must have a sound descriptive data-base : an ‘ ethogram ’ or compendium of all the behaviours an animal typically performs , how often they are performed , with whom and to whom . |
| 11 | You may be surprised how often they crop up in conversation . |
| 12 | Making allowances for variations in people 's familiarity with each type of credit ( judged by how often they applied any labels to each type ) , some types of credit were labelled as expensive much more than other types . |
| 13 | You may also be surprised at how often they say he is still there ! |
| 14 | The sheet , pillow-case and towel calculations are fairly simple once you have decided how many to allocate to each conference guest and how often they are to be replaced . |
| 15 | How often they 'd driven there in Frank 's car , towing the double trailer behind them , excited by the prospect of a day 's hunting with the Meath . |
| 16 | She determined that she , not he , would decide how often they saw each other and how they would occupy their time together . |
| 17 | It is surprising when parents are asked what their child likes how often they say ‘ Nothing at all ! ’ . |
| 18 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |
| 19 | However , what is perhaps most striking about written productions is how often they can be disambiguated by recourse to the sign language ‘ rules ’ which would govern that meaning . |
| 20 | It 's funny how often they get it right . ’ |
| 21 | All the other meals ( except for odd cups of tea and light snacks ) were eaten in the dining-room , which , however , never lost a musty and unused smell no matter how often they sat in there . |
| 22 | how often they get used through the year |
| 23 | Can he tell the House how often they have been used ? |
| 24 | The most important approach , which is reaching its limits , is to increase the rate at which the computer 's components are ‘ clocked ’ , how often they are told to perform simple operations . |
| 25 | The observational data will provide information on different styles of overtaking including their effectiveness and how often they happen . |
| 26 | All are simple guidelines , but it is surprising how often they are overlooked . |
| 27 | Listening to the radio the only way you can get an idea of how individuals are doing is to see how often they are mentioned . |
| 28 | That ruled out using the traditional aluminium-based tubes in favour of all-plastic laminated tubes that retain their shape regardless of how often they are squeezed . |
| 29 | A total of 356 visitors ( 97% of all respondents ) indicated how often they had visited the Library 's exhibitions before their current visit . |
| 30 | How often they come out and clean their windows . |