Example sentences of "how [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | If you are using models a good deal keep a model book with notes on how each one has been used before , what they look particularly well in and any other relevant notes . |
2 | MARK WHITEHORN EXPLAINS HOW EACH ONE AFFECTS YOUR COMPUTER 'S BEHAVIOUR AND HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM . |
3 | Still , I marvel at how eagerly and easily a chub will bite , considering how shy they are in all other respects . |
4 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
5 | I realised then more than I have before , how normal she really is , with emotions and weaknesses like anyone else . |
6 | I could see , again , how striking she must once have been , when her primly drawn-back grey hair had presumably matched her eyes , ‘ with all that 's fair of black and bright ’ . |
7 | Boswell amplifies in a way which casts a slightly different glow on the affair : he comments on how striking it was to hear all the aldermen of Aberdeen drinking Johnson's-health with much exclamation of the great man 's name . |
8 | He forgets how annoying he can be and you know he swings the other way . |
9 | Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy — if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption . |
10 | Your otherwise excellent cover version album was sadly marred by a long speech detailing how annoying it is that the price of eggs has gone up in Narodny-Karabakh . |
11 | I failed to see how tolerant he was of me , with my callow questioning of everything : I flinched under the coldness of his eye , yet did not perceive his isolation . |
12 | I still remember how apprehensive I was . |
13 | Many Japanese failed to appreciate the background of Western social customs or realize how ill-suited they were to Japan . |
14 | A death is always exciting , always makes you realise how alive you are — how vulnerable but so-far-lucky , but the death of somebody close gives you a good excuse to go a bit crazy for a while and do things that would otherwise be inexcusable . |
15 | ‘ My Lord , how prompt you are , ’ Jotan 's daughter said from the shadow of the doorway . |
16 | Isabella had sought the removal of the Despensers , which had been achieved , yet Edward 's whole reign had shown how resilient he was in these circumstances , and recent years had demonstrated the extent of his power and the ferocity of his vengeance . |
17 | Never go straight on from one candidate to the next without pause for reflection , no matter how rushed you feel . |
18 | I I I it is very easy to find examples which , which show how absurd they were , the results f f , for instance a large area like Devon and Cornwall with four thousand square miles having now thirty elected members reduced under the Bill to eight would be absurd . |
19 | She must not say no , must not reveal how absurd it was to ‘ take ’ tea in a ‘ drawing ’ room . |
20 | ‘ That is what she has asked me to try and find out , ’ said Melissa , acutely aware of how absurd it must sound . |
21 | How absurd it seemed — that they had been worried about Therese in Zarewitsch . |
22 | Then I realized how absurd I was being . |
23 | How absurd she was , and what absurd reasons for this euphoria . |
24 | He 'll be out and about , communicating with the likes of Gary and Tim to ensure that they understand how profitable their contributions are . |
25 | You 'll be surprised how people will welcome your initiative , and how profitable it will be . |
26 | Has it occurred to you how hypocritical you 're being when — ? ’ |
27 | I ca n't begin to say how supportive she was at that time . ’ |
28 | Because although I feel passionately abut the Gulf war — how unnecessary it was , how obscene its prosecution is , how devastating its outcome may yet be — I know that my opposition would be diminished , subverted even , by marching with the Committee to Stop War in the Gulf . |
29 | Oh , lord , how devastating he looked when he laughed , and how much she longed to join in . |
30 | ‘ I do n't think Hank realizes how devastating it may be to his mother when his book comes out , ’ Isobel went on . |