Example sentences of "how and [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Nor do we face , in the way that government repositories do , the problems of how and whether to cope with vast bodies of statistical material .
2 This raises the question of how and whether agreed standards are implemented .
3 ‘ Well , we could start by working out exactly how and when the cakes arrived . ’
4 We actively desired an ever closer union of the European peoples , but it was not laid down how and when this was to be achieved .
5 The board is preparing notes of guidance to schools about how and when such calculators should be used .
6 He had beaten the New Zealander Jack Lovelock in the AAA mile — one of five consecutive championship victories — but Lovelock , the more experienced runner , was using the race chiefly to see how and when this little man used that devastating sprint .
7 We shall see how and when they occur , and how they vary in different parts of the country . ’
8 The site inspection sheet , shown above , has provision to insert a reminder as to how and when the contractor was notified .
9 What has changed is that a convention has developed as to how and when this power is exercised and the modern position is thus that the monarch has , except in the most unusual circumstances and even then only doubtfully so , no discretion as to when Parliament shall be called and disbanded .
10 Another 20 per cent said that it was ‘ a convenient way of buying ( you can get things how and when you want them , instead of having to wait , save or carry lots of cash ) ’ .
11 Schools should develop their own coherent policies , which are sensitive to their local circumstances , on exactly how and when Standard English should be taught .
12 If you are dealing with , and are dependent on , several big customers , it is worth finding out how and when they pay their debtors , and then fitting in with their procedures .
13 The major response of the inspectorate was to write a letter stating what was wrong , and how and when it might be improved .
14 I sipped cocoa , and wondered how and when I would be able to turn him out into the night again .
15 Experts believe that they were made in Mortlake between 1630 and 1660 , but it is by no means clear how and when they reached Bratislava .
16 Then we 'll be putting it back there , on exactly how and when action ca can
17 Power to decide how and when the government shall be terminated .
18 The following must be stated in a proof of debt ( r 6.98(1) ) : ( i ) the creditor 's name and address ; ( ii ) the total amount of the debt as at the date of the bankruptcy order ; ( iii ) whether interest is included ; ( iv ) whether VAT is included ; ( v ) whether any part of the debt is a preferential debt as defined in s 386 of and Sched 6 to the Act ; ( vi ) particulars of how and when the debt was incurred ; ( vii ) particulars of any security held and , if so , its value ; ( viii ) the name , address and authority of the person signing if not the creditor himself ; and ( ix ) any documents which can substantiate the claim though these need not be sent unless the trustee requests them ( r 6.98(3) ) ; ( x ) if the debt was incurred in a foreign currency , the sterling equivalent at the date of the bankruptcy order must be calculated and stated ( r 6.111 ) and the rate of exchange must be the official rate , ie that fixed by the Bank of England or by the court .
19 How and when his link with Newcastle was established is not clear — it might have been through his employment to complete the London house which Kent had designed for the duke 's brother , Henry Pelham [ q.v. ] , after Kent 's death in 1748 — but there is plentiful evidence of the connection .
20 The student often becomes bored with the endless repetition of drills ; he is not necessarily able to transfer the patterns he has practised into creative communication outside a classroom situation ; and he does not necessarily know how and when it is appropriate to use the structures he has practised .
21 How and when it got in there we do n't know as yet .
22 These Regulations specified how and when direct grants were to be phased out .
23 Exactly how and when the first state emerged in the history of human society is a problem impossible to resolve ; and for that matter it is by no means inconceivable that embryonic forms of the state always existed as an inheritance from animal societies .
24 This project is concerned with how and when the distinction develops between verbal reference to objective facts and verbal reference to mental states .
25 Both sides , he said , had promised " not to backtrack " ; the Angolan government had accepted in principle UNITA 's demand for political recognition , but the details of how and when this would come about remained unresolved .
26 Although not a high form of participation , employees were likely to be informed of the reasons for change , how and when it will be implemented , what the new system will mean to them and its benefits .
27 Do you know how and when it happened ? ’
28 Later , in March and April , de Gaulle approved ordinances specifying how liberated areas were to be governed and how and when a National Assembly would be convened .
29 If we are asking about the growth of political stability in England , and how and when it was established , a multi-layered explanation of different factors — each with their own chronologies — would be required .
30 And there is an uncertainty about how and when any interaction will take place .
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