Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to meet this type of situation you need to know how to evaluate a pedagogical grammar . |
| 2 | As you get more fluent in the language the conditioning rules will start to make sense and will help you know how to pronounce a new word without having to practise it , and before too long it will all be automatic . |
| 3 | Having solved the two-cylinder problem we are not much wiser ; we still do n't know how to tackle a general problem . |
| 4 | By the way Sid would you know how to put a new lamp , light bulb thing in a fridge ? |
| 5 | She would n't know how to use a real weapon ( fnar fnar ) , so they sent me a to sharpen my axe on this month 's adventure offerings . |
| 6 | I teach students who are often illiterate , who do not know how to use a hand-held calculator , who have never seen a film with subtitles or read a classic work of literature , and who can not spell even the name of important people in their field ( for example , psychology majors who spell Freud as Frued ) . |
| 7 | Ideally , all drivers should know how to handle a skidding car . |
| 8 | His Spanish was almost non-existent , and he did not know how to study a foreign language , so I gave him lessons . |
| 9 | Without explaining blacksmithing in any great detail ( there are many fine books on the subject ) , the following will demonstrate how to make a simple box bellows and a woodframed forge which need only be lined with firebrick or clay . |
| 10 | Socialists should now be addressing how to build a new organisation rooted in the offices , factories and communities as Labour once was . |
| 11 | The network will study how to manage a large collection of computers , which are constantly being switched in and out of the Universe network . |
| 12 | A lot of the information was above her head but she had persevered until she learnt how to keep a good set of accounts . |
| 13 | There she learnt how to handle a .38 calibre Smith and Wesson revolver and a Hechler and Koch machine pistol which are now standard issue to members of the Royal Protection squad . |
| 14 | Suppose you have to choose where to start a new factory for the ‘ Easishop ’ carrier . |
| 15 | By dipping the STM needle in a drop of organic molecules on a piece of graphite , and then briefly applying a large voltage to the tip , Dr John Foster and colleagues at IBM 's research laboratories in San Jose , California , have shown how to fix a single molecule at a specific point on the graphite . |
| 16 | The little laundry maid who came in daily from the village was dismayed to find Miss Alexandra in the laundry room asking what clear starch was and demanding to be shown how to use a goffering iron . |
| 17 | Active work on a problem — learning by doing — is likely to be more effective than simply being told how to do a particular piece of work . |
| 18 | At these words , Dauntless was driven to spring to his feet , his body automatically recalling how to sweep a magnificent bow . |
| 19 | Three or four hundred years ago , we Europeans discovered how to make a special powder . |
| 20 | It left quite an impression , because it needed the brilliant virtuosity that Repin already had at that time , and it needed powerful playing from the orchestra , not just loud but with a lot of richness for the fast passages — you know how to judge a great orchestra when you hear let's say thousands of notes in a few seconds , and there 's still a special timbre . |
| 21 | If you know how to use a large screwdriver you can swap over the bindings yourself . |
| 22 | They do n't appear to know their arse from their elbow , are neither sinister nor sugary , and even their ‘ rockin' ’ version of Barry Manilow 's ‘ Mandy ’ is really a homage to the Lemonheads and Teenage Fanclub , two bands who really know how to ruin a good song . |
| 23 | More than most , you know how to make a complete break with the past . |
| 24 | Mind , I hardly know how to get a proper look at you in all this fog . ’ |
| 25 | They know how to have a good time and try to make sure we do but they remain resolutely , ‘ pub-rockers ’ . |
| 26 | When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " . |
| 27 | The arguments listed under ‘ Dynamic aspects ’ indicate how having a favourable position in the current income or wealth distribution makes it likely that you will also have a favourable position in a future income or wealth distribution ( inter- and intra-generationally ) . |
| 28 | If they know where to find a powerful enemy this is where they will go , even if it means almost certain — or , indeed , certain — death ! |
| 29 | SIXTH-formers will soon be able to study how to become a private eye . |
| 30 | The time our crews are prepared to sacrifice in learning how to use a modern lifeboat to its full capability is of immense value to the Institution . |