Example sentences of "[verb] how [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examining so intricate a nest one wonders how such a thing could be possible . |
| 2 | Figure 5.4 illustrates how such a situation might arise . |
| 3 | They might not , however , follow Marx and Engels in their conclusion that the system on which their own society is based will therefore also be overthrown , but it is difficult to seen how such a conclusion can be avoided . |
| 4 | It does not matter how successful a person can be , there often lingers an unhealed wound from early childhood which haunts them . |
| 5 | If one remembers that golf is the preferred pastime of a Grand Prix racer , one can see how such a tendency can escalate — check trousers , floppy hats and fringed white shoes |
| 6 | To understand how such a discount can persist we have to consider the value of a trust 's shares from a buyer 's point of view . |
| 7 | In order to understand how such a theory might be constructed we should begin by recognizing that social movements are essentially a phenomenon of modern societies . |
| 8 | As a junior nurse new to the surgical ward you are in a good position to understand how uncomfortable a person can feel in a strange place with unfamiliar people . |
| 9 | To calculate how strong a material ought to be we need to make use of the concept of energy . |
| 10 | Can you tell how big a penis will be when it is erect by looking at it when it 's limp ? |
| 11 | Yet , unless a real emergency should occur , it was difficult to see how such a government might be brought about . |
| 12 | It is fairly easy to see how such a notion might give the behaviour of randomly decaying atoms . |
| 13 | If I might turn briefly to see how such a scheme might possibly work . |
| 14 | It is hard to see how such a regime could have survived for so long , after bringing such unexampled disaster on its people . |
| 15 | The difficulty with such ‘ sympatric ’ speciation is that species differ , not at a single gene locus , but by many genes ; it is hard to see how such a difference could build up if sexual crossing was continuously breaking it down again . |
| 16 | At all events , it is difficult to see how such a gain would do more than very marginally modify the picture which has been outlined . |
| 17 | In the real world it is difficult to see how such a tax could be imposed or calculated , and it would make much more practical sense to tackle the offending firm under monopolies legislation . |
| 18 | It has more frequently been suggested that dilute sources will promote visits to many nowers and thus out-crossing , though it is difficult to see how such a mechanism could arise , and perhaps it is more satisfactory to surmise that visits by a pollen-dusted vector to several flowers on one plant are promoted , leading to cross fertilization of more . |
| 19 | But there is also a practical and political problem , since it is difficult to see how such a theory could speak in any way to the practical or material concerns of women . |
| 20 | But this merely raises the problem of a definition of " truth conditions " and it is difficult to see how such a definition can steer clear of the question of " ontological commitment " . |
| 21 | It is also difficult to see how such a policy will ensure continuity of specialist care , for instance through outpatients , after a distantly-resident elderly person has been discharged from hospital . |
| 22 | He never realized how grateful a man could be for the chance to wash . |
| 23 | He must have read my thoughts , for he hurried on to explain how such a paragon could end up addicted to cocaine . |
| 24 | We should ask how such a structure would work . |
| 25 | It had to be established how such a system would work , and virtually all the present members had qualified by Institute examinations for practical and theoretical experience , and were unlikely to allow those to be admitted who had not passed these examinations . |