Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] how [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry would often call his son in New York to tell him how much money the film was making in various cities , while Lillian phoned local LA cinemas to see how long the ticket queues were . |
| 2 | For senior posts it can be instructive to do the opposite to see how far the candidate can cope with the stress . |
| 3 | Then Melanie realised how profitably the shop purveyed old-fashioned charm . |
| 4 | The experimenter then waits for a certain amount of time and repeats the experiment to see how well the rat has remembered what it has to do . |
| 5 | Corbett noticed how quickly the Prince took his hand from the bible and walked back towards him . |
| 6 | The stories of Blake and the various defectors show how easily the intelligence fraternity fools itself . |
| 7 | Molly wondered how far the language tapes borrowed from the Fulham Public Library had allowed her father to penetrate the political opinions of a Tuscan cleric . |
| 8 | Police driver describes how fast the car is going , how it 's driving on pavements . |
| 9 | This concerns the capacity to discern how far the content of a belief is positive as opposed to negative , and how far this promotes engagement with people rather than indifference to them or denial of them as persons . |
| 10 | The heir is insolvent , and the question arises how far the trust can be given effect . |
| 11 | He says the state of the damage shows how fast the car was going when it crashed . |
| 12 | Investigations of public law on taxation and social security reveal how internally the family is constituted by legal structures external to it . |
| 13 | Nearby , Holme Post shows how far the land is vulnerable to environmental change . |
| 14 | The score indicates how far the ball bounces forward before it comes to a halt . |
| 15 | DURATION indicates how long the transfer run may continue . |
| 16 | That the American Pavilion , where a grand presentation of painting and sculpture would surely have been expected , will not , in fact , show any works of art underlines how far the subject has been marginalised in favour of achievements in the fields of science , discovery and other disciplines . |
| 17 | Tabitha wondered how long the woman had been scratching a living on the waterways , complaining to uncaring passengers , never quite summoning up the cash or the strength to take the long haul home . |
| 18 | Here , wildlife cameraman Nick Hayward describes the challenge of filming mink for the forthcoming ‘ Wildlife on One ’ programme , and on page 47 biologists Nigel Dunstone and Jane O'Sullivan tell how well the animal has settled in . |
| 19 | Sitting in the garden on that warm summer evening , neither woman knew how soon the idyll was to end . |
| 20 | That alone makes the patterns in social relations more complicated , but in addition we must analyse processes of change to judge how far the character of these structures is being modified or even transformed . |
| 21 | Such a basic prescription indicated how low the readership was sinking . |
| 22 | This research is designed to investigate this flow of information to see how well the public is being informed about such a major piece of legislation . |
| 23 | This project examines how far the model can be used to explain and possibly forecast car sales in the UK , France , Germany and Belgium . |
| 24 | The period of time a bill is before Parliament determines how long the window of opportunity to legislate on criminal justice matters remains open . |
| 25 | The target of two-thirds of average earnings was literally pulled out of the air , in order to show how low the pay rates were in Wage Council industries . |
| 26 | The story of multi-layer pipe and the Sever-I illustrate how badly the soviet Union needs to transport the gas from its enormous Siberian reserves ( Urengoi has over 7.5 trillion cubic metres of top grade gas ) to earn hard currency . |
| 27 | Rostov wondered how long the conversation was going to continue over his head . |