Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [Wh adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In so doing , we shall begin to understand the difference between the two views of how a market economy works .
2 She is an expert on how a low-calorie diet and exercise can beat cellulite and other weight problems .
3 She had ideas about how a toy shop should be run in these times .
4 The truss rod nut would also be extremely awkward to adjust in any kind of a hurry , but considering some players ' sketchy ideas of how a truss rod works , perhaps that 's no bad thing .
5 The cube dependence is not a precise match with the 3.4 exponent obtained from viscosity measurements of long chains , but it is acceptable , particularly as the model gives a satisfactory picture of how a polymer chain can overcome the restraining influence of entanglements and move within the matrix .
6 In a hotel corridor , a very tall man in a vest , braces and crumpled suit is stooped next to a door , demonstrating that he has no more notion of how a Savoy room key works than your ordinary mortal .
7 Most booking conditions are hedged with all sorts of exclusions about why a tour operator ca n't be held liable when things go wrong .
8 The book costs £10 and gives details of how a UK scientist can find a research post in Japan .
9 Suddenly she came out through the last curtain of trees and found herself looking down over sunlit green meadowland to where a railway line wound like a serpent through a cutting at the foot .
10 Fashion : GREEN — AND FIT TO BE SEEN Jane Mulvagh on how a family crisis prompted Europe 's largest clothing manufacturer to plan an environment-friendly label
11 Miandad was still shouting and waving his arms about when a Pakistan supporter ran onto the ground and was repelled by two stewards .
12 I was fortunate , yet I can recall that during my earliest discussions there was considerable concern about how a consultant appointment committee might view part time training .
13 The only serious flaw is his use of BASIC to provide examples of how a programming language works .
14 Mr Lozoraitis , 69 , an emigre and Lithuania 's ambassador in Washington , told a news conference that most of the new president 's team had no understanding of how a market economy worked .
15 He gives the traditional account of how a merchant ship was pillaged in the Red Sea and its crew and passengers massacred except for two boys who were brought to Ella Amida in Aksum .
16 Whether that story is a folk-tale , an account of how a motor car works , or the childhood of Mozart , it must be structured and it must be entertaining .
17 Turning to the controversy over where a world revolution could begin , Marx and Engels 's stress on the determination of political events by economic change and the historic role of the proletariat both strongly suggested that a socialist revolution would occur first in one of the most industrialized economies ( such as England , France or Germany ) where the organized working class was largest .
18 — A Brighton politician on why a college course on Margaret Thatcher failed to attract a single student .
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