Example sentences of "[conj] how [vb mod] [pron] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how can we account for its appearance now when less than two years ago , Reagan and his government-shrinking colleagues attempted an across-the-board 12-per cent blood-letting on the research and development budget they had inherited from Jimmy Carter ? |
| 2 | What alternative was offered , and how can we account for its lack of success and ultimate demise in the interwar period ? |
| 3 | We were n't really in love , but it seemed a very great deal like it at the time , before we spoiled it ; we both thought we were , and how can you tell for sure when it 's the first time and you 've nothing to compare it with ? |
| 4 | Then why had her hands become inexplicably clammy — and how could she account for the unsteadiness of her breathing ? |
| 5 | It had seemed a good idea , but how could she ask for Dana in a strange shop ? |
| 6 | Inwardly distraught but aware that sight of her grief would further gratify her husband 's butcher , she said with pride and defiance , said Bloody Clavers. retorted the widow , ‘ But how will you answer for this mornin 's work ? ’ |