Example sentences of "and how [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A note-form outline of the essay provides a clear conceptual structure , and offers you an overview , which — when inspected closely — should allow you to assess how coherent it is , and how clearly it moves to your conclusion . |
| 2 | George was impressed with the new man 's knowledge of sheep , appreciating how quickly he spotted a sick or lame sheep and how neatly he and Meg could cut it out from the herd for attention . |
| 3 | They show how Crabbe looks at scenery , and how subtly he links the scene with the soul of the observer . |
| 4 | A sense which can work against his best interests — for I need not repeat how much I respect Amaryllis , how entirely delightful and suitable I find her and how wonderfully rare she is for me who has — as man to man I can tell you what you must guess — several times been urged to marry . |
| 5 | The question of how quickly and how voluntarily this process of ‘ Protestantization ’ was accomplished has seriously divided Reformation historians over the last thirty years ; it will be discussed in detail in Chapter 6 . |
| 6 | In fact it has shown just how shaky the deal is and how deep the marriage crisis has become . |
| 7 | The thought of the girl being hungry was insupportable and then he noticed how thin her torn garment was and how deep the hollows beneath her cheekbones . |
| 8 | His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the river , which he knew was flowing through the great city ; and now he thought how black it was , and how deep it would look , reflecting the hosts of stars — and more than all , how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea ( 6 ) . |
| 9 | And how deep ? |
| 10 | Meanwhile his father , his voice reverberating in a way that hinted at the extent of the invisible spaces about them , told him about the tunnel , when it was opened and how long it was and how deep below the surface . |
| 11 | The vigour and profundity of the Old Testament 's own challenge is at once realized when we recall how far the ruins of Jericho are from Eden , or from that remarkable declaration of faith in Genesis 1 , and how completely the smoke of its destruction hides the last of the promises given to Abraham in Genesis 12 . |
| 12 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 13 | There is no attempt here to tell us how we should use words ; instead we get quotations from the work of various women which show how varied and creative definition has been , and how differently certain words appear from a feminist perspective . |
| 14 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 15 | ( c ) EXPLANATION AND ASSESSMENT " What were the problems which faced Stalin on his accession to power and how successfully did he resolve them ? |
| 16 | The debate within Labour 's ranks was then about how far and how fast they should be brought under the direct control of the state . |
| 17 | In no time at all the record company boys will impose their vision on the band and how they think it should be marketed , and how fast , and to what audience , and with what producer , and what songs , and what should the press angle be ? |
| 18 | HOW FAR AND HOW FAST ? |
| 19 | Radio has made such rapid progress and become so fundamental a part of daily life throughout much of Africa that it is easy to forget just how recently it arrived and how fast it has grown . |
| 20 | ‘ And how fast do you think a hedgehog 's heart beats ? ’ |
| 21 | Given the conditions in which most teachers are working , and given that they are human beings — that is , they have limitations on what they can do , and how well and how fast they can do it — they could not be feeling otherwise than rushed and confused , nor acting otherwise than fallibly . |
| 22 | ‘ You know as well as any what answer he made to their urging and how fast they dropped it , at least in his hearing . |
| 23 | Even Professor Mokyr , who considers that the determination of " when , where and how fast " so far as the industrial revolution is concerned should be sought first and foremost in supply factors , accepts that the sustaining of demand was important in maintaining the momentum of economic growth . |
| 24 | It is a gradual , continuously varying effect on how far you can walk , and how fast . |
| 25 | After the matinée , she had met him for tea , and he had held her hand , and looked soulful , and told her how innocent she was and how easy it would be to fall in love with her , but how he must n't , he could n't , because he would be leaving and it would n't be fair to her , and anyway , he had his career to think of , etc . |
| 26 | How to get British interest rates down — and how not |
| 27 | For him , the breakdown of working-class communities has meant that the traditional means by which men taught their relatives and apprentices how to hold their drink , and how not to allow occasional street brawls to get hopelessly out of hand , have disappeared . |
| 28 | After they 've scalded my ears with their abuse for a few weeks , and paraded my wreckage before the assembled ranks as an edifying example of what not to do and how not to do it , they will probably just turn me into a stone gargoyle on the roof of some Gothic cathedral . |
| 29 | In consequence , for such minds — your Convocation for example — I have prepared an illustrated talk lightly giving the background of the life of this outwardly ordinary Englishman — including human failings besides brilliance — and how eventually , he was able to produce such literary work . |
| 30 | The technique of getting them to supply the missing dialogue after a silent viewing of a scene provides a good opportunity for you and them to find out what language they have at their command and how flexibly they can use it . |