Example sentences of "see [adv] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put the case simply , such a pupil may not be able to undertake a task such as cutting out a paper figure , not because of not understanding how to do so , but because of being unable to see properly how it is done . |
| 2 | It is curious indeed to see in how many ways Gandhi 's conception of power seems a mirror image to that of the British , even if , as in the case of fasting , he sometimes employed techniques of Hindu origin to obtain his ends . |
| 3 | While writing this chapter , it occurred to me to look through the list of constellations to see in how many the five leading stars were , in order , Alpha , Beta , Gamma , Delta and Epsilon . |
| 4 | In 1987 I spent the summer at the college on the Intermediate Command Course and found it depressing to see just how little research was being sponsored or carried out there . |
| 5 | This was developed further during a deployment in the field to practise battle procedures and enable the battalion to see just how mobile Warrior is . |
| 6 | Or someone curious to see just how far his retarded egghead act will allow him to go ? |
| 7 | If anybody wishes to see just how pernicious that influence can be , they can look at the Likud government in Israel , which has had to impose repressive legislation at the behest of religious extremists who hold the balance of power . |
| 8 | Hal 's development makes one eager to see just how he will change in Part 2 . |
| 9 | I never thought I was soon to see just how miserable the peoples of the earth can make life for themselves . |
| 10 | To begin with , it is not simple in practice — unless you are an experienced naturalist — to see just how varied the trees are . |
| 11 | I want to check downstairs to see just how far the water has now risen , ’ Maggie said . |
| 12 | When Stop Hinkley Expansion members had conducted a test run in 1957 to see just how quickly every house within the Hinkley Point evacuation zone could be visited ( as part of a campaign for sirens to be installed ) it had taken over two hours . |
| 13 | I thought it worth checking to see just how far this had gone . |
| 14 | To see just how important this is we 'll follow the course of one eruption from start to finish . |
| 15 | Read it silently at your normal speed , timing yourself to see just how long you take . |
| 16 | To watch such animals biting their own bodies as a way of providing novel stimulation is to see just how inadequate even the most modern zoos are for this type of species . |
| 17 | We were therefore interested to see just how well this American-made tool would perform . |
| 18 | But at least everyone will be able to see just how much water they are using , even to the extent of checking the meter just before turning on the sprinkler , and then switching off when the dial shows enough water has been sprayed to cover the lawn or vegetable patch . |
| 19 | It was disturbing to see just how personal Baker was with her attacks on Linda et al . |
| 20 | Children do this frequently to see just how far they can go . |
| 21 | IT FRIGHTENED me to see just how addicted our youngsters have become to computer games after reading of the 15,000-strong crowd at the Future Entertainment Show at Earls Court . |
| 22 | The idea was to see just how far £250 would go … |
| 23 | It is often surprising to see just how close the water conditions in your aquaria or ponds have come to problems . |
| 24 | ‘ How would you like it ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ if we made some very cautious experiments to see just how much you can move and push ? ’ |
| 25 | LEG 'S TALK ABOUT THIS : Fergie tries the inch-pinch by grabbing a handful of flesh on her leg to see just how wobbly it is — and pulls a face as she discovers the weighty truth |
| 26 | I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment . |
| 27 | So we must examine the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 to see just how far it altered the law . |
| 28 | And a fat greasy lady fell to a dead position out of a flat storey while attempting to see just how one of the TV newsreaders did his hair at the back . |
| 29 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
| 30 | Yet before we do so , it would be as well to see just how far formal , purely linguistic rules can go in accounting for the way one sentence succeeds another . |