Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] it [vb mod] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early stages of a book I always write out two things : one , the plot , that is , the murder and how it happened and perhaps how eventually it will be seen for what it is ; two , the story ( which to make what I mean even clear to myself I generally label " The Storyline " ) , that is , in very rough outline what happens first and what happens next and next and next . |
| 2 | In addition , any company intent on controlling expenditure should be examining how much it should be laying off risk in this way when , as Drew Hardie , divisional director of Willis Corroon in Edinburgh , points out , ‘ insurance is a cost-plus product with a substantial proportion of premiums — say , 30 per cent or 40 per cent — used by insurers to meet their own overheads ’ . |
| 3 | There are clear guidelines in the code on the manner in which information should be added to computer systems , how long it should be kept on the system and the security measures that should be taken to prevent unauthorised access . |
| 4 | It is often necessary to look at the water 's surface and try to visualise exactly what is happening beneath it — to imagine the fish in their own world and how best it might be to get a bait to them . |
| 5 | There may , of course , be some discrepancy between the ideal and the reality , and we may better understand the positive potential of the custom by remembering how easily it can be spoilt if something goes wrong . |
| 6 | Hence , when selecting a parser it is vital to determine how wide a variety of grammar the parser is able to process and how easily it can be extended to a larger domain . |
| 7 | He shows just how loaded is the language we use — and how easily it can be subverted . |
| 8 | She could see how easily it could be done . |
| 9 | How easy it would be to dial 999 . |
| 10 | Calls in America and Britain for further cuts in interest rates underline how easy it would be to repeat the mistake . |
| 11 | Nottingham believed that once Nonconformists realised how easy it would be to conform to the established Church , few would wish to suffer the inconveniences that Dissent still brought with it , so that the integrity of the Anglican Church would be preserved , without running the risk of a perpetual Protestant schism . |
| 12 | I wondered how easy it would be to hang yourself with your shoelaces . |
| 13 | Sometimes he thought how easy it would be to let go , to drift . |
| 14 | How easy it would be to destroy him . |
| 15 | How easy it would be to confess that the baby had survived ; that he had , according to Sir Philip Debrace , grown into a strong , good-looking boy . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In addition , it is not known how easy it would be to apply these findings to other hospitals where psychiatric training is less adequate and there is a rapid turnover of junior medical staff . |
| 18 | All this evidence only goes to show how easy it would be to build up a completely distorted picture of the life of Massalia in the Hellenistic period . |
| 19 | And how many times had she thought how easy it would be to poison him ? |
| 20 | How easy it would be to surrender now , she thought , not only to sleep but also to the demands of these men . |
| 21 | Others write letters ( in role ) to relatives and friends in other parts of the country telling them what has happened , and ( for the most part ) excitedly proclaiming how easy it will be to visit once the line is built . |
| 22 | ‘ He asked me if I could help and I said I could but , to be honest , I do n't know how easy it will be to get the things they need . |
| 23 | I do not know how easy it will be to find Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow outside Japan . |
| 24 | On the next page we show how easy it will be to pile on the pounds tomorrow — and give you an alternative diet for the day . |
| 25 | As an indication of just how easy it can be to start using a Macintosh from scratch we have recently installed a network system running PageMaker , MacWrite and MacDraw on a previously PC-only site . |
| 26 | But there are doubts about how quickly it can be set up , given the party 's lack of money . |
| 27 | In the decretal " Novit ille " , written to the archbishops and bishops of France , Innocent declared how much he has the interests of King Philip Augustus and his kingdom at heart and how wrong it would be to assume that he had any intentions that were harmful to the French king 's jurisdictional powers . |
| 28 | It is concerned with the forms energy can take , how efficiently it can be used and to what extent energy can be made available for useful work . |
| 29 | But there are no recommendations given as to how often it should be used , which type of salt it requires to recharge it or any recommendations as to often to recharge it . |
| 30 | The principal aim seems to be to find out how far it can be extended . |