Example sentences of "question [prep] how long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another joke posed the question about how long the war would go on , to which the answer ran : ‘ Until Goebbels 's trousers fit Göring . ’ |
| 2 | We have a rough idea ( although we may be mistaken ) of the rate at which new stars form ; we suspect that many , if not most , of them have planets — and so on until we come to the question about how long our ‘ ideal ’ technological civilization might expect to endure , to which any answer must be the most unfounded of guesses . |
| 3 | This raises a question of how long the IRA have had them . |
| 4 | Related to these results is the question of how long we can stay asleep ( in a laboratory that is always equally quiet , dark , and warm ) at different times of the day . |
| 5 | The question of how long to stay involved is a tricky one involving issues of case load management and consideration of the other pressures and demands . |
| 6 | IT IS now not just a question of how long can John Major survive , but whether the Tory Government can stay its term . |