Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] how many " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered if you could tell me how many nights he 'll be staying in Anguilla ? |
| 2 | I ca n't it does n't actually tell me how many days it is . |
| 3 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 4 | ‘ Companies ca n't tell you how many machines they have so how can they possibly protect them ? ’ said Ronald Berg , of the Scandia risk-management company in Sweden . |
| 5 | The case does n't actually tell you how many days per week each is open , but a reasonable guess would be six . |
| 6 | The case does n't tell you how many weeks per year each restaurant is open , either , but you can make a reasonable guess about that , too . |
| 7 | ‘ I stabbed Caroline , I can not tell you how many times . |
| 8 | It will then tell you how many stitches to cast on , how many rows to knit and when and where to shape and cast off . |
| 9 | It would n't tell you how many swallows , it would tell you how many lots of six swallows would east that . |
| 10 | It would n't tell you how many swallows , it would tell you how many lots of six swallows would east that . |
| 11 | Unlike most stockbroking firms Vine-Lott can not tell you how many clients he has , for the good reason that much of his business comes from the Barclays branch network , with the individual branch counted as the client rather than the individuals who buy and sell shares in the particular branch . |
| 12 | I ca n't quantify these , I ca n't tell you how many there 'll be , but there will be questions on motivation but before that there 'll be some questions on the basics of of kind of y'know studying , work , psychology , the sort of thing you 'll find in an introductory chapter er not only of the Arnold book but in other books as well . |
| 13 | I expect they 'll tell you how many to take . |
| 14 | Give you an analysis of your client bank , it 'll tell you how many you 've seen this year , how many you 've seen in two years , three years , four years , and it frightens the senior associates who have got maybe eight hundred , a thousand clients , and it said , seen in the last four years , and it 's got twenty . |
| 15 | So what I 'm saying is here is , again your ratios and anything on the computer , it will tell you how many appointments you need to make just from your ratios . |
| 16 | But it 'll tell you how many first appointments you 've had , how many fact finds you did , how many subsequent presentations , how many , how many sales you did in September ninety three , week , all the rest of it , and right at the bottom here it 's got the ratios , right , how many approaches to sales agreed . |
| 17 | It did not tell him how many French had crossed the frontier , nor whether blücher was concentrating his army ; all it told him was that a French force had pushed back the Prussian outposts . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you tell her how many are likely to be here ? ’ |
| 19 | Can he tell us how many private operators in Scotland have done so ? |
| 20 | Will he tell us how many thousands more people will lose their jobs while the Prime Minister tries to hang on to his ? |
| 21 | If the Minister can not tell us how many women have been appointed , will he tell us a statistic that I am sure that he will know ? |
| 22 | Can the Secretary of State tell us how many people might be involved in this so-called transfer fee racket , which seems to be difficult to administer ? |