Example sentences of "how [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never realized how grateful a man could be for the chance to wash . |
| 2 | However , how such a judgement can be made is controversial . |
| 3 | The Group did not look in detail at how such a scheme might be privately financed , and an Anglo-French banking study was commissioned to examine the issues . |
| 4 | Yet , unless a real emergency should occur , it was difficult to see how such a government might be brought about . |
| 5 | Thus , despite widespread support for a National Government , there was little idea of how such a government might be brought about ; and little support for it among those who really mattered . |
| 6 | The delicate painting of the rose petals invites one to almost smell the fragrance ; how such a painting can be described as a still life is beyond me . |
| 7 | The delicate painting of the rose petals invites one to almost smell the fragrance ; how such a painting can be described as a still life is beyond me . |
| 8 | There remains , however , considerable debate concerning how a rule might be precisely defined and how such a construct can be properly applied to the study of social behaviour . |
| 9 | In the real world it is difficult to see how such a tax could be imposed or calculated , and it would make much more practical sense to tackle the offending firm under monopolies legislation . |
| 10 | We will canvass views on how such a lottery should be run and controlled , and how it would fit within the pattern of charitable fund-raising in Britain . |
| 11 | Yes , I think also how you feel it could be improved would be very relevant and how you would feel in the context of a pensioners meeting , an annual meeting like shareholders have in companies and how you if you have any views on how such a meeting might be managed in relation to the deferred pensioners interests , the existing pensioners interests , the employees interest and obviously the company 's interest being adequately reflected at such a meeting but I think we would welcome that aspect . |
| 12 | But acute difficulties remain on how such a code would be enforced . |
| 13 | Examining so intricate a nest one wonders how such a thing could be possible . |
| 14 | They might not , however , follow Marx and Engels in their conclusion that the system on which their own society is based will therefore also be overthrown , but it is difficult to seen how such a conclusion can be avoided . |
| 15 | The forensic officer described to the jury how such a device could be assembled . |
| 16 | In order to understand how such a theory might be constructed we should begin by recognizing that social movements are essentially a phenomenon of modern societies . |
| 17 | Saunders 's work offers an example of how such a combination might be effected . |
| 18 | You must have some idea how much a customer would be expected to pay for it . |
| 19 | Minsky and Papert studied in some detail how elaborate a perceptron must be in order to recognise a particular class . |
| 20 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 21 | It does not matter how successful a person can be , there often lingers an unhealed wound from early childhood which haunts them . |
| 22 | She has always given her time to support publication of her books , though she sometimes has doubts about how publicisable a novelist can be . |
| 23 | Can you tell how big a penis will be when it is erect by looking at it when it 's limp ? |
| 24 | During his voyage from India , Chandrasekhar worked out how big a star could be and still support itself against its own gravity after it had used up all its fuel . |
| 25 | No opportunity is offered to rehearse any negative thoughts relating to how difficult a situation will be , or thoughts which focus on physical symptoms ( and in doing so exacerbate these symptoms ) . |
| 26 | What is remarkable is how impervious a government can be to changing public opinion when insulated from the threat of political defeat by a substantial parliamentary majority . |
| 27 | It comes from knowing that no matter how intense a pain might be or our sorrow or our anxiousness , that Jesus Christ is the ultimate victor . |
| 28 | Chapter 9 will be devoted almost entirely to the general question of how active a role should be ascribed to consumers in understanding the meaning of goods in social relations today , and the nature of goods as material culture . |
| 29 | As we have seen , the establishment of a habit can create a situation where a horse refuses to think — irrespective of how intelligent a horse may be , and even if solving the problem is in the horse 's own interests . |