Example sentences of "how they [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American armed services were considering how they might react to an appeal for assistance from an anti-communist government in Tehran , or how they should respond to a coup by elements which had the backing of Moscow . |
| 2 | They can only operate as a rough guide to classifying tables of data , and it is not possible to say how they might relate to the levels in a particular graduated test scheme . |
| 3 | It is possible , then , to systematically examine these factors which are often proposed in describing spoken language learning and to indicate how they might apply in the sign language situation . |
| 4 | This research aims to examine how case and thematic systems may differ in non-related languages ( English and Hungarian are studied ) , and how they may change in the course of the historic development of a given language . |
| 5 | Will he ensure that , before any consideration is given to such a development , we are quite clear in Britain how long such troops would stay , what exactly they would be setting out to achieve , and how they would cope with the aftermath ? |
| 6 | I invite them to examine the Opposition 's policies to see how they would fare under a Labour Government . |
| 7 | When they were about 2 weeks old and measured about ⅓″ ( total length ) I decided to conduct an experiment to see how they would react to a shell ; I had an empty Apple Snail shell scrounged from my long-suffering dealer for just such an experiment . |
| 8 | I told them of my plans — a little hesitantly , I admit , as they are practising Christians and I was n't sure how they would take to the idea of a DIY funeral . |
| 9 | MORTGAGE lenders were divided yesterday on how they would respond to the base rate hike , but a 1.25 per cent increase in ordinary mortgage rates to 14.75 per cent seemed the most common reaction , probably from 1 November , writes Patrick Hosking . |
| 10 | I think it 's how they used to speak in the twentieth century . |
| 11 | A challenge that School Boards are yet to come to terms with fully is how they can contribute to the achievement of the school 's goals . |
| 12 | According to a MORI poll , the majority of people have not grasped the realities of air pollution nor how they can contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases . |
| 13 | I do n't see how they can work for the Royal Family , either . |
| 14 | Indeed , the thrust of what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I seek to do is to tell people of their rights , how they can best achieve them and how they can claim in a way which is much different from before . |
| 15 | It must , moreover , try to predict how they will move in the future . |
| 16 | Leaders of the Serbian minority in Croatia issued a statement on July 25 publicly proclaiming the sovereignty and autonomy of all Croatian Serbs , as well as their right " to determine with whom and under what regime their people will live , and how they will integrate with the other nations in Yugoslavia " . |
| 17 | The ideas might be splendid in themselves but you must consider how they will contribute to the strategy . |
| 18 | When we examine animals with nervous systems that were built with conditional rules for dealing with the external environment , the business of predicting how they will respond on the basis of knowing how they were made becomes impossible . |
| 19 | Given Hobbes 's view of egocentric human nature , according to which people always act in such a way as to produce pleasure and avoid pain , it is plain how they will behave in an ungoverned state of nature . |
| 20 | I shall describe those provisions and how they will work for the adult sector at large , including the Croydon education and training service . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't imagine how they 'd manage with the zimmer , although there 's probably a whole magazine in the library devoted to obscene things you can do with disability aids . ’ |
| 22 | Hereford and Worcester ambulance and fire teams wanted to test how they 'd cope with an incident some 176 feet up . |
| 23 | There 's Tony never out of the bath and Nutty never in it , one stinks like a knocking shop the other like a nest of polecats ; I 'm beginning to wonder how they 'd look on the mantelpiece but do n't let on I said so ! |
| 24 | They will heed advice about how they should cope with the pregnancy but will probably not sacrifice almost a year of their lives to the absolute good of their coming child . |
| 25 | And there is even less agreement among secondary teachers of first-year pupils about how they should build upon the curriculum of top juniors . |
| 26 | However there there is there is I think some re there are relevant sections in in the county council document N Y eleven , which follows on which is the the county 's as I understand it rebuttal to the H B F's assumptions on erm the environmental constraints and how they should apply across the county . |
| 27 | The American armed services were considering how they might react to an appeal for assistance from an anti-communist government in Tehran , or how they should respond to a coup by elements which had the backing of Moscow . |
| 28 | Altering the structure does not necessarily tackle practices and the more fundamental issues of how the media should treat and explain the complexity of contemporary social problems or how they should act in the face of the increasing ability of governments and other authorities to control and manipulate information . |
| 29 | A lot of Winnipeg 's race crowd , Zak said , had asked how they could get on the train . |
| 30 | Trevino taught Willie course yardages , Mexican-American humour and how they could win with a quip and a smile . |