Example sentences of "[verb] how [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter will consider how much it costs to support dementia sufferers at home . |
| 2 | The allied commanders must also consider how long they can continue the air campaign without wearing out their airmen . |
| 3 | Anyone acquainted with ancient ikons will recognise how acutely she has captured their essence . |
| 4 | He says that he 's only had two letters of objection and adds that he wonders how long he has to carry on to prove to some people that the crematorium is not an environmental hazard . |
| 5 | Tottenham 's dilemma was well chronicled last year , but one wonders how long it will be before they return to the same situation . |
| 6 | This puts a much more serious complexion on matters , for it was feet that first set Fergie 's heart racing and made her realise how deeply she was in love with Prince Andrew . |
| 7 | Making the most of a walk-on role at the start of the campaign , Margaret Thatcher made many Tory candidates realise how much they missed her strong presence on the political stage . |
| 8 | It made me suddenly realise how much they had changed . |
| 9 | We are excited as a group in knowing God has called us to India but we realise how much we need Him in order for us to be effective . |
| 10 | The second and most detailed stage will be a series of three interview surveys : of solicitors , to establish the amount and kinds of work they do ; of general legal services , such as the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , to establish how far they complement or duplicate the service provided by solicitors ; and of a sample of the population from selected parishes to find out the kinds of issues that have caused individuals to resort to legal advice . |
| 11 | It has not disclosed how much it thought these brands were worth . |
| 12 | And as I say as I say I do n't ken how long it had been there but that see that likely about the same time as the as the mill was heightened and er the kiln would 've been putting on . |
| 13 | However , charges of corruption were certainly made at the time , and one must try to discover how firmly they were based . |
| 14 | To A. M. Fairbairn , one had to visit America ‘ to discover how far we have travelled out of the darkness towards the light ’ , while to R. F. Horton , it was a land with ‘ truth open to all who have eyes to see it and those who have not eyes held in wholesome restraint from meddling with those who have ’ . |
| 15 | After some three months have passed it is often wise to conduct a full review of the new systems and to discover how far they have progressed . |
| 16 | I can even compare them with nationally agreed criteria and say how well they have done , and grade them against each other when they leave me , if I must . |
| 17 | There are days when members approach me , and say how much they enjoy the club members who thank me for enriching their lives . |
| 18 | Nobody could possibly offer a definite answer to this and say how long it may take to fully overcome anxiety and stress problems . |
| 19 | Simply asking these questions illustrates how little we know and understand and therefore how problematic an empathetic response may be . |
| 20 | I do want you to know how clearly I understand my deep obligation to you for giving me my first insight into the real problem we were facing and my first understanding of the nature of clinical research ’ . |
| 21 | That 's why I like to know how when they 're gon na do it like . |
| 22 | For example , it would be interesting to know how far they would be prepared to deliver service to frail old people who present particular problems , if they can make a living with easier clients . |
| 23 | It is a difficult question to know how far they merely duplicate the existing common law powers that arise from the obligation imposed upon the police to preserve the peace , which plainly permit the police to give instructions to limit the numbers at a gathering if that should be necessary to prevent an imminent breach of the peace . |
| 24 | It was clearly a spot height — in fact there was a small stone to mark it , but it was almost hidden in rough grass and gorse , and Maggie really did n't want to know how far they had climbed . |
| 25 | But say the figure had been erm fo he 's travelling at forty eight point three miles an hour , and you want to know how far he 's gone after twenty seven minutes or something , it 's a bit more awkward then so it 'd be easier to look it up on a graph . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , unlike its predecessor it has no score system ( I always like to know how far I 've got in a game ) , but I presume this is due to memory restrictions . |
| 27 | All of us , conference members and colleagues alike , would like you to know how deeply we appreciated the very full part you took in the conference programme . |
| 28 | I would like you to know how greatly we valued the very full part you took in our National Conference at Dunblane at the weekend . |
| 29 | Thus , for example , if we wished to know how much we are spending on orthopaedic surgery , the departmental analysis of expenditure will not tell us . |
| 30 | She had wanted to know how much it mattered to him because he would n't let on , and it gave her a valuable lever . |