Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [Wh adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One thing is clear from the hon. Gentleman 's attitude : were there ever a Labour Government , there would be no review of programmes and there would be no assessment of the way in which help is given to ensure that it is cost effective or of how Government resources are deployed to ensure that the taxpayer gets the best value for money .
2 In addition , the model provides no account of how pronounceable non-words are read aloud , nor of how context influences word identification .
3 Rather than attempt to review all the conflicting theories about such issues and about how exchange rates affect adjustment and growth , we focus on two factors that have a direct impact on the relationships with foreign investors .
4 The English writer Max Beerbohm spoke of how the music-halls had ‘ grown up with reference to nothing but the public 's own needs and aspirations ’ , of how the audience was ‘ the maker of the form ’ , and of how music-hall had always offered ‘ a great chance to any student of humanity at large ’ .
5 Through research on this and other natural signed languages , greater understanding of the universal features of language , of how languages are created and learned and of how minority language groups relate to majority culture will be achieved .
6 The flatness is a shame , because this is a public service : you can glean from the programme an idea both of how irrational the law can be , and of how flimsy most people 's understanding of it is .
7 He is a role model of a gentleman and of how contentment can be found in being a gentleman .
8 John Hitchin of Phoenix commented : ‘ We liked the way wholesalers continually made follow-up phone calls to check on stock , and on how business was going .
9 Free advice on the law relating to badgers and on how farm damage caused by badgers can be tackled is available from the ADAS wildlife biology units .
10 ‘ I thought you might like it , ’ he commented , and Fabia had to give her special attention to catkins , and to where lilac was about to break out of bud , because as her heart began to race she could n't help but think that Ven had intended to bring her with him to Petřín , even as he 'd casually tossed that invitation at her .
11 Subsequently it was suggested ( Hare , 1973 ) that this trend in climatology had been emphasized by three other contributions identified as the micrometeorological method whereby a branch of experimental physics has used experimental techniques to provide physical insights into the nature of the earth 's surface and planetary boundary layers ; the microclimatological method where the techniques of micrometeorological measurement and boundary layer theory together with the related parts of soil physics and plant physiology are applied to exchange and transformation processes over natural surfaces , leading to study of energy transformation at the land surface , water movement upwards and downwards through the soil , and to how carbon dioxide is assimilated during photosynthesis and released during respiration ; and the hydrological method whereby energy exchange during the hydrological cycle was quantified .
12 Today , Soviet strategists think not only about how to deter war , but about how war might occur : how to prepare , how to prevail , how to survive .
13 16.11 As independence is strengthened , pupils should be encouraged to read more difficult texts and to look not only at what is said , but at how meaning is expressed and how effects are achieved in writing .
14 Stick with that scenario , how , how would you anticipate , or how would you expect that strategic guidance to be given as to where development should be appropriately located to serve the needs of Greater York , what mechanism is there in place for being
15 The individual must come to his , her , own decision as to where morality lies .
16 It seems only appropriate to begin this chapter by establishing the limits of the subject , because not everyone has been in agreement as to where influence ends and control begins .
17 And fans are in no doubt as to where bravery ends and sheer lunacy begins .
18 It is indeed hard to distinguish , in the mists of the so-called ‘ dark ages ’ of Cornwall , as to where fact and fantasy merge .
19 When she 'd regained some degree of composure , she asked , ‘ Have you had any further thoughts as to where Mamma 's ‘ appropriate ’ place might be ? ’
20 Parliament have passed new regulations stipulating that every commercial premise every hospital , every surgery will have a duty of care as to where waste material generated by their premises is finally disposed of .
21 For a government having to establish a guide to the existing extent of economic inequality and some principles as to when inequality shades to poverty and becomes a policy problem , there is the question of what policy instrument to use .
22 These provisions , of which only the barest summary has been given here , were very complex and , together with the inevitable uncertainty as to when compensation would be paid and how much it should be , resulted in a general feeling of uncertainty and discontent which did not augur well for the scheme .
23 What has changed is that a convention has developed as to how and when this power is exercised and the modern position is thus that the monarch has , except in the most unusual circumstances and even then only doubtfully so , no discretion as to when Parliament shall be called and disbanded .
24 The Music Publishers ' Association has produced a Code of Fair Practice which offers helpful advice as to when church musicians may be permitted to copy without application to the publisher .
25 We saw in Chapter 1 that , in Britain , there is some dispute as to when rehabilitation began to make serious inroads into penal practice : Foucault saw it as manifesting itself in the rise of the prison as the dominant penal institution ; Garland puts it much later , in the early part of this century .
26 It has not proved straightforward to obtain the services of appropriate staff , and although work has now commenced in each of the areas mentioned , it is difficult to predict when development will be complete and thus give a firm date as to when information will be available to allow colleges to plan for the introduction of new courses in session 1989–90 .
27 Section 17 is the governing section and the rules in section 18 are to be consulted only if the parties have not evinced their intention as to when property is to pass .
28 Secondly , as with all the rules in section 18 , Rule 4 is irrelevant if the parties when making the contract express their intentions as to when property shall pass .
29 There are many contracts for the sale of unascertained goods where the parties do not express their intention as to when property shall pass .
30 There is a certain amount of debate as to why ice ages occur .
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