Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But to be honest , I am a bit surprised there has n't been more interest considering how many I am scoring . |
| 2 | By snubbing Napoleon III , Bismarck made the provocative nature of his policy quite clear and it is a measure of how confident he felt that he scarcely bothered to conceal it . |
| 3 | That is a degree of how desperate he is to get this thing settled . ’ |
| 4 | Anyone who considers what has happened with regard to the sugar and milk quotas or to anything else about which we felt that we should have had a different package but could not achieve it will be aware of how dangerous it is to allow the negotiations to proceed quickly when a longer discussion might result in a better solution . |
| 5 | You had to wait , knowing that almost certainly she would come here , but without any idea of how dangerous she might be . ’ |
| 6 | Do what is comfortable and keep a note of how many you can do . |
| 7 | Do you set out the sum , er you must set out some calculation of how many you are likely to lose over the life of the aircraft , is there a percentage figure you could give us for that ? |
| 8 | Each child was proud of how good they had been , each of them earning three stickers for the three meals . |
| 9 | Individuals ' evaluations of how good they are at something are generally made in relation to how good others are at the same thing . |
| 10 | His reply was something like ‘ No Leeds wont do much better than last year , when they won the title everyone had exceptional seasons and played above themselves , last year was a true reflection of how good they are … ’ . |
| 11 | One cost is that clearly some services are being cut in terms of how good they are . |
| 12 | Or whether we 're using it as as a a mailshot reminding our customers of of how good we are and and what our improved facilities |
| 13 | It 's not a question of how good it is to recycle several tons , it would be better still not to produce it . |
| 14 | Boyle spoke yesterday of how delighted he was for the two athletes and the satisfaction their golden double gave him . |
| 15 | The litmus test between the great mind and the clever mind is that the former is always conscious of how little he knows , and the latter of how much he knows . |
| 16 | His will is an eloquent testimony of how conventional he was in his views — requiring Requiem Masses and prayers in perpetual memory of himself and of his family — and of how little he foresaw ( for how could he ? ) the changes which were to affect the church — and his bequests — during the next century with the coming of the Reformation . |
| 17 | And I think this is a an another example of how little he seems to care for this city . |
| 18 | Suddenly she was aware of how little she knew Roman . |
| 19 | ‘ My game ? ’ echoed Sally-Anne , her heart suddenly bumping now that he was holding her , acutely aware of how little she was wearing . |
| 20 | England 's intention to strip their pace bowling to the bone is an indication of how futile they see that line of attack on slow Indian pitches . |
| 21 | He was aware of how professional he must appear to her in his preparations for what she saw as killing and which he had been trained to see as protection of the innocent . |
| 22 | We were conscious of how far we were from the Rothern hut , and of how soft and how avalanche-prone the snow had become in the late afternoon . |
| 23 | People were most conscious of how far they were from their family in times of crisis , when someone was sick or dying and they were a couple of continents away separated by a long slow haul by boat and train . |
| 24 | The Woodvilles , in short , may constitute a potential weakness in Edward 's scheme of things , but it was Gloucester who actually dictated events , first by seizing the prince and then by taking the throne , and the Woodvilles ' importance becomes a question of how far it was they who triggered Gloucester 's actions . |
| 25 | The Woodvilles , in short , may constitute a potential weakness in Edward 's scheme of things , but it was Gloucester who actually dictated events , first by seizing the prince and then by taking the throne , and the Woodvilles ' importance becomes a question of how far it was they who triggered Gloucester 's actions . |
| 26 | His words were enough to throw Lucy into a state of thoughtfulness , forcing her to become aware of how impossible it would be to drag this man within yards of his stepmother — and how futile it would be for herself to harbour any emotional feelings towards him . |
| 27 | He said that the departure from Kabrit was a delightfully vague affair with nobody really having any clear idea of how long they were going to be away for , and not giving two hoots anyway . |
| 28 | I know sometimes erm people when they got their benefit , would try and do shopping for two weeks , but even that was unrealistic of how long they were , what they were buying was going to last for two weeks . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've lost track of how long it is now we 've been neighbours . |
| 30 | ‘ We have been involved in such a partnership for some years now and the fact that many governors have been accompanied by their head teachers today is an indication of how successful it has been , ’ he added . |