Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that whenever either a conveyance , lease or transfer defines the land by reference to a plan attached to the document , the plan must be signed ( sealed and attested by director and secretary in the case of a company ) by all parties — except that the conveyancer for buyers can sign on their behalf if they state the capacity in which they sign it : " solicitor for the transferee . " |
| 2 | In cities wherein only a handful of Jews lived , such as Edinburgh , Dundee or Perth , or in towns like Paisley or Kilmarnock , there was not the same atmosphere or vibrancy , excitement or interest . |
| 3 | So what they did was introduce statistical techniques whereby not every bullet was inspected , a sample was inspected and great conclusions were drawn from very careful examination of a small number of , of items . |
| 4 | In selling pharmaceutical products , for example , salespeople do not try to close a sale but instead attempt to achieve ‘ action agreement ’ whereby either the salesperson or the doctor agree to do something before their next meeting . |
| 5 | This included , amongst others , a project which determined how badly a parachute could be packed before it failed — using sandbag volunteers of course ! |
| 6 | DESPERATE John Major has caused a storm by trying to stop newspapers telling readers just how badly the Government is doing . |
| 7 | The story of multi-layer pipe and the Sever-I illustrate how badly the soviet Union needs to transport the gas from its enormous Siberian reserves ( Urengoi has over 7.5 trillion cubic metres of top grade gas ) to earn hard currency . |
| 8 | Agents charge up to $7,000 per kidney , depending on the wealth of the patient and how badly the organ is needed . |
| 9 | If it had n't been for Lotta 's appearance on the scene , who knew how badly the walls of her own citadel might have been rocked by the forceful vibes he 'd transmitted ? |
| 10 | The likelihood of the success of this practice depends very much on the current state of the property market , and how badly the seller wishes to move . |
| 11 | The ‘ batten down the hatches ’ tone of his speech , at an occasion when something cautiously up might have been more appropriate , betrayed a lot about how badly the industry — and agencies ' morale — has been damaged by the recession . |
| 12 | Some idea of how badly the police were treated is given by the reports of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner which show that roughly one-in-four of London 's policemen were assaulted each year — 3,444 cases were reported in 1899 , for example , when the constabulary strength was 13,213 men and 1,949 sergeants — as police authorities pressed for firmer measures in assault cases . |
| 13 | There was no need to labour that , de Burgh knew well enough how delicately the business of displacing him would have to be undertaken . |
| 14 | In the light of this long list of grievances , it was remarkable how slowly the rising took hold . |
| 15 | It was not the only time Poindexter had to shut North up : partly because North genuinely did not know how widely the secret was known , but partly because he could hardly resist it anyway . |
| 16 | An imaginative application of multi-dimensional scaling by the statistician David Kendall serves to illustrate how widely the technique can be applied . |
| 17 | The public has become more aware of the importance of groundwater ( it is interesting to see how widely the term aquifer is used in newspapers now compared with during the drought of 1975–76 ) , and public use of the Hydrogeology Group 's enquiry service has increased . |
| 18 | It would help to define how widely the term Gypsy applied , and who exactly could be called a gypsy . |
| 19 | And remembering how furiously the Larks and the Covington-Pyms — and no doubt Goldsborough himself — had opposed the opening of parliament to the new and much despised middle-classes , he wondered afresh why the captain should now be murmuring against his own kin . |
| 20 | How effectively the king of England could direct the government of France was the most important of a number of unresolved questions left by the treaty . |
| 21 | It included statements about : the booklet overall , as an evaluative instrument ; the ease and flexibility with which the booklet might be used ; how effectively the booklet probes existing practice and prompts new developments . |
| 22 | The plan 's success as a deterrent depends as well on how vigorously the UN will back it up with action . |
| 23 | You need only to look at commercial copy or displays to see how powerfully a type-face complements the message it is conveying . |
| 24 | Many of these weaknesses will emerge more clearly in later chapters , where we shall see how powerfully the pendulum has swung away from the position of Liberal Theology in recent generations , at least among the leaders and pioneers of theological thinking . |
| 25 | How right the bishop was ! |
| 26 | ‘ Do you know how little a banker can move ? |
| 27 | Each of the dealing firms has a different amount of stock but you can work out who has what by how keenly the prices compare with the best bid , best offer . |
| 28 | Only when he turned to speak to Tao Chu did he realise how avidly the boy was studying him . |
| 29 | How successfully the leopard has adapted to a wide range of habitat may be judged from the fact that there are twenty-four different subspecies all of which differ only slightly in colouring or body size and shape . |
| 30 | Emphasis is placed on how successfully the approach accounts for the events of the last five years . |