Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Had he guessed how badly her emotions were vacillating ? |
2 | Arsenal 's goalless home draw with negative Ipswich illustrated how badly their confidence has been affected by their strikers ' failure to convert of the strikers to manufacture enough scoring chances — and Graham looks ready to go back to basics . |
3 | This explains how badly his works react to cleaning or restoration . |
4 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
5 | That 's how badly you bastards have fucked up my brain ! ’ |
6 | No matter how badly your set goes , if you have a professional attitude to your work and a friendly disposition , you will find that people will want to work with you again . |
7 | Haymo refused to be part of the deputation and the events that followed proved how right his warning had been . |
8 | Hogg Robinson spokesman Derek Smith explained that the company decided to make Pat a millionaire twice over when they learned how little her pesos would buy . |
9 | The most striking fact about de Gaulle 's actions in the six months after the liberation of Paris was how little his priorities shifted , in contrast to those of the political class as a whole . |
10 | Perhaps also , a new officer might learn how little his place was actually worth after he had accepted it , although in this regard it must be remembered that even the crown offices were poorly paid . |
11 | Gloucester 's position in the north east reveals how greatly his standing was enhanced by royal backing , and his failure to achieve similar dominance in Lancashire strongly implies that the king had chosen to support the Stanleys instead . |
12 | Gloucester 's position in the north east reveals how greatly his standing was enhanced by royal backing , and his failure to achieve similar dominance in Lancashire strongly implies that the king had chosen to support the Stanleys instead . |
13 | Starke looked at the finger , so he withdrew it when he remembered how dirty his fingernails were . |
14 | Some names will occur naturally in the narrative and I can only hope that the others know how highly their contribution , co-operation and companionship were valued . |
15 | Perhaps directors in particular need to realise how much their vitality means to the continuing performance — that it is n't enough to be left up on a stage merely doing it night after night . |
16 | A Metropolitan authority said that they did not yet know how much their training allocation from the central training budget would be , as training is organized to coincide with the academic year . |
17 | I would also point out how much their savings would be clobbered by the inflation that would be unleashed by a Labour Government 's economic policies . |
18 | Wives often do not know how much their husbands earn . |
19 | Most never knew how much their husbands had earned . |
20 | He had not realised how important it was before now ; had not understood how much their strength depended on them being of a single mind . |
21 | They also need to assess their own needs and how much their opponent is prepared to fight . |
22 | It grieves organic farmers like Brian Tustian of Brackley , Northamptonshire , to see how much their produce has been marked up by the time it reaches the shops . |
23 | ‘ The advertising and sampling will let people find our for themselves how much their pets enjoy it , which will be one of the most effective ways to maintain our current strong sales growth . ’ |
24 | And women are twice as worried about how much their men spend . |
25 | The words stay the same , but we are forced to ask awkward questions about how much their meaning has altered . |
26 | The police presence seemed , if anything , to be even more oppressive than yesterday ( the Tory Party had become acutely aware just how much its security was costing the poll-tax payer ) ; perhaps there was trouble brewing . |
27 | Its answer to the problem is either that it is entitled to more money from central Government , regardless of how much its rate support grant for the social services sector has risen , or that it needs the unfettered right to raise further taxes locally . |
28 | ‘ He is asking how much her daughter charges , ’ Lambert said in a stage whisper . |
29 | Mrs Webster had a Friend ( to whom she always gave a metaphorical capital letter in speech ) , and she told me how much her Friend liked reading . |
30 | Strange , he thought resignedly , she 's not at all interested in how much her kinsman 's worth , only , rather suddenly and rather late , in what he 's like . |