Example sentences of "[coord] how [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We covered topics such as post-natal depression , breast cancer , or how to use make-up to camouflage scars . |
| 2 | In the hotel it may be evident that staff could learn from the college how better to use computer-aided accountancy packages , or how to improve menu design by using desk-top publishing equipment . |
| 3 | ‘ Science ’ and ‘ technology ’ cover a very wide range of occupations , and in practice policy makers may have little idea of either the extent of skill shortages or how to redirect girls ' energies towards these . |
| 4 | For many general managers , the key to their own success was either how to involve doctors and obtain co-operation or how to overcome intransigence from doctors when trying to bring about change . |
| 5 | Perhaps they 've never been taught to write or how to handle criticism of their written work . |
| 6 | They did not understand the nature of honour or how to win glory in battle . |
| 7 | The penis as sales tool , or how to get head in advertising : right , the creamiest milk chocolate advert in the world and , left , a lipstick that any man would be proud of |
| 8 | The spring 1992 issue will appear this month and will contain eight articles including : ‘ The Economics of Develop-Man in the Pacific ’ ; ‘ Plastic character , or how to twist morality with plastics ’ ; ‘ Flowery Heaven : the Aesthetics of Paradise in Nahuatl Devotional Literature ’ ; and ‘ The Maya Snake Dance : Ritual and Cosmology ’ . |
| 9 | It might tell the reader about life in the time of Caxton ( Cynthia Harnett 's The load of unicorn ) or where babies come from , or how to play chess . |
| 10 | She did n't know how to budget or how to keep track of her expenditures , and she cried every time she opened her bank statement . |
| 11 | This leaflet explains who is exempt and how to claim exemption . |
| 12 | They must know their product thoroughly and how to promote sales by word of mouth , telephone or correspondence . |
| 13 | ‘ At the same time the PR navs , who , at heart , are quite snooty about this bombing business , will be learning about cameras and how to take pictures and , having taken them , how to interpret them . |
| 14 | He 'd been a hard man to work for , but he taught Billy everything he knew about that garden and how to take care of it . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's the worst part of it — now he 'll be showing us how to take corner kicks and how to score goals ! ’ |
| 16 | The boys during this period of seclusion learn athletic prowess and how to display belligerence . |
| 17 | As potential jurors or witnesses , voters or representatives of political or interest groups , they will need to know how to judge or present a spoken case , how to recognise emotive language and arguments that are specious or selective , and how to marshall facts with clarity and precision . |
| 18 | The cream of one dairy 's workforce have received basic police training on crime prevention techniques and how to spot signs of trouble . |
| 19 | For instance , the chapter on finance — the longest — explains in simple language how the profit and loss account is compiled , what a balance sheet shows and how to derive indicators from such figures . |
| 20 | I have included help for those pilots trying out different gliders , and have suggested how to explore the handling of a new machine and how to minimise risks . |
| 21 | She is involved in the production of videos to help families reflect on the impact of television on family life , and how to manage TV rather than be managed by it . |
| 22 | These include the individual 's pension rights ; the powers and responsibilities of scheme members , trustees , employers and advisers ; and how to manage conflict of interest . |
| 23 | Ground must be chosen carefully with the local community , and how to manage policy must be considered . |
| 24 | Ministers are sent on courses to learn counselling skills and how to manage parish accounts . |
| 25 | The chemist can advise you what to do if you have a minor burn , scald or graze and how to treat things like nits and head lice . |
| 26 | The questions of whether to allow increases in the industry 's import fuel bills to be passed on to the consumer and how to treat investment need to be addressed . |
| 27 | The £12 a copy book tells what brand of tea to buy and how to stop VIPs getting lost . |
| 28 | They should be taught how to recognise authorial viewpoint and — where relevant — persuasive or rhetorical techniques in a range of texts , and how to use evidence when explaining their conclusions . |
| 29 | It will examine good practice in tracking planning applications , liaison with planning authorities , and how to use CPRW 's Index of Planning Policies in written submissions . |
| 30 | Also important is how to test for different interpretations of the data , and how to use data which is , possibly in different ways incomplete or missing . |