Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [Wh adv] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a difficult question to know how far they merely duplicate the existing common law powers that arise from the obligation imposed upon the police to preserve the peace , which plainly permit the police to give instructions to limit the numbers at a gathering if that should be necessary to prevent an imminent breach of the peace . |
| 2 | First it was necessary for participants to recognise how little they understood of each others ' work , and then to begin to formulate ways of working as a team . |
| 3 | I must leave it to economists to say how much they have learnt from his account , or where they would disagree with it . |
| 4 | It had come as an unpleasant shock to realize how much they knew : those employing the man , that was — the French Haute Police , as they called themselves . |
| 5 | The Local Government Finance Act 1988 imposes a duty on local authorities to calculate how much they needed to raise by way of the poll tax . |
| 6 | Before you go down into the circuit area , increase the speed to 60–70 knots and try the airbrakes to see how badly they snatch and how effective they are . |
| 7 | It is very much up to individual groups to decide how long they want to go out , where they want to go and what they want to do , ’ said Mr Nelson . |
| 8 | … most of the theft-murders that have resulted in capital convictions since the Act have been committed by stupid persons , who had not the sense to see how easily they could be caught , and how much safer it would have been to do the job in a different way . |
| 9 | Always keep the receipt for expensive things like TVs , video recorders or furniture to prove how much they 're worth . |
| 10 | WHEN I WAS GROWING UP , the boys I hung around with used to have competitions to see how long they could go without changing their underpants . |
| 11 | they should each adopt an environmental policy with clear indicators to allow the public to see how successfully they are implemented ; |
| 12 | Mr McGlynn interpreted the confrontation as follows : ‘ I believe that it was a test by the company to see how far they could get with us . |
| 13 | You do n't have to record people 's brainwaves in order to know how long they sleep . |
| 14 | Great liking had the Bishop Don Hieronymo to see how bravely they fought . |