Example sentences of "[noun] how [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At the start of the move phase the player declares how much steam he is using this turn — in effect how high a pressure he wants to run the boiler at .
2 This should have been a happy and holy occasion but the expressions on the faces looking up at him — Denis , Hana , Uncle Mick , Carmella , now pale and shaken , even poor Joey — told him more than any words how empty the action was .
3 Now we have GCSE , which devolves somewhat the choice of topics and the manner and timing of assessment to individual schools , and shifts the balance of that assessment from the retention of content to the mastery of certain identifiable skills — though in practice how extensive a shift this has been remains open to question .
4 Weeks in a special baby unit , difficult feeding or breathing constantly remind parents how precious the baby is .
5 Finally , John , does it make a difference how popular a horse race is and how many horses there are in a race as to the odds against winning or the odds in favour of winning ?
6 At the Herts and Cambs Rally Jane Fisk and Molly Scrutton from Norfolk showed in their respective classes how wide an interpretation Medau can have ; Essex members were pleased to be able to welcome our Chairman and Vice-Chairman to their Rally .
7 The ballot gives further notice to conservative Republicans how dangerous the abortion issue has become for them .
8 WHEN Derry and Fran Dunnett visited Inchcolm Abbey one day last summer they remarked to each other how lucky the abbey 's custodians were to live on the island .
9 Fagin told Oliver how good the Dodger was at his job , and what a friendly boy Charley was .
10 sharing out a pizza how big a piece would we get .
11 If the subject does not know the junction and is attempting to decide how risky it is likely to be in other circumstances it would make sense to extrapolate from the information in the film to decide for example how busy the junction generally is , or to simply generalize from their current feelings of risk .
12 There 's no telling how significant an upgrade we 're talking about here but the idea sounds nifty and Weitek has to redeem its Sparc investment somehow .
13 He describes a skylark 's nest which he found tucked away in a hoof print : ‘ Behind a clod/ how snug the nest/ is in a horse 's footing fixed/ of twitch and stubbles roughly dressed/ with roots and horsehair intermixed . ’
14 Holding the brush how like-unlike a pen
15 Telling Joffre how serious the situation had now become , de Castelnau requested authorisation to go to Verdun himself , armed with plenipotentiary powers , to take whatever measures he felt necessary .
16 The overall fit tests how unique the explanation provided by GR for the observed departures from classical behaviour may be .
17 To programme the day successfully , you need to take into account how tired the patient is likely to be , for instance after a physiotherapy treatment session .
18 While none of the first set of ideas may be feasible or even relevant , they can be built on , allowing the flow to continue freely no matter how perverse the line of argument .
19 While none of the first set of ideas may be feasible or even relevant , they can be built on , allowing the flow to continue freely no matter how perverse the line of argument .
20 No matter how serious an infringement there might be of that act they are not subject to any sort of criminal offence .
21 A child will not conform ‘ naturally ’ to all the rules of his or her parents or society , no matter how benevolent the home environment may be .
22 And a prosthetist said : ‘ You have a great understanding of their problems because no matter how good a prosthetist is , if he 's got two legs he falls short of really knowing what it 's like . ’
23 You do n't get all the wisdom of the world from a library , no matter how good a scholar you might be … "
24 No matter how good a book is it has its faults , and these give the reviewer the chance to display his knowledge .
25 No matter how good the firm 's organisation it can not compensate for low-grade staff ; the selection and training of personnel is therefore an essential part of the surveyor 's management function .
26 It delays the process and , no matter how good the system , is always prone to quirks .
27 But the processing capability is in itself , no matter how good the program , only half the benefit ; the other half is derived from being able to get the answers when they are wanted and not have to wait for them .
28 No matter how good the analysis , there will be no effect on risk until the recommendations are implemented .
29 To that extent the Profitboss sees management development as a permanent process , no matter how good the manager .
30 It is not a measure of price for no matter how cheap a product is if it does not achieve the desired result it is expensive .
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