Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [Wh adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That only underlines how complicated property taxes can be in an effort to make them fair . |
| 2 | On paper this hardly looks a version competitive with those listed above ; in the event it has much to offer , which only shows how dangerous preconceptions can be . |
| 3 | There was a legend , and goodness only knows where these tales come from , that Mr Wilson had once taken savings from the post office and gone to Brighton for the week-end . |
| 4 | God only knows how many lira there were to the deutschmark these days . |
| 5 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 6 | One look at the fee scale by which agents are paid quickly explains why this situation exists . |
| 7 | This not only affects how the male public react to policewomen in the province , it also influences how male colleagues treat policewomen in the work environment and the sorts of duties they are assigned in practice ; and the dearth of senior female officers makes it easy for male colleagues to impose such limits on the role of policewomen . |
| 8 | It electronically records how many crossings the driver has paid for . |
| 9 | It also illustrates how new institutions can change the nature of a place , as a milieu in which new patterns of behaviour will be formed . |
| 10 | However , it also affects how one individual interacts with others and so is often confused with aspects of a horse 's temperament . |
| 11 | The ‘ country of the Iguanodon restored ’ is very different from Victorian Sussex ; the strange light which picks out the struggling animals also reveals how many tons of animal life the artist believed that the primeval world could support on quite a small area-as later dinosaur pictures always tend to do . |
| 12 | It also shows how far state medicine had been checked over sexual regulation . |
| 13 | The book also shows how sensitive preparations and aftercare can help ministers overcome some of the difficulties of a funeral . |
| 14 | The above example also shows how reported speech may carry over into a second sentence without any reinforcing signal . |
| 15 | ( 1981 ) also shows how positive measures to meet the needs of visually handicapped pupils can help them to flourish in a happy community atmosphere . |
| 16 | Ben-Porat clearly shows how literary tradition can prevail on the objective conceptualisation of reality and how it influences the reader 's weltanschauung . |
| 17 | So the myth has it that Ms or Mr Trim very carefully calculates how much food ( or how many calories ) to forgo in order to afford an occasional large meal ( on holiday or at Christmas for example ) . |
| 18 | The research also examines how far changes in urban society and the urban network contributed to the general process of modernisation in the two countries . |
| 19 | How much decoration also means how much time can you spare for it ? |
| 20 | This probably explains why male dunnocks copulate with such extraordinary frequency — about ten times a day . |
| 21 | This probably explains why little children favour tall animals , that they have never seen in reality , to animals that slither and scuffle across the ground . |
| 22 | IP 3 R sensitivity can also be enhanced by specific thiol reagents , such as oxidized glutathione or thimerosal , which probably explains how these agents induce calcium spiking in intact hepatocytes , mammalian eggs and HeLa cells . |
| 23 | It also explains why those cetaceans which produce no sonar clicks also lack a melon and lower jaw modifications . |
| 24 | The presence of generalized person in the infinitive also explains how this verb form can be " without person or number " and yet have " a reference to some subject " ( Brown 1884 : 336 – 7 ) : the fact that the infinitive does contain a support gives rise to the impression that the event is referred to a " potential subject " , that is , to what would have been the subject had the verb been finite . |
| 25 | Not only is the book up to date — it also indicates where future developments may lie . |
| 26 | The patient is placed on the toilet or commode every two or three hours , and the carer carefully explains why each time . |
| 27 | The transition perhaps partly explains why representative democracy is so much less associated with national liberation today than in the late eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth centuries . |
| 28 | On the other hand , Simmel provides an excellent example of the grounding of Hegelian ideas as a model of culture , and specifically modern culture , and clearly demonstrates how these ideas may be used in the exploration of the everyday goods of the mass market ( e.g. 1957 ) . |
| 29 | The guide also suggests how excavated areas can be made into wildlife havens through the addition of features such as trees , islands and marshy areas . |
| 30 | History now relates how that race proved one too many for Dessie and half a mile too far for Remittance Man , but to The Fellow fell the spoils of victory and the crown of Europe 's champion chaser . |