Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] how the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were interested to see how the hierarchical model would scale up , given better input data than that used in the ARPA project . |
| 2 | His staff were anxious to know how the change was likely to affect them and disliked the uncertainty . |
| 3 | It was easy to imagine how the tiny volume might have been overlooked , more difficult to conceive that it was half a millennium old . |
| 4 | The French were in fact asking for 270 billion francs and it was hard to see how the distinction could be made between helping to improve the French position in Europe and the position in Vietnam . |
| 5 | Walking along the path it was fascinating to see how the sea and wind was slowly eroding the coastline , shaping it into intriguing nooks and crannies . |
| 6 | I went once with my mother because I was curious to know how the old woman exercised her magic . |
| 7 | Dismissing the judicial review applications , Mr Justice Popplewell said that although by tracing the matter through the documents it was plain to see how the mistake had occurred , it was not an obvious clerical mistake ( as the Crown contended ) that the Court could correct as a matter of construction without recourse to rectification . |
| 8 | It was wonderful to see how the great court filled , as though the word of her return in triumph had been blown in on the wind . |
| 9 | It was difficult to see how the RPF would be able to advance the Bayeux agenda until the next legislative elections , which were scheduled for 1951 . |
| 10 | It really was exasperating to observe how the natives seemed to like their marshes . |