Example sentences of "[to-vb] how [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each segment of the input word has a set of possible character combinations with a probability score to indicate how close the character matched the character stored in the database . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , there are too few reliable records to indicate how centralised the authority of this family might have been over Zealot contingents throughout the Holy Land . |
| 3 | Tests are being carried out to establish how dangerous the water is . |
| 4 | Some experiments must be tried on words of varying length to establish how explosive the problem really is . |
| 5 | Opinion takes a world of countries so much for granted , it is mildly shocking to discover how recent the concept is . |
| 6 | It usually comes as a surprise to discover how angry the patient is , because superficially and consciously he blames no one but himself . |
| 7 | I would also like to know how critical the timing of the distributor pump is , as I have tried adjusting it ( by trial and error ) about a couple of degrees , with some improvement in performance , but do not want to take it too far . |
| 8 | Even Tom Fearon , who ought to know how good a rider Harriet had been if anyone did , had said wonderingly and without the slightest intention of double-entendre , ‘ Harriet had a first-class seat . |
| 9 | Ideally we would like to know how good the approximation is over all x . |
| 10 | For example , if you want to know how big a kiwi fruit is , I can outline its shape with my fingers , or show you another object which I believe has similar proportions . |
| 11 | I would like to know how old the pump is and what the original price would have been . |
| 12 | I want to know how important the jade is to you . |
| 13 | It is difficult to gauge how effective the ban was , but the vineyards were certainly flourishing again by AD 285 , a mere five years after Domitian 's order was rescinded . |
| 14 | But the case of Auerbach merely serves to illustrate how ill-founded the criterion is . |
| 15 | The author of this memoir , while an undergraduate , once borrowed fourteen books about history from Edward Wynn and , on the way to return them , inadvertently dropped them all into the River Pem — and so is better placed than anyone to testify how good a man was Edward Wynn . |
| 16 | No recording of Jenkins 's music had been available for years before the Thorofon CD , and now this Astrée issue comes onto the market , as if to underline how huge a gap in the recorded repertoire that was . |
| 17 | as if to underline how huge the task of changing public opinion would be , and of making people see that the hostages mattered , it had been spelled out in a television programme I had taken part in the previous November when Mary and I had been in Paris . |
| 18 | So I do n't expect you to understand how harmless the incident was . ’ |
| 19 | As a junior nurse new to the surgical ward you are in a good position to understand how uncomfortable a person can feel in a strange place with unfamiliar people . |
| 20 | It is the therapist 's task to emphasize how capable the parent has become and encourage them to continue . |
| 21 | Hence , when selecting a parser it is vital to determine how wide a variety of grammar the parser is able to process and how easily it can be extended to a larger domain . |
| 22 | To calculate how strong a material ought to be we need to make use of the concept of energy . |
| 23 | Extremely difficult to judge how great the danger really is . " |
| 24 | But in his eagerness to demonstrate how wonderful the scheme was , he let drop the fact that in the event of his death Karen would inherit not only the house , fully paid-off under the terms of their endowment mortgage , but also a lump sum amounting to almost half a million pounds . |
| 25 | ‘ The medium is the message , ’ said McLuhan in order to demonstrate how suspect the message was . |
| 26 | Secondly , contract specifications ( and successful contracts ) should be scrutinised in order to assess how careful the purchaser has specified the requirements and whether there is any evidence that , through the contracting process , cost-effective medical technologies are being encouraged . |
| 27 | It is difficult at first encounter to appreciate how great a step has been taken in adopting this principle . |
| 28 | Injuries , pulls and strains can be swiftly attended to at Feethams where Nigel can perform a speedy diagnosis to decide how serious the problem is . |
| 29 | A useful piece of advice to avoid this is to tell users that they should be trying to decide how attractive the industry is for some SBU that is strong in that industry . |
| 30 | ‘ It is very difficult to get people to realise how serious the situation is , ’ he added . |