Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know how much a cat pelt is worth in some parts of Europe ? ’ |
| 2 | They called on the unwell clergyman Mr Riddoch , and again finding the conversation wanting — the poor man was unable to tell Johnson how much a university education cost at Aberdeen — the couple resisted all invitations to supper . |
| 3 | ‘ How about a second pudim Molotov ? ’ he suggested . |
| 4 | As to how far a licensing board is entitled to impose conditions before sanctioning an alteration , seeR . |
| 5 | Asking ‘ how far a Music Hall programme may be held to encourage lawlessness ’ , one observer considered that the types of song in currency ‘ could never have been written if the loafer , the liar , the drunkard , the thief , and the sensualist had been regarded as subjects unfit to be glorified in song ’ . |
| 6 | Another TV graduate was Ken Loach , whose UA-financed Kes ( 1969 ) , about a deprived schoolboy who finds some meaning to his life by befriending a kestrel , is a remarkable indicator of how far a Hollywood studio could be persuaded to go in looking for sellable films after the pop bubble had collapsed . |
| 7 | As a social group they could record both gains and losses from war , and there has been some debate among historians about how far a balance sheet can be struck for the country as a whole , whether England gained or lost from its military operations . |
| 8 | The election manifestos of the Conservative and Labour parties fundamentally disagree about how well a market economy works . |
| 9 | He described Iona as ‘ a very thin place where only a tissue paper separates the material from the spiritual realm ’ . |
| 10 | However once a record deal is signed the value of good management becomes obvious . |
| 11 | Postgraduate special subject courses — However deep a conversion course may go there will always be a need for summer schools and for taught masters courses which investigate a narrower subject to the full depth of current knowledge and seek to probe even deeper . |