Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [det] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Each time , count how many wild-type adults you find and how many pearl eye adults .
2 How many additional votes it might receive by way of transfers from other parties is quite unpredictable : relatively fewer than the Progressive Democrats , one might surmise , because the distinction between political parties is sharper here than in Ireland , and voters could therefore prove more reluctant to give lower preferences to any but the party they most favour .
3 How many spare points you got ?
4 In response to a question put to him shortly afterwards as to how many participating countries he thought would be necessary to make the proposed structure viable , Schuman simply stated , ‘ if necessary , we shall go ahead with only two ’ .
5 Commercial patterns will have allowed for this , but should you decide to add a cable to a stocking stitch pattern work a sample first to see how many extra stitches you will need .
6 Right hon. and hon. Members are failing to remember in how many criminal trials it happens , often necessarily , that allegations are made by the prosecution or defence which are damaging to persons who are not immediately before the court .
7 We were feeling rather disgruntled at how many good films we 'd obviously missed when a man came on to the stage to read the nominations for one of the categories .
8 Even then the kids were calling him Crazy Jake , and I do n't know how many bloody noses I got in the playground , fighting to shut 'em up . ’
9 Just just for a couple of weekends to see how many actual calls we do get .
10 erm how many middle persons it might have passed through .
11 Both Meager and LRD based their claims on surveys asking employers/local union officials how many temporary workers they employed/were employed now and one or two years previously .
12 Look around you and see how many right angles you can find in windows , doors and chalk boards .
13 But it 'll tell you how many first appointments you 've had , how many fact finds you did , how many subsequent presentations , how many , how many sales you did in September ninety three , week , all the rest of it , and right at the bottom here it 's got the ratios , right , how many approaches to sales agreed .
14 How many approaches you 've made , how many first interviews you 've made , how many referrals you 've got , yes ?
15 You 'd be surprised how many new friends I make in that way .
16 We 've chosen to go it alone , but the net result is the same , that the computer store of information includes information on the authors and the titles of the books and , of course , now includes information on the books that are being borrowed , who 's got them , when they 're coming back , how many other copies we 've got , whether we 've got copies on order and all of that , all in one central store of information , a central store which can be shared by everyone using the library .
17 We 've chosen to go it alone , but the net result is the same , that the computer store of information includes information on the authors and the titles of the books and , of course , now includes information on the books that are being borrowed , who 's got them , when they 're coming back , how many other copies we 've got , whether we 've got copies on order , and all of that , all in one central store of information , a central store which can be shared by everyone using the library .
18 Her throat tightened on the word , as if even now she could n't quite admit it ; and she wondered how many other times she 'd made herself not hear .
19 All you do is string a conker and , by using it to hit opponents ’ conkers , see how many other conkers you can break .
20 Not only did I discover that all these tender little messages you keep sending me were probably written weeks in advance , but I also discovered just how many other women I share that privilege with .
21 Ask to see your childminder 's certificate of registration and find out how many other children she will be caring for in addition to yours .
22 The criteria for deciding how many lexical units we are dealing with in cases like open and bank will be discussed in chapter 3 .
23 The whole legion of them from all sorts of different things , you know , there was the , the one about the , the secretary of the , of the club , the secretary of some organization , youth organization , said , in her annual reports , commented on how many young girls they 'd managed to get in the club that year .
24 No matter how many young men I meet in Leeds , I shall never marry . ’
25 Care versus control , genericism versus specialism , authority versus self-determination , which no matter how many innovative structures we construct and what we call them , are never adequately resolved .
26 If you knew how many complaining letters I must write before I get the means to pay my men their dues !
27 The handling of fruit on the docks , especially oranges — every case of which is opened to discover how many wasted oranges it contained — is a very happy-go-lucky procedure .
28 I could go on about how many different sounds you can muster from Marshall 's new baby , but there are just so many that this would be unrealistic .
29 And no matter how many times they asked the girl , no matter how many different ways they approached it , her story was always the same . ’
30 See how many different ways you could make three sixty .
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