Example sentences of "how [adj] [is] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 How extensive is ethnic preference ?
2 The OED may contain a greater overall quantity of ’ useful ’ information than other dictionaries , but just how concentrated is this information ?
3 How strange is this business of growing older !
4 How free is another matter .
5 You know you say , How steep is that hill ? well for every hundred you go along you 'd go up fifteen .
6 How steep is that hill ?
7 how steep is that hill ?
8 What , then is the essence of the thesis about prime ministerial government and how adequate is that perspective on the location of executive power within the British constitution ?
9 How adequate is this perspective on party politics in Britain ?
10 How reliable is monetary policy in controlling monetary variables ?
11 A flushed and jolly character raises his glass among friends and family — how real , how reliable is that evidence ?
12 But how reliable is demonstrative identification ?
13 She should n't be allowed to stay there if , how old is this girl that 's been chucked out of the house ?
14 How old 's that child ?
15 How old 's this guy then ?
16 How impracticable is direct democracy ?
17 Just how dangerous is this giant ?
18 . You might say to yourself , well , how serious is this problem , is it just another er , American thing .
19 But how consistent is this view of the Phillips curve with Lipsey 's previous theoretical underpinning of the relation which we outlined earlier in this chapter ?
20 RACHMANINOV : Composed music , hence the saying , ‘ How much is that doggy in the window , the one with the waggly tail ’ .
21 Similarly , one of his best laughs came when , explaining about Bill Blezzard 's eccentric act at the piano , Denis lay under the piano and played — hands crossed — ‘ How Much Is That Doggy In The Window ? ’
22 ‘ Let's do How Much is that Doggy in the Window , ’ I suggested and took the lead before they could argue .
23 and a knick knack paddy wack give the dog a bone , my old man went tumbling home and a knick knack paddy wack give a dog a bone my old man went tumbling home How much is that doggy in the window , woof woof Woof woof , woof woof .
24 How much is that bit there that we have n't have n't covered ?
25 you know , and he brought this piece up , oh and it was pretty gorgeous , so Alec says how much is that piece ?
26 I mean how much is that set ?
27 Oh it 's How much is that fork and spade ?
28 How much is this kid worth ? ’
29 How much is this worth ? ’
30 Because when he makes out mu , bi how much is this worth ?
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