Example sentences of "how [adv] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had been able to , how gladly he would have hired himself out to either of the wealthy men whose daughters had died . |
| 2 | The technique of getting them to supply the missing dialogue after a silent viewing of a scene provides a good opportunity for you and them to find out what language they have at their command and how flexibly they can use it . |
| 3 | All we can know is that no matter how much or how little they may have endured physically , the emotional damage is probably still with them . |
| 4 | She would have to tell Andrew how little they could hope from Deer Forest , then or in future times . |
| 5 | Here , I shall look at some examples of internal linguistic variation in Belfast in ( roughly ) ascending order of generality in order to show how little we can rely on outside norms in preparing a sociolinguistic analysis . |
| 6 | She stiffened in his arms , saw the turmoil in his eyes and panicked as she sensed how little it would take to make her surrender . |
| 7 | It 's odd how wrongly you can judge people 's reactions . |
| 8 | Go on then , let's have a look and see how nicely you can put your trousers on . |
| 9 | That 's a shame , for it is obvious , just from how eagerly it will push its tail out if you cut the power , that the chassis has a rare agility . |
| 10 | If you 're trying to combine both in your life the chances of your being hit by stress are probably higher-no matter how brilliantly you may have organized the family in your absence — and it is even more important to be able to deal with it . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think any of us knew how good he was a t the time , or know yet how much we 'll miss him now . ’ |
| 12 | By precisely how much we shall see when we come to look at the attempts to sell them to private investors . |
| 13 | We correctly anticipated how much we would miss him , but the manner of his passing became him well . |
| 14 | If you are eligible for financial help , we will tell you how much we will pay and make sure you know how much you will pay , before you move . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't know how much we can throw . ’ |
| 16 | It will have to be the shortened version , I 'm afraid , but you 'll be surprised how much we can cover in a few hours . ’ |
| 17 | And imagine how much we can learn from them ! |
| 18 | The experiments were short-lasting ; and we do n't know how much we can apply figures from medieval England , with small dies of low relief , to the ancient world . |
| 19 | Consequently , there has been a shift in concern away from whether we will survive financially or socially to how much we can reduce financial and other kinds of uncertainty . |
| 20 | It shows how much we could do to address the threat of climate change if we were really serious about saving energy . " |
| 21 | We did have to predict how much we could help ourselves financially and Joan is pleased to report that through the marvellous efforts made through fund-raising this prediction has been achieved . |
| 22 | Until we know what we have signed up to in GATT , it will be difficult to tell how much we must alter the CAP to meet our obligations . |
| 23 | They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end . |
| 24 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 25 | He will be able to tell them about the Labour party 's opposition to discounts , but he will not be able to tell them how much they would pay under the Labour party system , because the Labour party will not say . |
| 26 | The major opposition to the poll tax came to the fore only when people realised how much they would have to pay . |
| 27 | At the same time the British leaders , although they soon realized just how much they would have to concede in order to regain American confidence and backing , were largely unshaken in their belief that in Middle Eastern affairs they were the true experts compared with the Americans . |
| 28 | In February 1929 Irwin had written to the Secretary of State of a conversation with Gandhi that ‘ what was interesting ’ was his statement that , if Indians were at liberty to order their own future , ‘ we should be astonished by how much they would desire to leave in our hands through lack of self-confidence ’ . |
| 29 | The overriding anxiety for the employees was what benefits they could claim and how much they would receive . |
| 30 | What is becoming increasingly evident is how much we have to learn from dolphins — and how much they may have to teach us . |