Example sentences of "how [adj] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Only now do I realize how strong the desire in her for a daughter must have been to cause her to dress her youngest son as a little girl almost until the day he went to school , his fair hair nearly reaching his waist ; yet he had grown up a man . ) |
| 2 | We do n't really comprehend how rigorous the training in the guild system was . |
| 3 | Dr Corder was able to demonstrate just how selective the pottery in this report had been , when he published a full account of the material from Pit 6 in Insula V ( 1941 ) . |
| 4 | PRESIDENT Bush last night pledged that US military forces ‘ will remain in Europe as long as our friends want and need us ’ , no matter how great the changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Elke says she has tried once more in vain to buy a decent pullover for Fabian and tells how unfriendly the saleswoman in the shop was . |
| 6 | I remember sneaking from school to watch old Titford 's funeral procession and standing under the chestnut trees and thinking how beautiful the singing in church sounded . |
| 7 | It shows what we 've been saying for a long time , how fragile the markets in this recycling are , and I still stick to what I 've thought all along , that marketing comes first and making the product comes second . |
| 8 | Too well she knew how difficult the others in the Hall had found her , how most of the parish regarded the Rector 's wife as an aloof , critical figure who acted solely from duty , with little warmth . |
| 9 | No matter how corny the characters in the picture postcard parish of Rathcullen , I recognised the fields , I knew the smell of Guinness from drunk men 's breath , and my father wore a cap just like Darby O'Gill 's . |