Example sentences of "how [adv] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The likelihood of the success of this practice depends very much on the current state of the property market , and how badly the seller wishes to move . |
| 2 | In the light of this long list of grievances , it was remarkable how slowly the rising took hold . |
| 3 | It included statements about : the booklet overall , as an evaluative instrument ; the ease and flexibility with which the booklet might be used ; how effectively the booklet probes existing practice and prompts new developments . |
| 4 | You need only to look at commercial copy or displays to see how powerfully a type-face complements the message it is conveying . |
| 5 | Many of these weaknesses will emerge more clearly in later chapters , where we shall see how powerfully the pendulum has swung away from the position of Liberal Theology in recent generations , at least among the leaders and pioneers of theological thinking . |
| 6 | How successfully the leopard has adapted to a wide range of habitat may be judged from the fact that there are twenty-four different subspecies all of which differ only slightly in colouring or body size and shape . |
| 7 | Emphasis is placed on how successfully the approach accounts for the events of the last five years . |
| 8 | We have already seen how naturally the need to fit a certain number of half wavelengths into an interval leads to discreteness and it is some way of introducing a radical discreteness into mechanics which we are looking for . |
| 9 | However , the situation immediately becomes more complicated when an attempt is made to determine precisely what language a child is capable of producing , how much a child understands , and , if the child appears to be experiencing difficulties , just where these difficulties lie . |
| 10 | Even where this was not the case , Rusche and Kirchheimer argued that the choice of methods of punishment is largely influenced by fiscal interests , such as how much a punishment costs to administer . |
| 11 | Talk about money for cold rope — and I do n't care how much a doctor had to study to become qualified ; £65 for 35 minutes ‘ work ’ is ridiculous ! |
| 12 | It is dizzying to think how much a baby learns in his first couple of years . |
| 13 | Henry 's backing for this parliamentary assault on the church was also intended to demonstrate to both the pope and Catherine 's supporters among the bishops how much the church needed the protection of the crown against the anti-clerical elements in parliament , and how this royal safeguard would be jeopardized by a papal refusal to grant the annulment . |
| 14 | He had wondered , also , how much the mediciner had been able to guess about his own mind and nature . |
| 15 | But when you get a senior foreign statesman commenting abroad how much the world respects Mrs Thatcher — that 's a real PR coup . |
| 16 | Royalties on record sales govern how much an artist earns from his or her recording career . |
| 17 | CW said that we had only just discovered how inefficiently the network had been set up by the previous company , and that the speed would be substantially improved by the network upgrade . |
| 18 | Mr Milburn said : ‘ These figures show how long a patient waits before he even gets on the official waiting list . ’ |
| 19 | Interest centres on how long a subject stays in a particular state ( e.g. unemployed , married without children ) and how this length of time is affected by characteristics of the subject . |
| 20 | With practice you can tell how long a site has been vacant by studying its flora , although the exact species vary from town to town . |
| 21 | ‘ How long a visit did you have in mind ? ’ |
| 22 | I often have to time how long a program takes to complete some task . |
| 23 | The problem is that it is often difficult to determine how long an individual has been drinking . |
| 24 | 789 ( CS 262 : S 1183 ) , but whether Lindsey detached itself from Mercian control in 757–8 and , if so , how long an interval elapsed before Offa reasserted himself is unknown . |
| 25 | Whose name the place is in does n't matter very much ; what 's more important is how long the marriage has lasted , what contributions each of you has made ( not just financial — the law considers the home-maker who brings up the children to be just as important as the breadwinner who brings home the money ) , and probably the most important factor , the future of the children . |
| 26 | The film started with this character telling the audience how long the Führer had spent in the bunker that last time , just over one hundred days . |
| 27 | Rain wondered what they had spoken about , how long the conversation had lapsed before she joined them . |
| 28 | Chelmsford Magistrates ' Court was told how the men had fitted special switches which de-activated the vehicles ' tacographs — the machine which records how long the driver spends actually driving and how long at rest . |
| 29 | Chelmsford Magistrates ' Court was told how the men had fitted special switches which de-activated the vehicles ' tachographs — the machine which records how long the driver spends actually driving and how long at rest . |
| 30 | Before having an alarm installed , make careful inquiries about how long the company 's been in business . |