Example sentences of "how [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes sense to share chores , because in doing so we are learning how to cope on our own , should we outlive a partner . |
| 2 | In the midst of passing on advice to the field-worker on how to cope with her imminent attendance at a post-mortem , one policeman said , ‘ You get used to them . |
| 3 | ‘ Whatever style the man uses , the woman gets the message very clearly : It 's up to her to figure out how to keep him happy and how to adjust to his everchanging demands . |
| 4 | For , while Léopold Senghor and Houphouet-Boigny were able to communicate with their political colleagues in Paris , they had nevertheless not forgotten how to communicate with their own people . |
| 5 | This was not how to behave to your young son , but there was something about Steve 's behaviour now that drove her on . |
| 6 | Law can not tell people how to behave in their own homes ; they will not obey ; such rules are unenforceable because the necessary information is unobtainable , unless you put ‘ a spy under the bed ’ . |
| 7 | Romania still has not learned how to look after its own . |
| 8 | Captain Dawson 's parents , themselves stricken , had no idea how to deal with their weeping daughter-in-law , and were thankful to leave her to Dorothy . |
| 9 | Individuals in that generation of whom we know most seem to have grappled uncertainly with how to deal with their growing understanding of and revulsion from the slave trade ; sometimes it was almost to their own surprise that they arrived at a commitment sufficiently deep to devote a major portion of their time and energies to the cause . |
| 10 | The defence described Rennie as ’ a kid who did n't know how to deal with his broken heart . ’ |
| 11 | Part Two provides step-by-step guidance on how to apply metaphysics to your everyday life : how to process your beliefs and thoughts , how to use affirmations , how to programme your future , how to ‘ listen to the whispers ’ that can guide you , how to recognise your payoffs and hidden agendas , how to heal your inner child , how to handle your emotions , how to awaken to your higher purpose , and how to work with unseen friends . |
| 12 | You got , you got how ha how to do up your own house . |
| 13 | You can also instruct them how to react through your own behaviour : shrugging your shoulders apologetically at the end of your presentation says , ‘ Go on , regard me with contempt . ’ |
| 14 | It is here irrelevant to decide whether the Roman generals learnt how to cry from their Hellenistic opposite numbers just as they learnt from them how to write autobiographical letters on their victories . |
| 15 | Managers have had to make difficult choices about where and how to compete with their limited resources . |
| 16 | We have to learn how to live with our own fear of madness , not of its captives . |
| 17 | She was a careful , punctilious girl but one who did not like responsibility , not even the responsibility of knowing when and how to lie for her superior . |
| 18 | You will find a guide to the relative prices of different rug groups , hints on when and where to buy , and advice on how to care for your oriental rug . |
| 19 | One thing I learned there was how to deal with people and basically just how to get through it all . ’ |
| 20 | However , if you do not know how to pay for your next meal , you may not consider books cheap . |
| 21 | Day by day , she will give the patient an active treatment session through which he gradually relearns how to move on his own . |
| 22 | Give me a bit of credit for knowing how to act on my own turf . ’ |
| 23 | If at any stage you wish to go beyond your daily existence and to ask for the knowledge of how you can reach your higher self , then your guide will teach you about the workings of your mind , your intellect and how to rise from your lower mental being into that of perfection . |