Example sentences of "how [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he accept that not only that youth 's family but many other people have a total lack of comprehension as to how someone could be hanged in this country when he was in police custody when the gun was fired and the unfortunate police officer was killed by another person ? |
| 2 | On the accession of Henry Tudor , the Shepherd Lord , as the young Clifford was known , was given back his lands and his faithful retainer knighted at his request ; ‘ I am but a simple man , Your Majesty , and I know not how I should be styled , ’ the good servant protested . |
| 3 | I mean , I do n't see how I can be involved here politically , it 's not my place . |
| 4 | Recollecting his churlish behaviour , Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've lied to me ? ’ she enquired , not seeing how she could be offended when she , either outright or by implication , had told some whoppers . |
| 6 | Because if it is n't Dorrainge telling you how we 'll be defeated , it 's Lugh Longhand making speeches half the night . ’ |
| 7 | The fifth point says : ’ There must be detailed negotiations on how we would be affected by the detailed introduction of new commodity support arrangements . ’ |
| 8 | The view that religion is a response to revealed truth , and the implications of this with regard to how we can be expected to find out about it , are not normally considered at all . |
| 9 | People are more wary about what is happening into our planet and how we should go about things , and how we should be perceived to be going about things . |
| 10 | For the last six months the momentum has grown we 've been lectured to by ex-leaders of the Party by ex-parliamentary stars by Give-us-a-Meal Roy by budding prima donnas by the wagon-load , telling us how we should be gagged ! |
| 11 | Now that we have provisionally fixed what a signal is , and how one may be recognized , let us consider some examples of signals — the songs of birds , the pheromones of moths and ants , and the dance of honeybees — before we consider the theoretical question of why signals have evolved in the form that we see in nature . |
| 12 | The substance of all that has so far been written in this chapter illustrates how there can be established a firm belief that God and man have developed from a common origin , the origin itself being irrelevant . |
| 13 | After junior appointments at St Thomas 's and Great Ormond Street he entered the Royal Army Medical Corps for two years , during part of which time he investigated the dangers of hyperthermia in tank crews and how they might be overcome . |
| 14 | In relation to individual service users and carers , they should be given full and clear information about the assessment process as it will affect them , how they might be involved and a clear statement of its outcome . |
| 15 | It tells where the foods come from , how they are processed , how they should be stored and how they might be served . |
| 16 | It remains to discuss how they might be characterized , interpreted , and used as a basis for further work . |
| 17 | Harrison spent much time visiting other clinics up and down the country advising on how they might be run more efficiently . |
| 18 | It was not intended to show how they might be integrated in practice . |
| 19 | But it is less easy to see how they might be described in reference to grammar on the one hand and lexis on the other . |
| 20 | We then discuss how financial reports can be used , and how they might be improved , to satisfy the demand for information about wider accountability issues . |
| 21 | Could you look over the guidelines in relation to this particular interest and give me your thought on how they might be improved for application in the Lothians . |
| 22 | Let us first , however , review some of the main themes of established class-based relations in urban and regional studies and establish how they might be improved by our new perspective . |
| 23 | This means that any examination of the details of its terms must be tempered by a consideration of whether or how they might be brought into operation . |
| 24 | Our discussion here will consider the variables normally found important in second language learning , and consider how they might be used to predict BSL learning . |
| 25 | John Chadwick , QC , counsel for four of the banks which stand to lose millions of pounds should the deals be ruled void , said enforceability depends on how they might be judged unlawful . |
| 26 | But the policy review nowhere considers the overall effect of the individual changes proposed , or how they might be co-ordinated . |
| 27 | This is not to say that R&D should not think in terms of processes that do not currently exist , but it emphasizes the need for discussion and agreement on how they shall be provided , in time for them to be in place when they are needed . |
| 28 | Contemporary theorists have given much detailed attention to the questions of what a translation is , what kinds of translation may be attempted , what goals a translator may set , and how they may be achieved . |
| 29 | Surface materials should be identified in terms of how they may be affected by chemical attack and the situation should identify any special problems , locations , and preferred methods of cleaning . |
| 30 | An estimate of the total operating costs of the tax ( administrative plus compliance costs ) , and recommendations on how they may be reduced are being made . |