Example sentences of "how [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter how rigorously designed empirical studies may be , their value is always relative to the explicit formulation of the theory they are designed to serve . |
| 2 | This time round , how patiently will touchy Poles put up with working to German standards for German bosses in German-owned firms ? |
| 3 | ‘ How long have those wagons been standing there ? ’ |
| 4 | How long do such experiences last ? |
| 5 | The only question with the Masai seemed to be how best to translate benevolent intentions into administrative actuality . |
| 6 | It is not easy to decide how best to tackle these questions , and the difficulties that we came up against in discussing the problem of individuation of particulars partly explain why . |
| 7 | Sociologists from Marx and Weber onwards have debated how best to define social classes . |
| 8 | The memo , dated 23 August , states : ‘ Robert would like urgent advice on how best to answer these questions . |
| 9 | Deciding how best to invest personal savings is far more complex and time-consuming in a period of inflation than in a period of stable prices . |
| 10 | They then considered how best to fill these gaps — what research strategies , and what people and resources would be needed . |
| 11 | Discussion of how best to handle such enquiries , whether by postponement , by consultation with the Minister or Under Secretary responsible or , in some cases , by direct reply on the Prime Minister 's behalf were the subject of daily discussion with the Secretary of the Cabinet . ’ |
| 12 | It must be remembered that an important objective for the financial institutions is to sell their services , and this aim may not always coincide exactly with the interests of those learning how best to buy those services ( and , sometimes , learning when it is best not to buy them ) . |
| 13 | Discussions are at ‘ an early stage ’ with local authorities on how best to protect other areas of land . |
| 14 | There followed a lengthy discussion on how best to assist future volunteers . |
| 15 | Oral reports were received from LAB 's representatives on other committees and , in particular , LAB noted continuing discussion concerning how best to assist those members in developing countries . |
| 16 | He ( and the Assistant Dean ) also counsel many other students on the Course who consider that they have problems , and also respond to queries from other staff as to how best to advise individual students . |
| 17 | It is for the chief ambulance officer of each area ambulance service to decide how best to match those standards . |
| 18 | What did I say about how not to input certain numbers ? |
| 19 | How smoothly will existing drives come out ? |
| 20 | How often have those lines been my prayer : ‘ Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as little as my bed . |
| 21 | How often have those powers been used ? |
| 22 | Erm and the question of course is , you know , how often do these circumstances occur ? |
| 23 | Which ones caused most deaths and how often do severe earthquakes happen ? |
| 24 | ‘ How often did these messages come ? ’ |
| 25 | It is difficult knowing how far to credit such stories in twelfth-century sources , although given that the Ramsey chronicle is recording the history of its own house , and that the Peterborough source refers to trouble there at the same time , it is reasonable to believe that trouble of some sort there was . |
| 26 | How far did economic circumstances and disappointment with Versailles affect Nazi popularity ? |
| 27 | How far do conversational principles and the interpretation of speech acts proceed differently in different cultures , for example ? |
| 28 | In essence the issues are these : first , given the old traditions of ‘ misrule ’ and ‘ gang life ’ , how far do contemporary forms of violence in sport resemble earlier ones ; second , why did football matches — the stadia , the surroundings , the routes and transport to and from the game — become the chosen site of hooligan behaviour ? |
| 29 | But how well do these savings accounts perform in the longer term ? |
| 30 | Consider , for instance , the evoked meaning of an expression such as all over the place ( paragraph 1 ) , or the impact of an unusual collocation such as lives in a rage ( paragraph 4 ) ; how well do these expressions translate into your target language ? |