Example sentences of "how [adv] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene of Essex 's rebellion , in which the Earl never appears , has been judged unfavourably , especially the running commentary provided by the blind ballad-singer.I wonder how widely praised this scene would be if it had issued from the hands of Brecht or one of his collaborators . |
| 2 | How highly had this machine been rated in reviews ? |
| 3 | How long has this man been living in the churchyard ? |
| 4 | Erm how long has this branch been in ? |
| 5 | Out of curiosity , how long has this variation been in your family ? ’ |
| 6 | " How long has this affair been going on ? " |
| 7 | ‘ And how long has this news about me been known , Parson Tringham ? ’ |
| 8 | How long has this traitor been in existence ? ’ |
| 9 | And erm how long has this shop been going for ? |
| 10 | ‘ And how long did this operation take under the old screw-jack system ? ’ |
| 11 | We will now be considering how best to progress this challenge . |
| 12 | Plans are underway as to how best to display this treasure trove . |
| 13 | Okay if I could say good evening and welcome to the theatre this evening the reason the meeting has been convened this evening quite clearly is part of the process and art structure for Harlow having undertaken by the Council , the Playhouse is keen as it says quite clearly on the leaflet is to get the publics view on how best to plan this programme and it 's , and facilities for the future . |
| 14 | Wycliffe stood , irresolute , wondering how best to turn this chance encounter to advantage . |
| 15 | Mr Yeltsin must now decide how best to exploit this rift in the parliamentary leadership . |
| 16 | The increase in the number of single-parent families has been detailed in Part I. The rise has been so significant that , had it not been overshadowed by the advent of mass unemployment , much of today 's public debate about welfare reform would be centred on how best to help this group of claimants . |
| 17 | All that has changed is the prevailing theory on how best to achieve this fitness . |
| 18 | All the searcher 's other knowledge is in the form of rules about how best to apply this operator , and of facts about states which this operator can be applied to . |
| 19 | How far does this framework of questions help you to identify the main points which relate to Britain 's foreign policy in this period ? |
| 20 | In August , near Worth , he sent his mother " a memoir of the horribly devastated battlefield , scattered all over with countless mournful remains and reeking with dead bodies " and in December he wrote to a friend : " if one is to avoid losing all courage , one must not think of these frightful things any more " It is apparent how far removed this mood was from any chauvinistic or militaristic fervour — nor would we particularly expect any such fervour ( despite long established misconceptions about Nietzsche 's attitudes ) from one whose ideas of German nationhood were moulded so largely by the cultural preoccupations of a Hölderlin or a Schopenhauer . |
| 21 | The use of flashback alone , teasing the reader 's attention with its enigmatic promise of a strange tale , suggests how far removed this book is in technique and emotional depth from the simple formula of Richard Armstrong 's documentary adventures . |
| 22 | =1056 , p<0.01 ) and ‘ How well does this film show what normally happens at the junction ? ’ , which gave a mean correlation with risk ratings of 0.11 ( d.f . |
| 23 | How well does this approximation work ? |
| 24 | Why , then , did interest groups come into focus ; what was this new theory ; how adequately does this theory make sense of British politics ; are there alternative perspectives on the part played by interests and groups in British politics ; and how adequate are those perspectives ? |
| 25 | Historians are divided on how seriously to take this association idea . |