Example sentences of "how [det] [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back at these different sets of theories ( outlined in sections 5.3.2 , 5.3.3 and 5.3.4 ) , consider how each of them might explain the restructuring of local government ( discussed in Chapter 4 and referred to at the start of section 5.3 ) which took place in the 1980s ? |
| 2 | By this time next year , SunSoft Inc wants the chiefs of the Unix tribes , Unix Systems Labs Inc 's Roel Pieper , Santa Cruz Operation Inc 's Doug Michels , and its own Ed Zander , to have declared how each of them will support and implement a common definition of Unix in their respective desktop operating systems . |
| 3 | Thus Kant 's moral philosophy has the merit of mainly being concerned with illuminating how each of us should decide what to do himself , rather than with advising him how to judge others . |
| 4 | What baffles me is how few of them can spell . |
| 5 | Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself just as he is pure , That 's that 's Colin goes on to say , because you shall be like him does not mean that you are to care little about how much of him can be seen in your life . |
| 6 | Its shape became clear , and I could then guess roughly how much of it must still be buried under the sand . |
| 7 | Michael Clark , first secretary at the Canadian High Commission in London , admits to being " horrified " by some of the logging practices he has seen and says that the dispute between his government and the campaigners is not about the importance of conserving ancient forest but about how much of it should be conserved . |
| 8 | ‘ Put like that , ’ said Karelius , smiling , ‘ I do n't see how either of us can refuse . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose that 's when we should have called a halt , but now I do n't know how either of us could bear it . ’ |
| 10 | As I stood and watched them pass by I wondered how many of them would be killed or seriously wounded by this time tomorrow afternoon . |
| 11 | I began to wonder how many of them would buy Tremayne 's book . |
| 12 | ( The adult readers might like to list those books , and other reading matter , for which they have a particular affection or which they feel have made a contribution to their lives , and then check to see how many of them would be considered to be of the highest literary worth . ) |
| 13 | How many of them would have thought of the Turin option ? |
| 14 | He had received several enthusiastic offers , though he wondered how many of them would really turn up in church . |
| 15 | If groups of , say , 50 to 100 people were to be asked how many of them would like to see some deregulation on Sunday , only about half would put up their hands ; the other half would want to keep Sunday special . |
| 16 | Erm of the conversations you had during the week about how many of them would you say you recorded ? |
| 17 | They have reported what they know about the number of minke whales in the sea , but have made no recommendation as to how many of them might safely be slaughtered — or ‘ harvested ’ in the unpleasant terminology of the whalers . |
| 18 | The Department of Justice also published the names of 787 people granted indemnity for leaving the country without authority , although it was not clear how many of them could still be liable for prosecution for other offences . |
| 19 | Equally important , how many of them will be strong enough to avoid being taken over by foreign companies in the long run ? |
| 20 | About a hundred people have been invited , but I 'm not sure how many of them will come . |
| 21 | He nodded to them and asked Luib , partly because he was interested , partly because he needed to get his breath back : ‘ How many of them will make Hearthwares ? ’ |
| 22 | I wonder how many of them will fill their pages tomorrow or the day after in the way they have done in the past few weeks . |
| 23 | To answer this correctly you need to analyse the tasks that face you currently to decide how many of them can be handed on immediately , or later with careful preparation . |
| 24 | How many of them can dance sing and act ? |
| 25 | Yeah , but I wonder how many of them can answer these questions |
| 26 | How many of them can I have ? |
| 27 | It is small wonder that the tree is an endangered species when you consider how many of them must be chopped down to provide one week 's worth of trade press . |
| 28 | How many of you would watch it ? |
| 29 | Come on people : How many of you would turn down such a contract if it were offered to you . |
| 30 | Well it 's and how many of you would want the break ? |