Example sentences of "how could a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could a Prime Minister who gave voice to such sentiments be regarded as a political figure in his own right ? |
| 2 | How could a working boy understand how a police escort had to be summoned in South America because there was such a large mob shouting and cheering for the ‘ Ingleses ’ , or appreciate an imitation of Josephine Baker ? |
| 3 | How could a sixteen-year-old girl think about death ? |
| 4 | How could a small group of 12 lads be taken as representative of ‘ the working class ’ ? |
| 5 | How could a loving son bask in the radiance of divine joy , indifferent to the knowledge that his mother had been cast out ? |
| 6 | And given the diversity both of contemporary philosophy and of contemporary feminism ( Delmar , 1986 ) , how could a feminist perspective in philosophy be recognised ? |
| 7 | How could a human being experience such total contrast of feelings in a matter of seconds . |
| 8 | ‘ How could a British woman be in a Paris brothel ? |
| 9 | How could a single letter or number possibly tell as much , for example , as is contained in descriptive reports or profiles like those above . |
| 10 | How could a musical instrument not make a noise ? |
| 11 | How could a self-styled poet be so oblivious to taste ? |
| 12 | And how could a Christian king rule if he was banned from the Church ? |
| 13 | How could an alternative response to the Agri-Environment Regulation help integrate and simplify existing and proposed schemes ? |
| 14 | ‘ But — how could an English doctor and his wife have been exposed to nerve gas ? ’ |
| 15 | How could an old firm cope ? |