Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] how many " in BNC.
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1 | It is interesting to see how many stars you can count inside the ‘ bowl ’ of Corona. 7 × 50 binoculars show at least 15 . |
2 | Reading the old files , it is interesting to note how many well-known Institute figures have served at one time or another on the TAC . |
3 | Because LEAs are not required to provide data on units to the DES as they are , for example , in respect of special schools , it is impossible to say how many teachers work in them . |
4 | It is impossible to say how many until we know what the winter will be like . |
5 | It is impossible to say how many participated in this operation simply because they were following orders , as obedient soldiers , and how many because they shared Franco 's belief that their role was that of the " saviours " of Spain . |
6 | It is alarming to hear how many relatively inexperienced pilots seem completely unaware of the risks they take when pitting their skills against the forces of nature . |
7 | It is difficult to estimate how many of these leaflets will be used subsequently but stocks of the 3 leaflets we have already reprinted ( Learning Disabilities , HIV/AIDS and Drugs ) stand at a quarter of the original print order . |
8 | It is difficult to estimate how many more of these medieval works may have once existed but have since been lost . |
9 | It is difficult to say how many of these men were as fortunate as the vicar of Henfield , who in 1209 was to receive all oblations and legacies , a tithe of any new land to be cleared and ‘ tithe of calves , lambs , wool , pigs , chicken , geese , ducks , eggs , honey and wax , mills , fisheries , venison , hemp and flax , gardens , garlick , onions , leeks , and all pot-herbs ’ . |
10 | There were numerous poems written about country estates in the eighteenth century , but again it is difficult to know how many of these Leapor read , though she must have read some . |
11 | It is difficult to exaggerate how many eggs the French have in the EC-German basket . |
12 | Given certain pieces of data , it is necessary to calculate how many words in the lexicon match this search criteria . |