Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] how [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People do not realise how much lung space is unused . |
| 2 | Many people do not realise how many different types of specialist craft and embroidery scissors are available or the time and effort that can be saved by using them . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not know how that fits into historical precedence . |
| 4 | But we do not know how that self-contained unity will present itself to us . |
| 5 | Most of Wordsworth 's readers who have left us their opinions were middle-class , but we must remember that he addressed his poetry to readers of all classes and we do not know how much the choice of natural subject matter may have meant to urban dwellers who lived out of sight of flowers and trees . |
| 6 | ‘ You do not know how much pain and unhappiness I have felt , ’ said the monster . |
| 7 | ‘ I do not know how much Claudine upset you , ’ she said quietly , ‘ but I want you to know she has gone . |
| 8 | The survey reveals that almost three in four of those living in Scotland and the north do not know how much of their current salary is contributed to their pension , while almost half have no idea about the approximate level of return of their pension . |
| 9 | He was wrong , but it is only fair to add that we still do not know how all the specific external stimuli which induce cell differences arise . |
| 10 | You know that there are many paths leading to the house and from the house , but : ( a ) You do not know how many there are , where they come from , or where they go to . |
| 11 | We do not know how many agencies and courts still adhere to this policy and practice . |
| 12 | The numbers coming to meetings can vary from 4 to 24 which is uncomfortable if a speaker is booked and I do not know how many will come . |
| 13 | We do not know how many individual meteorite falls are represented by the wealth of Japanese meteorite finds in the Yamato and Belgica mountains . |
| 14 | We do not know how many mares have a second hybrid foal , but even so this figure seems unusually high . |
| 15 | What happened around these few listed events sadly is far from clear ; we do not know how many battles Ella and his offspring lost . |
| 16 | This finding corresponds with research that has concentrated on early retirement ( McGoldrick and Cooper 1980 ; Parker 1980 ; and in France , Cribier 1981 ; Gaullier 1982 ) and withdrawal from the labour market through the job release scheme ( Makeham and Morgan 1980 : 14 ) , but we do not know how many of those older workers with poor health would have been fit enough to continue working if the plant had not closed . |
| 17 | The difficulty with these two studies , unfortunately , is that we do not know how many patients ended up with a definite myocardial infarction ; an initial electrocardiogram only was used . |
| 18 | It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains . |
| 19 | I do not know how many . |
| 20 | We do not know how many species of temperate latitudes have been unable to adjust , and so disqualified themselves as polar colonists , or to what extent existing polar plants are restricted in their distribution by light . |
| 21 | ( I should stress that I am using human size as an imaginary example : I do not know how many genetic loci and alleles are really at work in this case . ) |
| 22 | A motor manufacturer will only be in a position to estimate revenue because they do not know how many cars they will sell . |
| 23 | I do not know how many times I have had such replies on social security appeals that have been turned down . |
| 24 | Ministers do not know how many young people are without a YT place . |
| 25 | I do not know how many men have since gone over the same wall , but there have been several even recently . |
| 26 | It seems that he has been using the free post to send out quantities — I do not know how many — of his so-called ’ Annual Report ’ . |
| 27 | While we can say that the average figure is likely to fall between 1 and 3 metres , since we do not know how many are 1.6 metres , 1.7 metres or 2 metres tall , we can not calculate the average . |
| 28 | Although about 20% of the women were taken into hospital at the time of their illness , we do not know how many of the episodes were confirmed radiologically or at operation . |
| 29 | Who do you turn to when you take over your first pub with a busy passing trade and you really do not know how many staff to employ or in what capacity to employ them ? |
| 30 | I do not know how this can be avoided except perhaps by getting more things settled at the official level , and when they can not be settled there having the issues presented plainly to ministers . |