Example sentences of "how they [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is how they came to arrive in Durham in May , 1849 . |
| 2 | Since crinoids often occur together in large numbers ( 'gardens ' ) with their arms waving in the currents , it is easy to see how they came to acquire their botanical analogy . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's really how they came to team up as they did , and live in the same house . |
| 4 | I do n't know how they came to send me there . |
| 5 | When yet another mall order catalogue or free gift offer pops through our letter-box , personally addressed , we probably hardly stop to think how they came to have our name and address . |
| 6 | This would certainly explain how they came to feel the need to have some wider understanding of how , and to what extent , we can acquire knowledge of any sort . |
| 7 | He was concerned to explain how they came to accept jobs which to the external observer appeared to offer them only a lifetime of poorly paid , insecure and even dangerous work . |
| 8 | The parents need to recognize the link between how they try to manage the behaviour and the occurrence of the behaviour , so reactions like smacking , shouting , nagging , sulking , giving in , or ignoring need to be identified . |
| 9 | Behind Lord Denning 's concern to protect these institutions ' reputation was the fear that they would be discovered to be other than how they try to protect themselves , and that their integrity would be compromised . |
| 10 | But the asinine policies that were brought through in the th er in the Thatcher era they still are here with us , no matter how they try to get shut of them , the poll tax which has been referred to by Councillor is confusion at its best . |
| 11 | These processes turn out to be as widely varying as the tasks upon which they are to be used , and we are therefore only in the very beginning stages of understanding how they combine to predict emerging skills . |
| 12 | Tottenham , it must be said , also had key players absent but what must be disturbing is how they failed to raise their game until a double substitution in the 70th minute . |
| 13 | One sympathized , but how they failed to recognize the extraordinary quality of the work will always be beyond me . |
| 14 | ASKING PIGS AND CHICKENS HOW THEY PREFER TO LIVE IS LESS FANTASTIC THAN IT SOUNDS . |
| 15 | While others have argued with passion about these intensive methods , animal scientists have been quietly asking pigs how they prefer to live . |
| 16 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 17 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 18 | Fenella , who understood in a vague way about mill wheels and how they had to rotate continually to provide power , saw with horror that the slaves inside the steel mesh cages were forced by the motion of the wheels to tread endlessly forward to keep the treadmills revolving . |
| 19 | In every case however , it is necessary to have a clear focal point for the activities , to work towards the communities needs , and for each community to be able , at least crudely , to have an idea of how they wish to use video when they return to the problems of their own area . |
| 20 | If my right hon. Friend succeeds in gaining enough support for his efforts , the European Community will set up a framework of support and it will be up to individual countries to decide , within that framework , how they wish to use the funds . |
| 21 | In some cases this only extends to personal or physical independence , but for many people ageing represents a threat to their independence in the much wider sense of losing control over how they wish to live their lives . |
| 22 | Some people may even prefer the option of suicide or euthanasia , as such changes simply represent an unacceptable degree of compromise over how they wish to live . |
| 23 | Although there are girls who talk glibly of how they intend to reach the top of the women 's professional game by the age of 25 , and from there move on to marriage and a family , the Solheim Cup served as a salutary reminder that no-one should expect quick results . |
| 24 | Two other authorities , however , did indicate how they intend to reconcile the two systems . |
| 25 | Above all it is important for the staff planning groups to decide what ‘ interdisciplinary ’ work or topic work will actually mean for the learner in practice , and choice will depend in part on the school 's view of the ‘ whole picture ’ spread across quite long periods of time , with the teachers planning carefully how they intend to create a balanced curriculum over weeks and months . |
| 26 | Your questions and general approach should draw out of each subordinate how they intend to proceed , giving guidance and information only where this is essential . |
| 27 | Under the Environmental Protection Act , specific categories of companies are obliged to notify local authorities about activities causing pollution , obtain licences to continue them , and give indications how they intend to reduce their effluents . |
| 28 | Such learning should be reviewed , preferably by the educational supervisor ; doctors should describe what they have learnt and how they intend to apply it . |
| 29 | Erm conversely I I think we would want to look at individual proposals as they as they came forward , and see what landscaping proposals they have and er how they intend to mitigate any perhaps adverse er landscape er implications . |
| 30 | It is now not uncommon for consultancies to include in their proposals for a campaign how they intend to measure its success . |