Example sentences of "how [adv] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 As on so many occasions when we discuss matters in the House , we are faced with a conflict between principles , each of which is important , and with the question of how properly to resolve such a conflict .
2 It is not easy to decide how best to tackle these questions , and the difficulties that we came up against in discussing the problem of individuation of particulars partly explain why .
3 We will now be considering how best to progress this challenge .
4 It was one thing to accept the assumption that the state was the dominant actor , but quite another to agree to how best to explain that unit 's behaviour .
5 Thus policy-makers need to consider not just how to open up employment for lone mothers , but also how best to support those who are not employed .
6 Plans are underway as to how best to display this treasure trove .
7 Ever since the twelfth century a particular form of didactic literature , an instruction manual written for princes giving them both moral and practical advice on how best to rule those under their care , had been developing .
8 The teacher now needs to ask how best to engage all the children actively .
9 I assure my hon. Friend that we are looking carefully at how best to take this forward .
10 He said : ‘ I 've been considering how best to answer that question for the last twenty minutes .
11 The memo , dated 23 August , states : ‘ Robert would like urgent advice on how best to answer these questions .
12 Okay and hows how best to do that though ?
13 With the arrival of The Patient 's Charter and a clearer need to respond to the spiritual needs of patients , many nursing staff may wonder how best to do this .
14 Yet few guidelines concerning how best to do this presently exist .
15 Our technical staff will be pleased to advise you how best to do this if you absolutely have to , but the best management is of course provided by LIFESPAN , which means limiting yourself to just one process for your live data .
16 Even native Gaelic speakers bloody each other 's noses about how best to verbalise these wild and obscure names for burns and rivers .
17 Okay if I could say good evening and welcome to the theatre this evening the reason the meeting has been convened this evening quite clearly is part of the process and art structure for Harlow having undertaken by the Council , the Playhouse is keen as it says quite clearly on the leaflet is to get the publics view on how best to plan this programme and it 's , and facilities for the future .
18 They then considered how best to fill these gaps — what research strategies , and what people and resources would be needed .
19 Wycliffe stood , irresolute , wondering how best to turn this chance encounter to advantage .
20 Mr Yeltsin must now decide how best to exploit this rift in the parliamentary leadership .
21 Discussion of how best to handle such enquiries , whether by postponement , by consultation with the Minister or Under Secretary responsible or , in some cases , by direct reply on the Prime Minister 's behalf were the subject of daily discussion with the Secretary of the Cabinet . ’
22 But there is budget in the testing resource budget to be able to accommodate for cover we would then decide how best to handle that .
23 It must be remembered that an important objective for the financial institutions is to sell their services , and this aim may not always coincide exactly with the interests of those learning how best to buy those services ( and , sometimes , learning when it is best not to buy them ) .
24 On the agenda , how best to make half a million pounds worth of cuts to Gloucestershires ' library service .
25 The increase in the number of single-parent families has been detailed in Part I. The rise has been so significant that , had it not been overshadowed by the advent of mass unemployment , much of today 's public debate about welfare reform would be centred on how best to help this group of claimants .
26 Oral reports were received from LAB 's representatives on other committees and , in particular , LAB noted continuing discussion concerning how best to assist those members in developing countries .
27 All that has changed is the prevailing theory on how best to achieve this fitness .
28 All the searcher 's other knowledge is in the form of rules about how best to apply this operator , and of facts about states which this operator can be applied to .
29 Later the researcher may attend a group discussion on behalf of another client , brief the creative department about how best to present some of their alternative campaign ideas for yet another , or attend a client meeting to present research recommendations or findings .
30 Why is it that so many people who are kind enough to give a home to an abandoned dog , then resent advice on how best to integrate this traumatised pooch into the family ?
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