Example sentences of "how many [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Environmental Health Officer will advise you of how many estimates you need to send with your application . |
| 2 | I know how many lorries you can count , shall I sing it to you ? |
| 3 | How many approaches you 've made , how many first interviews you 've made , how many referrals you 've got , yes ? |
| 4 | In particular , you need to be certain about how many assignments you will be given and when you are expected to hand them in . |
| 5 | At the start of your course you will he provided with a schedule informing you how many assignments you will be expected to do , with the dates for them to be handed out and collected in . |
| 6 | It is the level of responsibility , measured in terms of time span , that tells you how many layers you need in an enterprise — not the number of subordinates or the magnitude of sales or profits . |
| 7 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 8 | For example , some dart-playing pupils found how many stamps they could buy for £1 by using the fact that treble 17 is $1 . |
| 9 | I 'll tell Alison the accountant then , and she 'll tell me what she 's sold and how many contracts we 've booked and but it 's done in front of everybody else while everybody , why everybody else who 's on the phone . |
| 10 | How many contracts you 're basing them on two to three weeks . |
| 11 | For example , how many bridesmaids you have not only relates to the look of the wedding but also its cost . |
| 12 | And I would n't I I heard of a s very sleazy woman er near where I used to live , er I never met her , but it was all hearsay how many abortions she did . |
| 13 | Asking both men and women how many times they took the driving test before getting through , the researchers found that men had a significantly higher success rate , with 57 per cent passing at the first attempt . |
| 14 | He had little idea as to how far they had come and had lost count of how many times they had fallen . |
| 15 | To ask an ordinary person how many times they have visited the cinema during the past year is probably unfair for all except a small number who can quickly say ‘ never ’ or else ‘ regularly once a week without fail ’ . |
| 16 | And no matter how many times they asked the girl , no matter how many different ways they approached it , her story was always the same . ’ |
| 17 | So we ca n't decide , as regardless of how many times they claim , we ca n't say , enough 's enough , we 're not gon na honour the contract any more . |
| 18 | Having to count how many times they have hit the horse and then decide to give it one more is ridiculous . |
| 19 | How many times they get it wrong ! |
| 20 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 21 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 22 | I have lost count how many times we have done this . |
| 23 | We might turn away from our own particular church — we might go through a period of not knowing what we believe in — we might change from being a Catholic to a Buddhist or from a Jehovah 's Witness to an Anglican ; but , no matter how many times we reject religion , we know it will never reject us . |
| 24 | Her self-esteem is visibly low — no matter how many times we tell her you 're just not worth it . |
| 25 | I do n't know how many times I 'd done the Harwich-to-London run , but the journey seemed different that day — like a well-known view captured in a freshly painted picture . |
| 26 | I wonder how many times I was taken in by his Yankee sincerity , his B-movie honesty . |
| 27 | ‘ You know very well how many times I 've asked to see you , speak to you . |
| 28 | ‘ American lady , I want my prick in your mouth for two hours : never mind how many times I come . ’ |
| 29 | But you ca n't imagine how many times I 've thought , ‘ If I 'd kept him , he might have lived . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't count how many times I 've fallen down ! |