Example sentences of "how [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To calculate how strong a material ought to be we need to make use of the concept of energy . |
| 32 | During a tournament like that of the red deer for instance , the opponents can probably size each other up , to see how strong the other is . |
| 33 | One does n't realize how strong the sun is . |
| 34 | As you construct your argument , you will be obliged to make judgements about how firmly you are committed to each of its ideas , and how strong the evidence is for believing them . |
| 35 | It is interesting to note , however , how strong the price was in the final quarter of the year , when Houghton Mifflin was singled out as a prime beneficiary of Clinton-inspired support for education as well as the more favourable demographic trends . |
| 36 | Darlington solicitor Graham Hunsley said : ‘ I was surprised how strong the feeling was . |
| 37 | ‘ I do n't know how strong the Bridge is , but it ca n't be designed to absorb this much stress . ’ |
| 38 | If it had been me there as a kid , I 'd have wrapped my arms around him and smothered him , that 's how strong the emotion was . |
| 39 | ( Only now do I realize how strong the desire in her for a daughter must have been to cause her to dress her youngest son as a little girl almost until the day he went to school , his fair hair nearly reaching his waist ; yet he had grown up a man . ) |
| 40 | It matters not how strong the persuasion was , so long as it did not overbear the independence of the patient 's decision . |
| 41 | Warps in space time and black holes are now the stuff of science fiction ; this assimilation into popular literature shows in one way how strong the impact of Einstein 's ideas has been . |
| 42 | Despite the comprehensiveness and relative complexity of Porter 's analysis , he concludes that , once one has arrived at an assessment of one 's competitive strengths by considering how strong an SBU is in terms of the factors in figure 4.5 which are most important for the relevant industry , there are only three generic strategies open to any SBU to become more competitive . |
| 43 | But you have also read the passage from Colette and felt the sensuous materiality of the physical world she evokes with her adjectives , so you know too how strong an effect they can produce . |
| 44 | Although many years later Braque recalled how strong an impression tribal art made on him , it is hard to see any direct reflection of this in the paintings executed at the time when Picasso was reacting so positively to tribal sculpture ; even in a painting like the Nu any influence from tribal art seems to have come at second hand , through Picasso 's Demoiselles . |
| 45 | Trees can be useful indicators of wind variation with height , and the way in which leaves are turned , particularly on the lower branches , shows clearly how turbulent the air can be . |
| 46 | How like the Llyn Peninsula Strumble Head looks from the air , and how awful the nightmare would be , should it suffer a similar fate . |
| 47 | — exclamations like " How awful the line is ! " |
| 48 | There is another way of looking at how stable the structure of diamond is — that is by asking how easy it is to break the bonds that hold it together . |
| 49 | That was clear from the outset , but what was perhaps not so clear was how professional a leader she had become , able to manage not only the immediate crisis but all the other issues of Government . |
| 50 | But , against a huge backcloth of mod images , bold arrows and No Entry signs and Union Jacks , beautifully executed songs like ‘ Ca n't Explain' , ‘ Substitute ’ and ‘ Magic Bus ’ served to remind us how innovative a songwriter Townshend could be . |
| 51 | Neil was astonished at how pleasant the evening had been ; he had seldom enjoyed a game of chess more , and , thinking this , said a little slyly , ‘ Another game , another night , perhaps ? ’ |
| 52 | how tall a hare can run , how easily ; |
| 53 | ‘ Look how tall the grass is . |
| 54 | He wondered how solid the fact still was : decomposition in water must produce strange results . |
| 55 | Whatever its merits , this principle should be clearly separated from the government decision about how progressive the community charge should be . |
| 56 | If we look at the range of statements about English teaching in books written before our Report we see how broad the subject is . |
| 57 | A recurrent theme in this area is how broad the law has always been , and how much the discretion of the authorities has been what has really mattered . |
| 58 | André and I are both fluent , but I 've seen how disadvantaged an outsider can be without any knowledge of the language . ’ |
| 59 | We were reminded , too , how narrow the margin was , and how the RAF 's airfields were reprieved through the German High Command 's decision to switch the attack to London . |
| 60 | Mrs Thatcher expressed confidence that she would win and declared again , as she had at the outset , that even if she did not win outright she would continue to a second ballot no matter how narrow the margin of her majority over Heseltine . |