Example sentences of "how [was/were] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was never explained how was it possible to conspire against yourself . |
| 2 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 3 | How was it possible to finish his book in the middle of such concreted and asphalted blasphemies ? |
| 4 | How was it possible , Elisabeth wondered , year after year , to subject herself to these sights , sounds and scents ? |
| 5 | And how was it possible for a man with cardiac problems to win the greatest tennis crown of them all at Wimbledon in 1975 ? |
| 6 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |
| 7 | If the partners to the Alliance disagreed on matters of policy how was it possible to present a single manifesto ? |
| 8 | How was it possible he could know her so well after such a short time ? |
| 9 | How was it possible for any man who fell within the circle of his radiance to forgive Hotspur for being Hotspur ? |
| 10 | How was it possible that Ace , world champion , could feel so inadequate in his personal relationships ? |
| 11 | How was it possible in the late 1980s to put Trident into a bargaining regime , when we will not possess it until late 1994 ? |
| 12 | In my wanderings to the Staff Colleges and branches of the Royal Aeronautical Society all over the world , the USAF Academy , Colorado Springs , and also that incredible edifice of aeronautical and technical learning — the Smithsonian in Washington , the main question that always crops up and in almost entirely the same way is " how was it possible to maintain morale ? " |
| 13 | How was it that secondary education for all , the organising impulse behind the 1944 Act , should have been interpreted in so restricted a way ? |