Example sentences of "[Wh adv] quickly [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At night , in our hotel , we practised how quickly we could roll out of our beds in case of an attack ! |
| 2 | IBM Corp 's personal computer business was around the break-even level or may have been profitable in the first three months of this year , the president of IBM Personal Computer Co Robert Corrigan told the New York Times : he says he thinks ‘ people will be surprised at how quickly we 're bringing this business back , ’ and that it should be solidly profitable before year-end ; problem is that its closest rivals , Compaq Computer Corp and Dell Computer Corp , which both faced the same problems as IBM , adjusted to the change in the market much more quickly , and rushed appropriate machines out while IBM procrastinated , so that they are already strongly profitable while IBM is still having to build up momentum . |
| 3 | Ease of use We tested how quickly we had the sets up and running , how clear the instructions are to follow , and whether the remote control is well laid out . |
| 4 | In addition , WGPT 's Permanent Downhole Readout product line has excellent potential for the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico , as evidenced by how quickly we have been awarded the Tahoe project contract by Shell in New Orleans ’ . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , for the reason mentioned above , I can not predict how quickly we can progress the matter . |
| 6 | Just concerned about , you know , we do n't know really what the er impact of the grant maintained , er er er er and how how quickly we we we we know what what that is , er er Treasurer , please . |
| 7 | I think a lot will depend on how quickly we can all encourage North American tourists to come to Britain . |
| 8 | As they are only small they appear to be quite light , but seem to hold an edge and time can only tell how quickly they wear out . |
| 9 | When we talk about intelligence in horses , we are usually referring to how quickly they learn something . |
| 10 | The fact that the rector of the Aberdeen grammar school , Robert Marshall , was teaching Lutheran ideas from 1521 , before having to recant in 1523 , shows how quickly they had spread to Scotland ; it was only four years earlier , in 1517 , that the little-known Augustinian monk had first startled Europe by sensationally nailing his ninety-five theses to the door of the castle church of Wittenberg . |
| 11 | It is wonderful how quickly they learn and how smart they are . |
| 12 | You 'll be surprised how quickly they lower over the next few days . |
| 13 | ‘ If we can show people how quickly they can get back to work or play sport it can be a terrific boost , ’ says Peter Morton . |
| 14 | The simplest test of a company 's fortunes is to find out how quickly they pay their suppliers . |
| 15 | ‘ How quickly they forget . ’ |
| 16 | So that 's how quickly they caught on . |
| 17 | In any case , he knew who would be in Carrog — the women and children and those unfit for warfare — and he knew how quickly they would remove before him if he went near them . |
| 18 | This gives the assessors some idea of how quickly they must make their assessments . |
| 19 | The orthopaedic secretaries at that hospital should be telephoned to see which of the consultants is happy to do medico-legal reports and how quickly they can see patients . |
| 20 | Well it depends how quickly the poor peasants can achieve more efficiency how quickly they can do that . |
| 21 | With Green Shield Stamps it 's amazing how quickly they went out just like that , did n't they ? |
| 22 | Well they have targets like we all have and one of their targets is how quickly they can turn around the claimant 's money . |
| 23 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 24 | These demands create very low anxiety ; you may well think to yourself , ‘ Who cares how quickly I do it . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know how quickly I can get into town . ’ |
| 26 | You see how quickly I pick up English ways of talking . |
| 27 | Trying to see how , how quickly I can get home . |
| 28 | See how quickly it changes tools ? ’ |
| 29 | But there are doubts about how quickly it can be set up , given the party 's lack of money . |
| 30 | Even while the various rugby groups in South Africa are heading for unification , the New Zealand Rugby Football Union still can not quite make up its mind how quickly it should bridge the gap which has existed since the tumultuous Springbok tour of New Zealand in 1981 . |