Example sentences of "how long [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors , writing in the British Medical Journal , believe that what happens to babies before birth , including how long they stay in the womb , may determine how healthy their lungs are later in life . |
| 2 | For the proximo-distal axis , our suggestion is that the cells learn their position by measuring how long they remain in the progress zone , a mechanism based on measuring time . |
| 3 | The cells in the progress zone seem to be able to measure how long they remain in the progress zone and this enables them to , ‘ know ’ their position along the proximo-distal axis . |
| 4 | For how long they operated in the Coniston Fells is not known . |
| 5 | She did n't know how long she knelt on the cold floor with her mother still and silent in her arms . |
| 6 | She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold . |
| 7 | But just how long it takes for the heat to flow out will depend on how well your home is insulated and draught proofed . |
| 8 | The graph below shows how long it takes for the present value of £1,000 per year to reach £15,000 . |
| 9 | But just how long it takes for the heat to flow out will depend on how well insulated and draughtproofed your home is . |
| 10 | As the T1 determines how long it take for the magnetic resonance signal to recover after each image , a long T1 — that is , 1–3 seconds as in water , determines the maximum image frequency achievable in continuous , long duration experiments . |
| 11 | In the past I 'd just resented how long he spent in the office . |
| 12 | Perhaps the only thing that kept Dauntless Javelot from perishing of dreariness and despair was the fact that no matter how long he rode through the forest , he never seemed to visit the same place twice . |
| 13 | He could n't cry , he could n't feel ; he did n't know how long he stood outside the door , leaning against the greasy wall . |