Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need only to look at commercial copy or displays to see how powerfully a type-face complements the message it is conveying . |
| 2 | We took it in turns to see how close we could get . |
| 3 | Other nations , however , are carping about a clause in the suggested new text which would allow the two weapons powers to hide how much civil uranium they buy and stockpile . |
| 4 | The discussion in the preceding section has emphasized how insights from the corporate-strategy literature may help in arriving at a sensible assessment of individual project cash flows , and that models need to be based upon theories about market success . |
| 5 | The project has emphasized how important the carnyx was to its makers . |
| 6 | Tom Faber has recalled how Eliot would characteristically dress in immaculate plus-fours ; they would picnic in deserted coves , although " Uncle Tom " would often be overcome by vertigo on the perilous descent to them . |
| 7 | One such friend has recalled how observant and amusing he could be , how quick to comment upon other people 's expressions or appearance which he would associate with psychological traits . |
| 8 | Robert Giroux has recalled how , in advance of such occasions , Eliot was as " nervous as a cat " but that , when he had begun , a " great calm " descended upon him . |
| 9 | Having lived in Walton for 29 years she has witnessed how much of the cliff has already been lost to the sea . |
| 10 | In September 1965 , Walter Legge told readers of Musical America : ‘ The American public will have no idea of Karajan 's full stature as a conductor until it has heard how this Klingsor of operatic conductors conjures up his magic gardens . ’ |
| 11 | Bristol Crown Court has heard how Mrs Lorraine Hurkett , 26 , and her daughters Sharon , four , and Lisa , two , died after being struck by Flook 's Vauxhall Nova when it jumped red lights . |
| 12 | The Gibraltar court has heard how Newall had allegedly considered snatching a guard 's sub machine gun — to shoot his way to freedom , or die . |
| 13 | But first this lunchtime , the High Court in Glasgow has heard how the brother of murdered Edinburgh student Paul Sheldon had a flashback of the incident which helped him to identify one of the alleged attackers . |
| 14 | A court has heard how a father gunned down a drugs dealer who 'd been supplying his sons with cannabis . |
| 15 | An inquest has heard how a woman fell twenty five feet to her death from a lorry which crashed on a motorway bridge . |
| 16 | The court has heard how some couples lost their life savings after investing with a financial advisory service run by Christopher How . |
| 17 | A coroner 's court has heard how a fifteen year old anti-hunt demonstrator was crushed to death by a horsebox . |
| 18 | The trial of two drivers alleged to have caused the death of five young people has heard how one of the cars was travelling at ninety-six miles an hour shortly before the fatal accident . |
| 19 | A court has heard how four men murdered the host at a party held to celebrate his own engagement . |
| 20 | An inquest has heard how a fifteen year old girl died in a fall from her horse — even though she was wearing a recommended safety helmet . |
| 21 | The jury in the Akers Way trial has heard how some people wished that the driver of a car which killed five young people , had died himself . |
| 22 | An inquest has heard how a man died in a scuffle with friends who were trying to stop him driving while he was drunk . |
| 23 | An inquest has heard how a footballer died in a scuffle with friends who were trying to stop him drink driving . |
| 24 | A court in London has heard how a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger after driving her to a secluded spot in Clumber Park . |
| 25 | And Sheffield Crown Court has heard how a man allegedly kidnapped and raped his wife ; the man who ca n't be named for legal reasons , was separated from her at the time of the supposed attack , and the case is making legal history . |
| 26 | And the Lockerbie Enquiry has heard how seventeen of the two hundred and seventy victims on board have never been found . |
| 27 | Oxford Crown Court has heard how two masked men allegedly stole seven thousand pounds after terrifying cashiers at a dairy in Banbury . |
| 28 | Hudson ( 1984,1987 ) has catalogued how the reforming penal language of the 1960s became replaced with that of justice and punishment during the 1970s . |
| 29 | Mr de Soto 's think-tank , the Institute of Liberty and Democracy , has highlighted how massive urban emigration has undermined a government system that revolves around private and state monopolies . |
| 30 | James R. Silke was to refer to how Warners offered ‘ heroes made from life ’ and Janet Graves has explained how the rigid financial limits imposed at the studio placed a premium on good dialogue and good acting . |