Example sentences of "is [Wh adv] many " in BNC.

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1 This , at least , is how many people saw the job , though few understood the difficulties involved .
2 The next problem of course is how many different characteristics or traits of temperament are inherited ?
3 What is unclear is how many of these betrayals were the work of Blake 's original direct links with the Russians and how many were part of the officially authorised game of double bluff .
4 The interesting question is how many of us will now exercise that choice , redefining CPE by opting for ‘ Cheaper Professional Education ’ ?
5 An interesting sideline to Scottish litigation is how many English creditors do n't take their Scottish debtors to court .
6 ‘ What this interview is really all about is how many drinks I can get out of you , ’ he informs me , after I 've paid for yet another round .
7 This is how many feminists believe women speak , and there is a tendency to make these attributes the basis of an authentic ‘ women 's speech style ’ which should be positively valued .
8 ‘ Anyone who 's buying a second-hand car , the first thing he wants to know is how many miles it 's done .
9 Actually , a curious discovery is how many scribes and illuminators were still members of religious orders , even after the thirteenth century when book production had largely become a secular enterprise .
10 This is how many important changes have been seeded .
11 The developments in relation to jointly funded residential care by Health and Social Work , in partnership with voluntary organisations such as Church of Scotland and Bield Housing Association are a positive step forward ; they can develop specialist skills , though again the question is how many specialist facilities will be required ?
12 I think what what what never ceases to amaze me about about people in the flats on benefit , is is how many of them do manage , how many of them never owe a penny .
13 Even if a large number of private citizens do use the procedure , what is unknown is how many more people with a small claim never take legal proceedings .
14 Twenty times one is how many ?
15 Although writing under pressure is how many authors are best able to function , Eliot set himself so high a standard that his achievement , given its quantity , was the more remarkable .
16 What the questionnaire responses can not tell is how many individual pupils miss out on information relating to these topics throughout the whole of their school career .
17 ‘ It has forty thousand on the clock , and that is how many miles it has done .
18 The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag .
19 It 's very easy to do it because all you do is how many people go there , you know , who runs it runs it stuff like that and you just , you 're exploring and you 're getting more information and it 's that 's great , fine .
20 Oh I see as opposed to that which is how many groups they proceed to check .
21 Certainly confused about , is how many horses
22 That is how many there were and who they were ?
23 Which is how many , what did you say , twenty-five million
24 ’ One thing Tories do know is how many beans make five ’ .
25 What remains uncertain , however , is how many axles will be required by the new , slimmed-down DAF operation .
26 The key question is how many Conservative m Ps are on board for the Peyton amendment .
27 I ca n't remember how you get there , I ca n't remember how cards is how many cards it is , but you get loads of cards , with with pictures of different things you have to kiss and it ranges from the hand at one point , navel six points , bottom seven , lips eight points , cheek three points , erm the chest fifteen points and there 's a fig leaf one fig leaf bud in there , fifteen points and you can kiss anything you like .
28 Right and I think the next one you got right , because you worked it out alright , cos it 's seven days , which is how many hours ?
29 So your ratios and the things you should be looking at , or the activity stuff is how many calls I 'm making , how many no 's do I get , and how much is each one of those no 's worth .
30 erm Indeed one of the sad things perhaps at the lowest level is how many jobs are requiring mathematical skills that , that perhaps twenty years ago were n't assumed .
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