Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] [adj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And see how wide it can be and also in some respects how remote it can be . |
| 2 | ‘ I do not think we are under any duty to publish malicious gossip , ’ he said , ‘ which remains gossip however true it may be . ’ |
| 3 | It is understandable if we consider the wide diversity of marine invertebrates how difficult it can be to read from their behaviour just what is going on . |
| 4 | In today 's troubled Goodison times how wonderful it would be to have them all playing together for Everton , with perhaps a Ray Wilson and a Tommy Wright for good measure . |
| 5 | Apart from some of the empirical problems mentioned earlier , a fundamental point is whether correlation , no matter how good it might be , proves causality . |
| 6 | She could n't afford to stay in a boarding-house , no matter how cheap it might be , so she 'd have to stay in the cottage . |
| 7 | She says the volunteers who answer the phone are prepared to deal any problem a child contacts them with , no matter how small it may seem . |
| 8 | No matter how legitimate it might be to define the scope of linguistics in this way ( and this is currently a controversial matter ) , it will not do for language pedagogy . |
| 9 | Otherwise fear of diversion will inhibit any change no matter how necessary it may be . |
| 10 | If this was jewellery , she could not possibly accept it , no matter how appropriate it might be for the gown she was wearing . |
| 11 | It is something of a family tendency to think everything is enormously exciting no matter how ordinary it might appear to others . |
| 12 | Weber actually recognized that the distinction between politics and administration can not withstand philosophical scrutiny : ‘ Every problem no matter how technical it might seem , can assume political significance and its solution can be decisively influenced by political considerations ’ ( Diamant , 1963 , p. 85 ) . |
| 13 | Please forward any information , no matter how insufficient it may seem to ‘ Greater broad backed bookworm enquiry ’ QPBC bookstall . |
| 14 | Make it absolutely clear , as I did , that you are prepared to fight back at any time of the day or night no matter how painful it may be ; and that you will keep on fighting until the day you finally beat them . |
| 15 | Prompt antibiotic treatment , aggressive resuscitation , and debridement of the surgical wound , no matter how clean it may appear on the surface , is essential for successful management . |
| 16 | ‘ Everyone should be particularly vigilant and report anything of a suspicious nature immediately , no matter how trivial it may appear to be , ’ said Beardall . |
| 17 | The climbing predator is in no position to start chasing after the cackling parent bird , no matter how tempting it may be . |
| 18 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 19 | On the contrary , they would have the normal reason for disregarding any belief or information on that score : that the law is the law and must be followed , no matter how unpopular it might be in the present climate of political opinion . |
| 20 | The Bioscope explained that ‘ the public do not like to be treated in a way that seems to be distant or high-handed ’ and so the manager ‘ should go among his people and talk to them personally ’ and he should ‘ always appear ready and willing to consider a suggestion however trifling it may be ’ . |
| 21 | The same is true for any method of map analysis however complex it may be . |
| 22 | Where plot might be jettisoned , story is retained as a principle of connection : ‘ Once the story is launched it must go on it must follow its course however crooked it may be even if it takes the wrong direction ’ ( 1976b ) . |
| 23 | Any idea how old it would be and is it worth anything today ? |
| 24 | It may be full of happiness for those who are fortunate to have the right conditions at play in their lives , but there is no doubt how stretching it can be to live in close proximity to your relations . |