Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] how well [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was beginning to think that I would be going home fishless when I found myself singing , ‘ He shall feed his flock ’ ; and fell to musing upon how well I would be able to feed five , let alone five thousand , given the reluctance of the fish to show even a snout above the surface . |
| 2 | Because companies pay taxes according to how well they did the previous year , the deficit tends to be deepest just as we come out of recession . |
| 3 | Most systems also have some method of assigning scores which rank competing hypotheses according to how well they match the constraints , or according to their probability given the evidence . |
| 4 | Memories would be revived , drinks bought , present circumstances either voiced or avoided , according to how well he knew — or could trust — his chance acquaintance . |
| 5 | Each member of the audience would then have the task in the playback group of giving each item points , say on a scale from one to five , according to how well it achieved its aim . |
| 6 | They know their survival depends on how well they impress . |
| 7 | ‘ Our purpose is to satisfy customer requirements in industries as varied as , for example , oilfield services , detergents and the automotive field , and our whole future success depends on how well we can do this . |
| 8 | Depends on how well you know them , I suppose . |
| 9 | The success of a brood parasite like the European cuckoo depends on how well it can ‘ dupe ’ its host , whether reed warbler or dunnock . |
| 10 | Today we 'll talk about the Oxford City Council and look at how well it 's run , or how well it 's not run . |
| 11 | Let's now look at how well you get along with other people Have a look at the list of everyday things in the questionnaire and decide which ones you need to do more of and which ones you need to do less of . |
| 12 | He sat back , his eyes narrowed , staring at the boy , surprised by how well he 'd played . |
| 13 | Mothers belong to a small group of people whose success is measured by how well they work themselves out of their job . |
| 14 | The possible words in the input are given semantic scores based on how well they combine with possible neighbouring words in the input . |
| 15 | Chapman said it would depend on how well he did on the Saturday . |
| 16 | But just how long it takes for the heat to flow out will depend on how well your home is insulated and draught proofed . |
| 17 | But aside from these two areas , most companies still operate with thousands of specialists who are judged and rewarded by how well they perform their separate functions — with little knowledge , or concern , about how these fit into the complex process of turning raw materials , capital and labour into a product or service . |
| 18 | In the latter , agents are organizationally rewarded by how well they measure up to the relatively concrete criteria provided by the enforcement process . |
| 19 | Earth scientists should not be quick to modify geological data to accommodate model simulations ; rather , the acceptability of climate simulations should be judged on how well they reproduce independently established geological facts . |
| 20 | Was she being judged on what she had learned about the project ; and if so , was n't the teacher being judged on how well he had transmitted knowledge and therefore should he not share the C-grade ? |
| 21 | It 'll be judged by how well it 's written and what people think of it . |
| 22 | Our personas will be more or less realistic depending on how well we can identify their prototypes , and how linguistically adept we are at mimicking them . |
| 23 | Dear Mrs Johnson or Dear Joan ( depending on how well you know the person you are writing to ) |
| 24 | ‘ You thought your chance of handling my account depended on how well you handled my — ’ |
| 25 | Your performance depended on how well you had prepared and on your ability to negotiate . |
| 26 | Fourthly , at the level of individual test items , a question can be asked about how well they represent the learning that goes on in the classroom . |
| 27 | And to a certain extent you can be guided as to which one you 're going to take by how well you how easy or how difficult you found the merit paper . |
| 28 | As with collegiality and openness and professionality , teachers ' attitudes towards the efficiency of SSE and the threat it poses are significantly differentiated by how well they recall the Solihull booklet . |
| 29 | We could only carry on like this for so long , and it all depended on how well we could sleep during the day . |