Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh adv] we [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one way these three decades of horror provide a parable of how we try to explain evil in humanity . |
| 2 | When linguists talk of the goal of linguistic theory as being the construction of an account of a sound-meaning correspondence for the infinite set of sentences in any language , one might perhaps infer that such a grand theory would eo ipso give an account of at least the essentials of how we communicate using language . |
| 3 | Clearly the whole point of the exchange , namely a request for specific information and an attempt to provide as much of that information as possible , is not directly expressed in ( 2 ) at all ; so the gap between what is literally said in ( 2 ) and what is conveyed in ( 3 ) is so substantial that we can not expect a semantic theory to provide more than a small part of an account of how we communicate using language . |
| 4 | What we need is a perspicuous representation of our use of the word ‘ remember ’ , and of how we come to use words like ‘ yesterday ’ . |
| 5 | cos as far as annual reports are concerned you just want a statement from Hugh , and a rough idea of how we 've performed financially . |
| 6 | Some of us remember the times of fixed exchange rates under the Bretton Woods system when we used to hear in the House details of public expenditure cuts , of how we had to let go a great deal of our reserves , and of high interest rates — all at once . |
| 7 | We had gone prepared for any questions he might ask , together with all the official documents regarding planning permission etc. and a collection of excellent photographic evidence of how we had set up the museum regarding exhibits etc. , taken by our good friend Russell Mulford . |
| 8 | It is as though , in our theory of how we came to exist , we are allowed to postulate a certain ration of luck . |
| 9 | I reminded him of how we 'd got rid of Abed without any unpleasant repercussions , but he could n't accept it . |
| 10 | We think that it conserves services , that it has searched out the vast majority of efficiencies that we can find within this council and that it does n't pass on to the poll tax , council tax payers the fruits , I mean it does pass on the poll tax or council tax payers the fruits of how we have achieved savings and efficiencies over the last couple of years . |
| 11 | The essence of the humanities is the study of how we have interpreted the world about us , how we have expressed our understanding through language , literature , philosophy and the arts , and how differing views of human life and various forms of society have shaped our history . |
| 12 | This last drawing exercise is a summary of the simple process of thinking which leads us into a deeper appreciation of how we have come to be what we are . |
| 13 | For , as we have seen , interpretation is involved in the description of facts ( including the results of tests ) and hence the consistency of prediction with fact is partly a matter of how we choose to read it . |
| 14 | bits of where we 'd lived were scattered |
| 15 | Both features resembled their names to a baffling degree but , despite this , Abu was moved to expound upon them with such fervent body language that we nearly plunged into the ravine and terminated our lives at the very lip of the sacred symbol of where we had begun it . |
| 16 | Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home . |
| 17 | We hope we will be able to take new proposals to Potter Street on the second of November if nothing else , we will certainly take them an honest indication of where we 've got to so far and what proposals will be taking place , and what we will be proposing erm for the future . |
| 18 | well that 's , that 's right , you 're quite right Mr that 's why I then , I then put Mr points in the context of where we 've got |
| 19 | So let us take stock of where we have reached so far in our analysis of the Lucas business cycle model . |
| 20 | If , however , you do not know who this person is , or might be , it would be more helpful if we were to give some indication of why we have introduced her into the conversation . |
| 21 | It depends what conditions are like when we start climbin' up to the pass . ’ |
| 22 | True integration rests on non-Disabled people ensuring their arts practice is fully and equally accessible to Disabled people ready for as-and-when we choose to become involved . |
| 23 | I 'm very pleased with how we 've reacted to our bad start to the season . ’ |
| 24 | Hopefully this will give an insight into how we try to please most of the people most of the time , and maybe encourage more staff to put pen to paper and get into print . |
| 25 | It only needs a slightly increased tempo to be the great national anthem our country maybe does n't deserve , but will surely grow into when we have cast off childish things and grasped the thistle of independence . |
| 26 | There are difficulties enough for us to cope with when we seek to discover what is ‘ the rent reserved by the letting ’ and these are the difficulties which exclusively engaged the attention of the court in this case . |
| 27 | Well , certainly people are satisfied with where we 've got to and want to draw a line underneath it and move on from there , and I think the prospect of going back to the constitution er issues , and they m once again being a key focus , I do n't think anyone in the Party , or outside the Party , sees the Labour Party wanting to devote itself to that at this time . |
| 28 | Erm she 's due in at work on that Friday night er we 've encountered problems before whereby we 've asked for I E the Friday night off because there 's been an educational seminar on on the day as it were er and that , that 's been , that 's been de er |
| 29 | When J. came back from his course , we simply carried on from where we had left off . |
| 30 | So the evidence of our senses is what we start from when we need to construct a justification for our beliefs , on this approach . |