Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adj] [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's funny how emotional we get at the turn of a personal decade . |
| 2 | That just shows how little you know about my affairs ! |
| 3 | ‘ How little you know about love . ’ |
| 4 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 5 | " I was thinking how little I know of you , and wondering how and why you turned up here in the first place . " |
| 6 | One of the strangest things is how little I think of Sophie and Ben . |
| 7 | ‘ Friends have rung to say how awful they feel about what has happened . |
| 8 | And to be more explicit and to show you how tall I stand by the giant , I will put down a simile of human life as far as I now perceive it ; that is , to the point to which I say we both have arrived at . |
| 9 | It is good practice and you will soon learn how careful you have to be not to scare them — and the bigger the chub are , the more careful you have to be . |
| 10 | At the outset , you must first decide just how serious you want to be . |
| 11 | At the other extreme , the pure choice end of the spectrum , are explicit statements of choice , preference , approval , or disapproval : which party people think is best on economic matters for themselves and their families , for Britain as a whole , or for the unemployed ; their evaluations of how well each party has handled issues like unemployment , inflation , defence , health , education , and social services ; how warm they feel towards parties and their leaders ; whether the parties should change their leaders or their policies , or both ; and , last but not least , voting preferences . |
| 12 | If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course . |
| 13 | How much we get for that ? |
| 14 | But of course that can become quite a complex thing depending on how much we want to sort of use it to produce certificates and things like that . |
| 15 | Shows you how much we rely on |
| 16 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 17 | I 've got no specific figures or names in mind , but I think there will be a further growth , particularly in the number of people who supply existing credit cards , and that 's important because they may do better and different deals with the retailers over how much they charge for the processing . |
| 18 | Actually I find it easier to put in the mortgage details which is page li er pa line three and any outstanding bills and loans and then basically find out from the person how much they need on top of that |
| 19 | And I was appalled as to how much they spend on publicity . |
| 20 | Obviously there is a very delicate balance between erm demanding too much of people 's time in consulting and talking with you , and not involving them at all , and you have to be very sensitive to how much time people are prepared to give and how much they want to be involved in something . |
| 21 | I wonder how much they want for it ? |
| 22 | How much you take of each depends on you , for no two people are the same . |
| 23 | If you play around with the savings plan spreadsheet you will quickly discover that the earnings ratio is n't dependent on how much you put into the plan every month , only on how long you save for and the interest rate . |
| 24 | This set of questions will find out how much you know about sets and set language . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know how much you know about Hugh 's private life , but the fact is he had rather a crush on me . |
| 26 | Although you may not have studied French before , you will be surprised at how many French words you know and how much you know about France . |
| 27 | God only knows how much you mean to me ! ’ |
| 28 | Now do you see how much you mean to me ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ No , but the pictures are interesting , and it 's amazing how much you learn from those one-line captions underneath them ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't get over how much you look like Jeff ! ’ |