Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] they [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not being musically inclined , I had no idea how much they meant to him , and I 've subsequently spent about 3 weeks in the dog house . |
| 2 | At the IX Party Congress that year , both Ion Maurer and Alexandru Bârladeanu emphasized in their speeches to the delegates how much they owed to Nicolae Ceauşescu 's inspiration . |
| 3 | How far they were supreme in any new and unprecedented sense , whether their advance can be termed revolutionary , how much they owed to the innovatory genius of Thomas Cromwell are questions still open to dispute . |
| 4 | The Ashleys fully appreciated how much they owed to Sybille and treated her with great respect and kindness ; faux pas , which from other members of staff would have met with icy reproofs , went scarcely noticed . |
| 5 | On the one hand , Labour Members know where their roots are and they know how much they matter to them desperately . |
| 6 | But it depends how much they want to . |
| 7 | How much they need to be overcome to implement a successful international marketing policy is a matter of considerable debate among marketing experts and section 5 of this chapter reviews the idea of the two main schools of thought . |
| 8 | A survey asked 1,245 randomly selected college professors how much they gave to charity each year . |
| 9 | Apart from demonstrating one of the unwavering laws of British journalism , that nothing sells newspapers like royalty , and nothing makes a better editorial column than declamations of simple patriotism , the curious thing about these assaults is how much they belong to a period . |
| 10 | Maurice Peston a professor of economics , Harold Edey , a professor of accounting , and many others accepted the CNAA system , worked on its behalf , and — in Hanrott 's formulation — ‘ people in polytechnics did not always appreciate how much they owe to them ’ . |
| 11 | In reality they are mercilessly small when you realize for how long they have to be eked out ! |
| 12 | A few weeks … but how soon they turn to months ; how soon to years . |
| 13 | Now that we have established the principles of inheritance , and the methods by which it can be studied in complex cases , let us see how well they apply to behaviour . |
| 14 | ‘ Certainly it is a very poor play — but what a challenge for the actors and how well they rose to the occasion . ’ |
| 15 | Cos there was n't a regulation afore about how deep they had to be . |
| 16 | ‘ Stick players who try the Grand for the first time are surprised at how fast they adapt to it , ’ says inventor , manufacturer and player Emmett Chapman . |
| 17 | Experience will tell you how hard they have to be tightened : generally 1¼ turns after they are hand-tight is sufficient for 15mm fittings ( 1 turn for 22mm ) . |
| 18 | Much may thus depend on how seriously they rise to the challenge . |