Example sentences of "exactly [Wh adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are not quite sure exactly how the spies would communicate with each other — that is , are you to investigate letters , phone calls , radio transmissions , or informal notes ? |
| 2 | Milton never makes clear exactly how the Lady 's virtue is saved . |
| 3 | We wanted to know exactly how the final garment evolved . |
| 4 | She finds time to sit down with the patient before she 's wheeled off to X-Ray , explaining exactly how the lung will be sealed off , that pain is inevitable and how it will be controlled . |
| 5 | This is the kind of dreamy Hollywood fantasy I like to float in when I 'm lying flat on my back under some dirty platform desperately trying to tack a loose wire or stubborn piece of baize into position — or standing in a wet field trying to work out exactly how the VIPs will swim through the mud from the helicopter to the marquee . |
| 6 | This description was entirely correct , but it took nearly 50 years to work out exactly how the different parts fitted together . |
| 7 | Ryan began to explain exactly how the scheme was to work , drawing little diagrams with chalk on the blackboard . |
| 8 | Thus when faced with a specification such as the following for so-called ‘ executive information systems ’ , one wonders exactly how the system is expected to filter and compress critical data received from the external environment ! : |
| 9 | Although the school does not receive its budget share in actual cash , it is still free to decide exactly how the money is to be spent . |
| 10 | But whatever the type of goods being sold , it 's important that the retailer plans exactly how the shop is going to be laid out . |
| 11 | In this paper we have outlined two lines of research that address the question of exactly how the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of ) the context for interpreting the current sentence . |
| 12 | Exactly how the antibodies are involved in the development of diabetes remains uncertain . |
| 13 | So here we are seeing exactly how the objects would look if our eyes were sensitive to wavelengths about five times longer than they actually detect . |
| 14 | The British Robot Association also analysed exactly how the UK 's robot owners use their machines . |
| 15 | Exactly how the mind affects such symptoms is not known , except in the case of asthma where the autonomic nervous system can make the bronchi contract in response to anxiety or emotion . |
| 16 | Exactly how the Pill produces this effect is unknown — the simplistic explanation usually offered is that the hormones in the Pill promote Candida because they are steroids , but this is really no explanation at all . |
| 17 | She turned back the sleeves to see exactly how the cuffs had been sewn in . |
| 18 | Exactly how the skeletal Ms Melt feels about this offer is unclear . |
| 19 | A post mortem to be carried out today will give the first indication exactly how the women died . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , there is still concern about exactly how the 80 per cent is to be measured . |
| 21 | Investigating officers sifted through the debris of the workshops yesterday in an attempt to discover the cause of the fire but Detective Sergeant Andy Adams of Clacton police said : ‘ At this stage we are not able to say exactly how the fire started . |
| 22 | Exactly how the controlling group agrees on common interests and actions is not specified , though the implication is of some quasi-conspiratorial corporatist process . |
| 23 | Exactly how the latter will be is still a little bit hazy , according to Shlomo Harari , managing director of another of the six companies , Adacom WorkStation Interconnectivity Ltd or ASI . |
| 24 | While he would not be drawn on exactly how the higher speed has been achieved , he did say that the system enables users to retain their existing equipment . |
| 25 | Its beta experience this summer will help NeTpower sort out exactly how the machines should be configured . |
| 26 | Exactly how the matter was resolved is obscure , but there is no doubt that Gloucester took possession of the lordship , presumably with royal backing . |
| 27 | For the time being at least this was almost exactly how the French were regarded by the Americans in Vietnam : of little or no account and if not exactly in the ‘ out ’ tray at best their position was ‘ pending ’ . |
| 28 | It is also very useful to make up a full-scale plan of the seat of the chair , to mark in the positions of the mortises and tenons , especially as , the original being glued up , it is not possible to see exactly how the original joints went together . |
| 29 | We leave the reader to work out exactly how the various rows in the table are arrived at . |
| 30 | Exactly how the union was wound up is not clear . |