Example sentences of "how [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Many new detailed comparisons may be made between the fossils and Recent representatives , leading to new theories about the relationships between agnathan groups and new theories about how jawed vertebrates acquired their characters .
2 ‘ To give guidance ’ may , however , mean to some people giving advice and information , which is not how trained counsellors see their role .
3 Although most of these techniques are expensive and difficult to use , it is possible that at least some of them may become more easily available ; they can be very useful both for discovering in detail how English speakers produce their speech sounds , and for demonstrating to learners of English their pronunciation errors in a way that helps them to correct them .
4 Someone , somewhere probably studied just how different companies choose their model series , and in all probability the men in the white coats took him away .
5 Lucker falls asleep after commenting that he does n't want to see how mini-cab drivers supplement their incomes .
6 The court has heard how some couples lost their life savings after investing with a financial advisory service run by Christopher How .
7 Generally there has been little quantitative analysis of precisely how individual households adjust their expenditure behaviour in response to VAT changes and the aim of this project is to fill this gap .
8 Six or eight well-briefed farmers from different areas and different disciplines throughout Scotland should aim to find out how European farmers ae implementing the rules and regulations and how individual governments support their farmers .
9 However , when scientists first tried to work out how life on Earth got started , they had to perfect their understanding of the original primeval gases , and whether and how such gases changed their nature .
10 You 'd be surprised how much babies dictate their own routine .
11 Only 10% go to Church in England , but that 10% , many of whom attend meetings during the week as well as Sunday service , represent the biggest single sector in British society that come together voluntarily and regularly in an intentional way that is focused on something to do with how human beings live their lives ( i.e. not sport ) .
12 But how do we gain access to Renaissance culture , especially when our readings of the texts that document that culture indicate that a process of necessary counterfeit may have played a part in determining how these texts inscribed their culture ?
13 It is almost always difficult to discover how these men built their fortunes at the beginning , because they leave no significant mark in the records until they have already made some mark in society .
14 Also examined are how these households organise their domestic time and tasks , and their attitudes to the changing patterns of work and the problems which arise .
15 How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ?
16 How many planets has our sun got that we know about because there might be some we do n't know .
17 How many customers did your dad have ?
18 It 's extraordinary how many businesses man their front lines with speaking voices that fail to give the customer or client any sense of status ( see Chapter Nine ) .
19 How many birds did my true love send to me on the twelfth day of Christmas ?
20 How many insects does your spider feed on each day ?
21 How many children has your wife ? ’
22 Not that Paracelsus always found the right ones : One wonders how many unfortunates owed their demise to his prescription of mercury to clarify the spleen .
23 SIR — I wonder how many readers share your near-reverence for Nelson Mandela ( editorial , April 7 ) ?
24 How many gallons does your pond hold ? in I asked .
25 It aims to shed light on how employing organisations manage their managerial employees , with particular regard to organisational and technological change .
26 Cheryl Baker and the team from BBC1 's Eggs 'n' Baker join cookery editor Linda Fraser to see how delicious dishes find their way into the pages of BBC Good Food
27 Although impressive , some scientists are concerned about how neural networks reach their answers .
28 The analysis will show how dependent small businesses are on their major customers ; how much is sold outside the local area economy ; and how competitive factors influence their sales .
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