Example sentences of "how [adv] they [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique of getting them to supply the missing dialogue after a silent viewing of a scene provides a good opportunity for you and them to find out what language they have at their command and how flexibly they can use it . |
| 2 | All we can know is that no matter how much or how little they may have endured physically , the emotional damage is probably still with them . |
| 3 | She would have to tell Andrew how little they could hope from Deer Forest , then or in future times . |
| 4 | They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end . |
| 5 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 6 | He will be able to tell them about the Labour party 's opposition to discounts , but he will not be able to tell them how much they would pay under the Labour party system , because the Labour party will not say . |
| 7 | The major opposition to the poll tax came to the fore only when people realised how much they would have to pay . |
| 8 | At the same time the British leaders , although they soon realized just how much they would have to concede in order to regain American confidence and backing , were largely unshaken in their belief that in Middle Eastern affairs they were the true experts compared with the Americans . |
| 9 | In February 1929 Irwin had written to the Secretary of State of a conversation with Gandhi that ‘ what was interesting ’ was his statement that , if Indians were at liberty to order their own future , ‘ we should be astonished by how much they would desire to leave in our hands through lack of self-confidence ’ . |
| 10 | The overriding anxiety for the employees was what benefits they could claim and how much they would receive . |
| 11 | What is becoming increasingly evident is how much we have to learn from dolphins — and how much they may have to teach us . |
| 12 | Once they had established that all men were equal before God and that all men were theoretically capable of finding out , for themselves , what God demanded of them , they could not confine that principle to the religious sphere , no matter how much they may have wanted to . |
| 13 | Joked about how much they might pay . |
| 14 | Further opposition came from those who , no matter how much they might desire British association with their ambitions , saw a free trade area as a retrograde step , and feared its adverse effect upon the ultimate goal of political unity . |
| 15 | It could be some months yet before the pensioners know how much they 'll get , and when they 'll get it . |
| 16 | If you need to use them , you now have a record of how much they will cost , in advance . |
| 17 | The document does not explain how these changes will be implemented or how much they will cost . |
| 18 | Motability forwards the form to Blackpool and within 4–6 weeks will inform you how much they will pay towards the costs . |
| 19 | Householders will have their first indication of how much they will have to pay by late April . |
| 20 | The current contracts run out in 10 days and the generators are refusing to say how much they will buy in future . |
| 21 | SCOTTISH universities and higher education institutions discovered yesterday how much they will receive in grants next year from Scotland 's new funding body . |
| 22 | As one who admires much of what WTA has done and enjoys watching the best women players compete against each other , because the entertainment value they produce can often be tremendous , I was sad to see that apparently they still do not appreciate how relatively well off they are under the present set-up and how much they could stand to lose from open warfare in the game . |
| 23 | Most people do not realise how much they could increase their pleasure , success and income by reading faster and more accurately . |
| 24 | Spending departments would be told how much they could spend in real terms in the next four years . |
| 25 | In both strikes , a great deal of confusion prevailed : most people had no clear idea when they would be entitled to supplementary benefit or how much they could claim . |
| 26 | It is possible for research to find out , for example , where people would most like to go for their holidays , and how much they could afford to spend . |
| 27 | A short ‘ idiot 's guide ’ to fundraising ( of the sort this idiot would need ) with suggestions about events and methods of fundraising ( including how much they can expect from house-to-house collecting ) , any rules they need to know , how to link with CA , how to do a bit of educating through a display or briefing meeting or a good enjoyable social occasion to launch the effort and raise the level of interest and understanding . |
| 28 | Two hideous yuppies in tubular stainless steel sipping minimalist cocktails — no olives or fruit salad — God , give my ageing pectorals strength ! — and contemplating how much they can borrow to house their sterile fucking , dear . |
| 29 | The messages for local managers are that there is a need to allow time to pass before the linked activities which revolve around the three major innovations of the 1980s ( NCVQ , TVEI extension , TECs ) reveal how much they can contribute to each other in terms of an essentially joint strategy . |
| 30 | ‘ People are likely to sit down and work out how much they can save by buying now , and then they 'll come back to us , ’ says Evans Halshaw general manager Joe Curley . |