Example sentences of "how [det] [noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How some teams managed to climb Mount Chirripo amazed even Gerard Fusil . |
| 2 | The chant was so beautiful Athelstan stopped , closing his eyes to listen , until a rough-mouthed carter flicked his whip , bellowing how some men had to work and could n't laze around like stupid priests . |
| 3 | From depth interviews with fifty long-established heterosexual and some gay and lesbian couples , the project will focus not upon why couples break up but upon how some couples manage to stay together . |
| 4 | IT IS amazing how few critics seem to have been able to recognise Dennis Potter 's Blackeyes for what it is , just another Anglo-Australian copy of Neighbours . |
| 5 | Or he could start his own venue , impose his own narrow-minded door policy and see how few people turn up and how few bands agree to play . |
| 6 | Or he could start his own venue , impose his own narrow-minded door policy and see how few people turn up and how few bands agree to play . |
| 7 | It was based on the construction of a questionnaire , the Parental Attitude Research Inventory ( PARI ) , in which parents were asked to indicate their agreement with such statements as ‘ A child will be grateful later on for strict training , ’ and ‘ Children should realize how much parents have to give up for them . ’ |
| 8 | You 'll also find lots of leaflets available from main showrooms which tell you how much appliances cost to run , how to cut down on costs , and helpful methods of payment if you have to economise drastically . |
| 9 | The remaining diagrams of Fig.9.1 show how these phenomena continue to show up in the profile . |
| 10 | How many women want to sit down at two o'clock and give an hour and a half of their attention to a play of any sort whatsoever , let alone one about the life of somebody who collects Irish folk ballads ? |
| 11 | How many executives need to look up ASCII codes or work out problems in Hexadecimal and Octal ? |
| 12 | It 's funny how many stars seem to harbour similar buried desires perhaps it 's all that time they spend waiting on tables before they get their big break . |
| 13 | Though Marcus no longer took part in this process , he never missed a single morning ; he liked to know everything that was going on — how many cargo-ships berthed for loading or unloading — how many hours taken to clear each one — how many men needed on every job . |
| 14 | Yeah it 's , it 's surprising how many companies want to like leave that side of things to un |
| 15 | The spokesman would not reveal what the results of the survey were — or how many members refused to answer the questions . |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd be surprised how many diabetics manage to live perfectly normal lives , provided they follow the diet that has been specifically worked out for them , and it is important , ’ she stressed carefully . |
| 17 | He explained : ‘ I 'm enjoying watching Villa play and it will be interesting to see how many fans want to show their appreciation . ’ |
| 18 | It revolves around a single simple question : how many men came to arrest Jesus in the Garden ? |
| 19 | Mr Major said : ‘ I am constantly amazed at how many pessimists attempt to paint a picture of a nation in decline when it is an utterly false and unrealistic picture . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Actually , ’ Matthew said , ‘ I 've always wondered how those girls managed to wear muslin to the crushes at Bath and not end up with pneumonia . |
| 21 | SHORT and shallow is still how most economists like to describe America 's current recession . |