Example sentences of "how they [vb base] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I watch how they smooth their hair when enter a room . |
2 | But in older elite studies ‘ To know who the power wielding individuals are is thought to be sufficient ; it is a secondary matter to inquire into how they use their power . |
3 | how they spell their name . |
4 | How they burn my sight . |
5 | That is how they make their profit . |
6 | When you approach pluggers or press officers , bear in mind that this is how they make their money , and the amount of enthusiasm which they show for your product may not be a true indication of the coverage which they can secure . |
7 | That 's how they make their money , though , is n't it ? |
8 | Within the monkeys it turns out that some types have higher EQs than others and that , interestingly , there is some connection with how they make their living : insect-eating and fruit-eating monkeys have bigger brains , for their size , than leaf-eating monkeys . |
9 | A different approach to video materials is to look at how they communicate their message . |
10 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
11 | Elders are often denied the status of ordinary adulthood when they are not encouraged to discuss how they see their situation . |
12 | No , I do n't want a lecture on the birds and the bees , I was just wondering where software companies find them , and how they learn their art in the first place ? |
13 | Golding knows exactly what boys , man is like and how they disintegrate their civilisation and how we humpty-dumpty our world , never to be but back together again . |
14 | The ubiquity of these notions also reflects that the labour process itself influences policemen and women in how they view their work , and the sociology of policing has shown how routine policing consists of similar tasks wherever it occurs . |
15 | There are a number of different kinds of bomb , some of them known by a variety of colourful synonyms , but in many cases , there is a good deal of argument about exactly how they acquire their shape . |
16 | Because the purpose of homing is often self-evident ( it might , for instance , be a matter of finding the right place to lay eggs ) , the question of how they find their way is usually more interesting . |
17 | Most people have considerable leeway as to how they spend their money over and above basic subsistence requirements . |
18 | The Conservative party believes in choice and opportunity for people in terms of how they spend their money and their time . |
19 | Admittedly their budgets come from the County Council , but what how they spend their money erm is theirs to choose , and that is definitely erm part of this overall philosophy . |
20 | They can be irritatingly slow to publish , and it is often difficult to know how they spend their time . |
21 | Ask each one of the family to make a list of how they spend their time and what changes they would like to make if given the chance . |
22 | Considerations on which they seem to draw include : how they construe their role as members of the police , which is itself informed by their interpretation of the organizational mandate of the force , by informal organizational requirements and occupational culture , and by local community expectations ; their knowledge of locale ; whether constables are able to resolve the momentary demands of the situation ; and their ability to handle the complex mix of law enforcement , local expectations , and the need for good public relations . |
23 | New work has looked more deeply into the toxins ' structure to find out how they do their job so specifically . |
24 | But art teachers Philip Wooley and his Californian-born wife , Victoria Dark , have some highly progressive ideas about how they want their home environment to be . |
25 | Well the , the fourth point in relation to er we say that the point has been fully pleaded , corsation is a question of fact , the , er , it 's not an issue which we say arises on these preliminary issues and can raise it er under order eighteen , rule nineteen , if they so wish , that is traditionally the places where it seems nexus points arise erm and they will put in , er app , we will put in , the defendants will put in appropriate evidence at that point , depending upon whether the , the strike out allows evidence and how they frame their strike out , but the nexus point is fully pleaded , we set out step by step and in relation to er restrictions how they were caused the loss , my Lord at that point , at this point we believe that 's all we have to do and certainly we believe that it be sufficient to get over a strike out |
26 | ‘ This is how they establish their pecking order in the pack . |
27 | But , erm in terms of more subjective er , is er , the two , two particular features which are important , one is descent , how they reckon they descent . |