Example sentences of "how [det] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are choices now to be made , how many layers to add , or whether literally to skin the canvas . |
| 2 | There are choices now to be made , how many layers to add , or whether literally to skin the canvas . |
| 3 | The vicar 's tried I do n't know how many times to talk to him , offer him this and that , but he wo n't have it . |
| 4 | I mean now exactly we send out about du n no how many letters to ask if they have anything to sell . |
| 5 | So how many switches to switch it on ? |
| 6 | The documentation provides plenty of general advice about writing letters — both the general construction and some of the finer points , such as how many lines to leave for a signature . |
| 7 | If you want to talk about the work of an author , you need to judge how many texts to talk about and how varied your selection needs to be ( many authors write in different modes : novels , short stories , poems , diaries and letters , etc ) . |
| 8 | How many fourths make up a whole how many fourths to make a whole one ? |
| 9 | If we 're just talking about the niceties of the way these things are laid out , previous set of procedures say things like page one-o-two , page one-o-three etc , and I think that is probably good practice if you can look at a page number and so you know exactly how many pages to expect so , we can probably do that when we re-issue these procedures as well . |
| 10 | She clapped and praised our efforts and expressed amazement that the girls knew how many bounces to do without counting . |
| 11 | It will then tell you how many stitches to cast on , how many rows to knit and when and where to shape and cast off . |
| 12 | This will have to be calculated carefully so that you know how many stitches to cast on . |
| 13 | Ken Neil won the competition on ‘ how many ways to use an egg ’ and , after a few games of bingo , the 50 members enjoyed browsing around the Thrift Shop which had been opened specially because many can not get there on a Wednesday morning . |
| 14 | It will then tell you how many stitches to cast on , how many rows to knit and when and where to shape and cast off . |
| 15 | The relative strengths of competing hypotheses may be relevant to the decision about how many words to select for higher level processing , but unfortunately sequential hypothesize and test systems favour the collection and evaluation of evidence for a particular hypothesis in isolation from its competitors . |
| 16 | Well sometimes when I was asking you things like erm say if I asked you how many quarters to make a whole one ? |
| 17 | How many pieces to go all the way round . |
| 18 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 19 | The pain , the exhaustion , the monotony of one 's own thoughts ( I was too tired to talk for most of the day ) : how many miles to go ? how many miles have we covered ? can I keep going ? |
| 20 | How many miles to go ? |
| 21 | Five days and God knows how many miles to go . |
| 22 | The choice of how many tablespoons to make the solution with depends on how much of the granule is required in each tablespoon dose i.e. 1/7granule ( 7 tablespoons ) — unc ( 20 tablespoons ) , as well as for how many days the remedy is to be given . |
| 23 | Now a different problem , erm it still takes forty eight man hours , but this time how many men to do the job in two hours ? |
| 24 | Finally , having ranked the symptoms as above , additional points need to be allocated according to the strength of each symptom on a scale of 1 to 3. dTake into account the intensity and consistency in deciding how many points to give for this . |
| 25 | Besides , how many opportunities to dress up are there these days ? ’ |
| 26 | The first step is to decide how many candidates to approach . |
| 27 | How many shots to take |
| 28 | ‘ The whole point of the incentive allowances system is for local authorities and schools to decide for themselves how many allowances to award and at what rates in the light of their particular circumstances , ’ Mr MacGregor said . |