Example sentences of "how [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The idea of multi-disciplinary group work in such situations is not new ; but it is surprising how rarely it has been used . |
| 32 | And George Seferis saw also , when Eliot was inscribing a book , " how nervously he grasped the pen " . |
| 33 | But his eyes never left her distant , shadowed figure , seeing at once how slowly she moved , how awkwardly , hobbling down the steps one by one , stopping time and again to rest , her whole body crooked , one hand clutching the side rail tightly , as if she 'd fall without it . |
| 34 | And how skilfully we tackle all the difficult and messy jobs like plumbing , wiring , plastering and tiling . |
| 35 | ‘ Ardent ? ’ he asked helpfully , and it was n't much later that Hilary realised how skilfully she 'd been diverted . |
| 36 | It is funny , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , how reluctant I was to say anything like that here in the first few days , how instinctively I felt it might endanger the entire project , how everything might collapse around me the moment I said that . |
| 37 | His cool irony brought swift colour to her cheeks as she recalled how furiously she had condemned him for doing just that . |
| 38 | Their fortunes depend entirely on how effectively they wield the bludgeon at their disposal ; in fact , a military representative may be gaoled for accepting shoddy goods . |
| 39 | how effectively they plead for nothing . |
| 40 | It is at present difficult to say how effectively they controlled the flow of petitions . |
| 41 | The success of any such endeavour rests in how effectively it captures the essence of the times ; Storia overall has a distinct 80s feel to it . |
| 42 | Similarly , an analysis of the organisational and institutional forms adopted by the West Indians and the abolitionists reveals how strikingly they mirrored each other . |
| 43 | Anyone acquainted with ancient ikons will recognise how acutely she has captured their essence . |
| 44 | As it is , there is not much she can do with her curls except , every now and again , crop them brutally short just to demonstrate how inadequately they represent her character . |
| 45 | The offices faced out on to the wolf enclosure and as he looked at the pack huddled by the iron fence in the snow he thought how right they looked for once . |
| 46 | Instead she almost dreamily let her fingers trail over Julius 's smooth and supple skin , she felt the hard heat of him against her palms , and it was astonishing how right it seemed that they should be together like this . |
| 47 | It would be twenty years before he discovered how right he had been . |
| 48 | Maxim looked at the clutter of parts in front of him and realised how right he 'd been in saying soldiers hate to throw away guns , even cheap Spanish ones . |
| 49 | At first everyone had been smiling , thinking how right I looked holding the baby . |
| 50 | How right she had been ! |
| 51 | As the man unfolded his tall frame and stood up , slinging a dusty jacket over one broad shoulder , Folly realised how right she had been to see him as formidable . |
| 52 | And how right she had been to lie ! |
| 53 | Experts can be fallible and usually the best practitioners are the people who , with experience , come to appreciate how little they know . |
| 54 | Dismissing the argument that the directives were unreasonable , perverse or out of proportion , the judge said that perhaps the most startling feature of them was how little they restricted the supply of the ‘ oxygen of publicity ’ to the specified organisations . |
| 55 | Lord Donaldson said a startling feature of the directives was how little they restricted the supply of the ‘ oxygen of publicity ’ to the organisations specified . |
| 56 | The book in other ways also reflects how little they had yet formulated a detailed evolutionary history of society . |
| 57 | How little they knew . |
| 58 | Realising how little they knew about the subject , she and two staff midwives from Wythenshawe began to research the needs of deaf women during pregnancy . |
| 59 | And how little they realised the implications of such a narrow win . |
| 60 | From the outset he had been dismayed to learn how little they 'd progressed . |