Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , it can not be a comprehensive dictionary of every word used in science , but the editors have shrewdly picked those likely to cause problems or confusion — distinguishing Zygomycetes from Zygomycotina , for instance , or helping to spell Richard Adolf Zsigmondy 's name , or reminding how many letters are doubled in old-fashioned arsenurretted hydrogen . |
| 2 | It is difficult to disagree , or to see how she can overcome the problem . |
| 3 | A more indirect borrowing from the sciences has been the use of evolutionary models , derived from the theory of natural selection , to describe or explain how fallible knowledge can grow . |
| 4 | Twenty years was a long time to bear dependence if your spirit craved something stronger and your intelligence rebelled at continual submission to powers who neither , Anna felt , knew or cared how she and Peter lived . |
| 5 | Then she no longer knew or cared how he looked or what he might be feeling , and surrendered herself totally to the sensation of being in his arms . |
| 6 | Slowly , Emily rose from the chair where she had seen her father seated many times , not knowing the problems he faced or understanding how troubled he was . |
| 7 | er but erm that kind of thing where you can sort of scale the responses in some way or say how many times a week or say how many times in the last year or how many times since Christmas or something erm fine yeah you can do , you can do stats on that , you can hopefully find P less than point O five etcetera etcetera between the different groups |
| 8 | er but erm that kind of thing where you can sort of scale the responses in some way or say how many times a week or say how many times in the last year or how many times since Christmas or something erm fine yeah you can do , you can do stats on that , you can hopefully find P less than point O five etcetera etcetera between the different groups |
| 9 | They confirmed that the death was being treated as suspicious but would not give the woman 's identity or say how she died . |
| 10 | Most of us have a major problem when faced by a very unpleasant character who is screaming like an animal or explaining how he is going to separate us from parts of our body . |
| 11 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 12 | None of the patients ' spouses or carer had been shown or told how to give the drops . |
| 13 | Those lost for a way to use the unlovely rambutan or wondering how to test a sapodilla for ripeness will find Exotic Fruits especially helpful . |
| 14 | Maybe he was sweating , or nervous , or wondering how to broach the subject . |
| 15 | This is how the Autocar & Motor How Fast , How Good data has been derived : 30–70mph indicates overtaking ability and is measured through the gears ; 30–50mph is recorded in top gear ( or fourth in the case of five-speed manual gearbox models ) ; 50–70 mph is recorded in top . |
| 16 | This is how the Autocar & Motor How Fast , How Good data has been derived : 30–70mph indicates overtaking ability and is measured in top gear ( or fourth in the case of five-speed manual gearboxes ) ; 50–70mph is recorded in top . |
| 17 | Their doubts arose from the inability to predict or control how the courts would use the power . |
| 18 | He could n't clearly see the buildings or tell how things had changed since he was last in London . |
| 19 | I can do that , probably a number of other people can do it too , but the vast majority would n't have the remotest idea what to listen for or know how it is done . |
| 20 | The description should outline the steps taken to remedy the reported problem , or indicate how the suggestion was handled . |
| 21 | The new law did n't stress how children should learn to speak standard English — or state how they should be taught to read . |
| 22 | You do n't have to believe in God in order to practise astronomy or to understand how the movement of the planets is regulated , as might have been thought to be the case before Isaac Newton 's time . |
| 23 | They do not give the press or the universities or the churches the right to broadcast respectively the programmes on the news , education or religion , or to determine how they should be broadcast ’ ( Annan , 1977 , p. 9 ) . |
| 24 | But it is impossible to say at what point along the continuum the change from one form of the language to another occurs , or to determine how many distinct forms there are . |
| 25 | Mr Howes said he and Mr Dimmer were never issued with protective clothing or warned how dangerous the chemical was . |
| 26 | With Balor loping along at their side , they could not discuss whether Fenella would be all right , or speculate how soon she and Caspar would catch them up , or even try to spy out a place to stop and wait for them . |
| 27 | This impression that you ca n't see , or smell , or feel how can you take its picture ? |
| 28 | Or understand how to get one of those hand driers to actually dry between your fingers . |
| 29 | We have , then , two different kinds of language as potential objects for study : one abstracted in order to teach a language or literacy , or to study how the rules of language work , and another which has been used to communicate something and is felt to be coherent ( and may , or may not , happen to correspond to a correct sentence or a series of correct sentences ) . |
| 30 | Whether we have in mind the student learning that such and such is the case , or learning how to do such and such , we look to the student to rise above the learning . |