Example sentences of "know how many " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were numerous poems written about country estates in the eighteenth century , but again it is difficult to know how many of these Leapor read , though she must have read some . |
| 2 | If the private sector is to contribute seriously to debt counselling then it is likely to want to know how many CAB clients adhere to their repayment schedules and how many emerge better able to cope and more confident after counselling . |
| 3 | If someone asks ‘ How much of X do we have in stock ? ’ they want to know how many of a specific item there are on the premises — both on the shop floor and in the warehouse or storeroom . |
| 4 | If you want to know how many units of alcohol you drink , look up the type of drink in the left column . |
| 5 | Goodman tried to find out by demanding to know how many refugee children had been baptised since they had arrived in this country . |
| 6 | This , and many companion volumes on overseas registers which Air-Britain produces , are much more serious volumes than those spotters ' guides of yore , their contents likely to prove as useful to aircraft dealers , brokers , insurers , buyers ( and tax inspectors ? ) as they do to the binocular-and-bobble-hats brigade , not to mention we scribblers , who occasionally have a compelling need to know how many PA-28s there are in the country ( a lot ) or whether the Miles Student jet trainer is still extant ( it is ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I want to know how many steps there are to the top . ’ |
| 8 | And I would be interested just to know how many performances do n't actually break even . |
| 9 | Now what I said to you approximately two minutes to the side that 's fine if you want to know how many words , who kno , who knows roughly how many words in two minutes ? |
| 10 | This can be disconcerting for clients who want to know how many spots they are getting . |
| 11 | I wanted to know how many different styles were represented at any one time ? |
| 12 | Like I said , I want to know how many murderers have been sent to Whitely in the last three years . |
| 13 | More importantly , I want to know how many of those men died there . ’ |
| 14 | In relation to ( e ) , the Consortium needs to know how many IDO claims have already been validated and how many are outstanding that could be affected by the outcome of the Carmel case . |
| 15 | The company wished to know how many kibbles every workman " doth weekly land " , what charges had been incurred by building at Coniston and what repairs might be needed to uphold the works . |
| 16 | And I 'd like to know how many damned times I 'm supposed to tell you that I had no motives either ! ’ |
| 17 | The public will want to know how many people who are convicted will serve five years and how many will serve nine months . |
| 18 | I 'm sorry Mr has referred to closures in their teens cos this again throws residents and staff into total confusion we 're too early in the programme of community care to know how many homes are going to close . |
| 19 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |
| 20 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |
| 21 | She 's got thirty seven pounds ninety eight to spend , she gets that amount for every ten pounds , so you want to know how many ten pounds there are in thirty seven ninety eight , so you can write it out as a division sum or you can just move the decimal point . |
| 22 | We 'll looking into doing we need to know how many cars gone in , how many cars go out |
| 23 | And they want to know how many 's going . |
| 24 | erm I mean I ca n't tell you off the top of my head , but I would like to know how many erm career advisory erm people actually help girls to direct their career . |
| 25 | I 've got another piece which I think you 'd like , it 's all to do with food poisoning , which is rampant in Cambridge , I think you 'd like to know how many people are dying each week . |
| 26 | I do n't know how many times I 'd done the Harwich-to-London run , but the journey seemed different that day — like a well-known view captured in a freshly painted picture . |
| 27 | I do n't know how many breweries or pubs were knocked down during the redevelopment of Docklands . |
| 28 | You know that there are many paths leading to the house and from the house , but : ( a ) You do not know how many there are , where they come from , or where they go to . |
| 29 | Do you know how many people I have waiting for that bed or yours , Jack ? |
| 30 | The Russians changed their minds about intervening ‘ I do n't know how many times , ’ wrote Khrushchev . |