Example sentences of "to ask [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Dixon said , ‘ With up to 20 years from infection to illness , we just have to ask how many of our congregation have been added during that time ? |
| 2 | ‘ People tend to ask how much they lost and whether or not they were insured . |
| 3 | Even though the rhythms in performance measured by the tests and ‘ real ’ tasks are similar ( compare figs. 5.1 and 5.5 ) , it is reasonable to ask how relevant are these tests to the ‘ on site ’ situation ? |
| 4 | It remains for us to ask how the popular Hitler image we have examined contributed towards the growing strength of the regime and towards making possible this war , which , from what we have seen , most Germans — though prepared to fight if necessary — had been only too anxious to avoid . |
| 5 | And theirs not to ask how , or why . |
| 6 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 7 | But it is pertinent to ask how well he really fits his born-again image . |
| 8 | This is why we need to ask how marriage can be remade as God originally intended it to be . |
| 9 | If we can understand how cells behave during development so as to make arms and brains we can then begin to ask how genes control the behaviour of the cells and so establish the link . |
| 10 | By understanding what the cells do during limb development , we can begin to ask how the genes control these activities . |
| 11 | And so it is necessary to ask how we are to transform the distinction commonly drawn between arts and sciences , or perhaps replace it , deep though it goes in the structure of our educational curriculum . |
| 12 | Now that the causal effect of such life events has been established , the research effort is turning to ask how an event such as unemployment has its effect : is it through the loss of social esteem , through the decline of self-evaluation and self-esteem , through lack of cash or through the sheer effect of inactivity ( Eales 1986 ) ? |
| 13 | With this rubbish tip of information she then came to me to ask how she could write it up into a dissertation . |
| 14 | In this essay , I have attempted to suggest some ways in which we might look beyond the conceptual dichotomy between ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ , villagers and bureaucrats , to ask how the dynamic of interaction across the boundary is played out . |
| 15 | Do n't forget to ask how much energy an appliance uses in a year and do your own comparison with similar appliances |
| 16 | Interviewees sometimes think that when an interviewer says to them , ‘ Do you have any questions you would like to ask me ? ’ this is an opportunity to ask how long the holidays are and how soon you would be due for a pay rise . |
| 17 | Despite the five or so light aircraft sitting on the apron , when we went to Airport Information to ask how we should get back to our aircraft we were met by blank looks . |
| 18 | She waited as he pointed up the quay , bursting to ask how he knew about the Quakers , let alone where they met . |
| 19 | With the vision of Robert Emmet and the crucifix in mind , could the PIRA not stop to ask how they — or any of the rest of us for that matter — may redeem the bitter legacy of centuries by adding to it ? |
| 20 | ‘ They 'd just come back to us to ask how to do this formula or that formula . |
| 21 | When one begins to take passages of Scripture and to ask how those can be so presented that they speak with equal force and with the same intended meaning as when they were originally communicated , all kinds of possibilities emerge . |
| 22 | It is then possible to ask how different combinations of the words are possible , such as : |
| 23 | The president went on to ask how many had forgotten about African musical instruments and the kind of excitement which came from performing music and dance that was truly indigenous . |
| 24 | Each evening the Second Son would lift his head from his books to ask how it was going , adding a ‘ hurry up ’ to Hassan as his mother was waiting in Al Ain . |
| 25 | Claire did n't have to ask how he knew . |
| 26 | I do n't need to ask how she took it . ’ |
| 27 | Furthermore it is legitimate to ask how far adult behaviour patterns are built on a childhood foundation — is the child father to the man , or mother to the woman , in the absolute and simple sense Maltz and Borker appear to believe ? |
| 28 | CHEEKY thief Robert Glenister scuppered himself when he stole a boat — by phoning the makers to ask how it worked , a court heard yesterday . |
| 29 | Thus they are not to ask how their decisions can best promote the general welfare . |
| 30 | ‘ Is it in order to ask how you know ? ’ |