Example sentences of "but how [pron] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What matters here is not so much this association between qualification and quality , but how it is explained . |
| 2 | Such brief ‘ thumb-nail ’ sketches do give some indication of the essence of sociology , but ultimately it is both necessary and perhaps more fruitful to emphasise that the most important and distinctive feature of sociology is not so much what is studied but how it is studied , i.e. it is important to indicate what is the particular perspective of sociology , its distinct way of looking at the individual and society . |
| 3 | The utopias which those most sensitive to envy and guilt have devised throughout the ages for their own relief remain literally utopian : the question is not how envy is removed , but how it is lived with . |
| 4 | Lagerfeld demands and gets total creative control not only of the design of the collection , but how it is presented to the world . |
| 5 | They locate the category of ‘ knowledge ’ in a social context rather than an epistemological one ; it is not the validity of knowledge but how it is used that is of importance to the sociology of knowledge . |