Example sentences of "how [adv] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is at present difficult to say how effectively they controlled the flow of petitions . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And how little they realised the implications of such a narrow win . |
| 6 | For Opposition Members to suggest that we should have nuclear weapons but not the ability to test shows how little they understand the responsibility that lies with a nuclear power . |
| 7 | The accompanying letter said how much they enjoyed the tour of Springfields and said Eric could pass on the sticker to his son . |
| 8 | Attendance on the Conservative Back Benches is thin to say the least , especially when the Government tell us how much they support the coal industry . |
| 9 | It is not clear to what degree the kinship defenders would want to preserve the link with biological parents who are in no way the psychological parents as well — that is , how much they value the blood tie as such . |
| 10 | People will understate how much they value the good in order to reduce their own payments , just as in a private market . |
| 11 | Just how much people will switch out of sterling depends on how much they think the exchange rate will depreciate . |
| 12 | Reaction to last year 's Fun Factory , she said , was excellent , with children and parents saying how much they welcomed the event . |
| 13 | There are days when members approach me , and say how much they enjoy the club members who thank me for enriching their lives . |
| 14 | It has been suggested that from time to time , sound engineers should show staff how much they pollute the environment and by means of this simple measurement , educate staff to prevent noise pollution . |
| 15 | What we can not know is how deeply they felt the break-up of their communal life and the removal of the prestige attached to the greater foundations . |
| 16 | In the next chapter we consider morbidity patterns in later life and consider how far they reflect the patterns described by mortality data . |
| 17 | It must also have provided opportunities for men to meet regularly to discuss politics , and such discussions , and the attitude of those in the shires in times of crisis , may often have centred on how far they thought the king and his officials were living up to what was expected of them . |
| 18 | Most systems also have some method of assigning scores which rank competing hypotheses according to how well they match the constraints , or according to their probability given the evidence . |
| 19 | how well they recalled the review activities , how involved they had been and how far outsiders to the school had been involved ; |
| 20 | And the detailed rules of company law must be tested not just to see how well they serve the interests of shareholders , but also how well they serve the interests of society in having an efficient and productive economy . |
| 21 | And the detailed rules of company law must be tested not just to see how well they serve the interests of shareholders , but also how well they serve the interests of society in having an efficient and productive economy . |
| 22 | Fourthly , at the level of individual test items , a question can be asked about how well they represent the learning that goes on in the classroom . |
| 23 | The slaves would work the cane , the Spaniards had already demonstrated how well they tolerated the crop 's conditions , and most of the slaves were strong , young males . |
| 24 | As with collegiality and openness and professionality , teachers ' attitudes towards the efficiency of SSE and the threat it poses are significantly differentiated by how well they recall the Solihull booklet . |
| 25 | Because companies pay taxes according to how well they did the previous year , the deficit tends to be deepest just as we come out of recession . |
| 26 | Depending on the client 's instructions , it may be helpful to rank the possible targets ‘ A ’ , ‘ B ’ or ‘ C ’ , depending on how closely they satisfy the acquisition criteria . |
| 27 | We asked the Home Office to appear in this program , but they refused , instead they sent us a letter full of encouraging noises about how seriously they took the question of data protection . |
| 28 | ‘ For the Liberal Democrats to send an elderly gentleman from the NorthEast of England shows how seriously they treat the people of South Wales , ’ says Davies . |