Example sentences of "or how it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The KGB is answerable to no one and does not even need to attempt to justify what it does or how it does it , therefore there is no incentive for it to become more efficient .
2 Or how it feels ( if you are the challenger ) to learn that an even larger number of men and women have organised themselves into teams with the sole purpose of stopping you getting anywhere .
3 A Hoechst spokesman said the fumes were of a concentrated form of sulphuric acid which is irritating to the eyes and throat ; he said it was unclear how much material had leaked or how it had happened .
4 It will not look at how the decision to make the video is taken or how it fits in with other services the child receives from the SSD , NSPCC , and others .
5 Thus the butty system slowly declined in importance through the 1920s and 1930s in Nottinghamshire , with Waller reporting from his interviews that ‘ few miners can now remember exactly when or how it disappeared ’ p. 126 ) .
6 Since communism as well as ‘ socialism ’ has been forever assigned to history 's dustbin , there appears no pressing need for society to come to terms with just what that system was or how it continues to manifest itself .
7 The reality , I fear , is that the right hon. Gentleman does not understand the economy or how it works .
8 Why or how it originated is not known , but the Lady Mayoress takes charge of it for the rest of the mayoral year , and no doubt a quick rap over the knuckles will soon curb any tendency the Lord Mayor might have to step out of line .
9 I do n't know why or how it worked but it certainly took my mind off my voice .
10 Mrs McIntyre said : ‘ The letter we have received says they do n't know why or how it happened . ’
11 SSRs can also be used to describe the problem more clearly and in more detail , which is necessary because the originator of an SPR may not have been able to indicate the full extent of the problem or how it applies to other users .
12 SSRs can also be used to describe the problem more clearly and in more detail , which is necessary because the originator of an SPR may not have been able to indicate the full extent of the problem or how it applies to other users .
13 Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it .
14 Well then they all come out , everybody , even Dave come out of the union and the only two that were left in it were Jane and Karen on our side and a couple from the warehouse and like there was Judith and I think Sonyou and a couple from the letter shop I , I , I do n't know , I do n't think Elaine went but I think the rest were , yes there were Pam and I think , I think Nigel were , but anyway when Judith comes up about what union money was left , I do n't know where it was left from or how it 's imposed , but they split the
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