Example sentences of "how [det] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and that how that but through land reform it meant that how that you had erm credit difficulties and that how that landlords who prev previously provided the credit were no longer there and so that meant that how that erm that exasperated problems of increasing productivity and also there was a severe shortage of farm implements and animals cos they were n't redistributed , there was only the surplus that was taken away from the rich peasants and landlords , it meant that how that the , the rich peasants erm you know , got back er they sort of were a self-perpetuating elite in that how the poor peasants just did n't have the means to improving their production . |
| 2 | We have also recorded the older generation in our own families — noticing how some things we knew went unmentioned , but also making some surprising new discoveries of our own family secrets . |
| 3 | Her response — such a lighting up of her face — made me remember how few times it was likely she had been kissed in her whole life : not as a child , by the parents who had given her away ; not by her old foster parents ; not often , I guessed , even by Beatrice and her boys . |
| 4 | By how few times he has lost his way ? |
| 5 | When they saw how few Dwarfs there were their confidence returned . |
| 6 | We 're involved in letting people know about how few women there are , getting them to think about why there are so few women , training them — we have training sessions in assertiveness , public speaking — we help women get places in council , all sorts of different councils , and in national government . |
| 7 | It is remarkable how few candidates one might be prepared to cross over lines of party loyalty to support . |
| 8 | Well , it was supposed to be a holiday , and I did promise Claire I would n't take anything to do with work to Barbados , but both of us noticed fairly quickly just how few dogs there were on the island . |
| 9 | But I must be disappointed at how few fungi there are yet in the hedges and copses , as I start hallucinating them . |
| 10 | " See how few wives there are in the colony . |
| 11 | You notice how few songs they do . |
| 12 | I was also surprised to discover how few booksellers there were in Torquay , or if they were here their voices seemed strangely muted . |
| 13 | Jehan pondered the circumstances , and he saw how few alternatives there had been . |
| 14 | How much money they 're gon na have and how much presents you 're gon na get at the wedding and how many guests you 're gon na get . |
| 15 | The Environmental Health Officer will advise you of how many estimates you need to send with your application . |
| 16 | I know how many lorries you can count , shall I sing it to you ? |
| 17 | How many approaches you 've made , how many first interviews you 've made , how many referrals you 've got , yes ? |
| 18 | You take birthrate , you take death rate , you take the structure of the population , you try to estimate how many parents there will be tomorrow and push them forward . |
| 19 | In particular , you need to be certain about how many assignments you will be given and when you are expected to hand them in . |
| 20 | At the start of your course you will he provided with a schedule informing you how many assignments you will be expected to do , with the dates for them to be handed out and collected in . |
| 21 | ‘ If they all lived , guess how many rats there 'd be in this country in five years . |
| 22 | It is the level of responsibility , measured in terms of time span , that tells you how many layers you need in an enterprise — not the number of subordinates or the magnitude of sales or profits . |
| 23 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 24 | For example , some dart-playing pupils found how many stamps they could buy for £1 by using the fact that treble 17 is $1 . |
| 25 | I 'll tell Alison the accountant then , and she 'll tell me what she 's sold and how many contracts we 've booked and but it 's done in front of everybody else while everybody , why everybody else who 's on the phone . |
| 26 | How many contracts you 're basing them on two to three weeks . |
| 27 | For example , how many bridesmaids you have not only relates to the look of the wedding but also its cost . |
| 28 | And I would n't I I heard of a s very sleazy woman er near where I used to live , er I never met her , but it was all hearsay how many abortions she did . |
| 29 | ‘ How many times what , Master ? ’ |
| 30 | Asking both men and women how many times they took the driving test before getting through , the researchers found that men had a significantly higher success rate , with 57 per cent passing at the first attempt . |