Example sentences of "to how " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have in fact no explanation to offer as to how he came to die , and it may be that no trustworthy explanation will ever be achieved . |
| 2 | The protestant version has variants as to how pure this church is or whether it remains sinful , but the evangelical version which is the basic one in the North of Ireland opts absolutely for ‘ Jesus Saves ’ ; the community , no longer medium of salvation , tends to take on a visible , earthly role , an occasion of grace and a support for religious ‘ this-worldly ’ activity . |
| 3 | In any event , there is likely to be significant variation in views as to how far one should condemn or condone this liberationist violence in the North . |
| 4 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 5 | Is it because I am at a loss as to how to go on ? |
| 6 | The aim is to present a brief overview of what is happening to historic pubs today , and to provide suggestions as to how this perceived threat to our old pubs can be effectively limited . |
| 7 | ‘ Feel the weight and look at the thickness , that is a good clue to how strong it will be . |
| 8 | And as to how she behaved to your mother you 'd never believe it — cigarettes , mess , gin in the teacups , and never a please or thank-you . |
| 9 | I have given a great deal of thought as to how much I should actually tell you about this period and what just to leave to your imagination . |
| 10 | However , many inexperienced pilots get so thoroughly engrossed in the thermalling or what is going on elsewhere that they are temporarily ‘ switched off ’ to how they are flying . |
| 11 | Much depends on the wind strength as to how accurately it is possible to land . |
| 12 | A simple grab rail placed in the correct place can make a considerable difference to how you cope , especially with the bath or toilet . |
| 13 | All are described pragmatically ( ibid. 21 ) as measures ‘ to aid decisions as to how police manpower can most usefully be deployed ’ . |
| 14 | If you do not believe me , then listen to how Steffi Graf and Monica Seles let the cat out of the bag in Paris . |
| 15 | The remark could only be made because Ashton had given so much thought to how the music could be given shape in dance . |
| 16 | What it does is to turn the light it controls ( typically a hall light or an outside light ) on and off , according to how you set the timer , to give the impression ( to a potential burglar ) that the house is occupied . |
| 17 | If you have any medical queries , from how to clip your dog 's nails to how to cope with hip dysplasia , you can be sure of sound advice |
| 18 | The Los Alamos and UCLA researchers measured the critical magnetic fields of the material — which point to how useful the superconductor may be . |
| 19 | John Bayley , after the remark quoted above , goes on to complain about ‘ the almost purely technical nature of this modern criticism , even more unsuited to how we actually respond to Dostoevsky than it is to most authors . ’ |
| 20 | More important , since Pound 's use of indentations conveys visually the effect of the verse-lines being ‘ stepped ’ down the page , to speak of ‘ step ’ shifts attention from what rhythmically happens between the start and end of a line to how the poet manages to turn from one line to another . |
| 21 | It is true that Pound does not readily conceive of a reader who is not also an aspiring writer — something that led Leavis astray when he tried to retort to How To Read ; but there is no harm , and much profit , in letting the student of the history of poetry suppose that he or she is in due course going to write poems . |
| 22 | IN a pre-production interview with this paper Howard Brenton and his director Danny Boyle offered helpful hints as to how we might best grasp the meaning of HID ( Hess Is Dead ) . |
| 23 | Back In The Night , the old Feelgood stomp , is the highlight and , usually , the closing number - though the number of encores varies according to how well the concert is going . |
| 24 | Parissien acknowledges another benefit : ‘ the bottom line , for those who want to see it that way , is that the course is also a guide to how to put money onto a house , rather than take it off . ’ |
| 25 | And the contempt and disinterest with which the corporate sector has greeted the recent spate of accountancy firm mergers is testimony to how insignificant the role of the auditor has become . |
| 26 | History provides us with no guide as to how all this will work out , but it does remind us of the need for sensitivity when dealing with powerful social forces . |
| 27 | THE SOVIET UNION and Pakistan remain bitterly divided as to how the conflict in Afghanistan should be resolved , despite having agreed on the wording for a United Nations resolution in the hope of avoiding a public row at the General Assembly , diplomats said yesterday . |
| 28 | They may also be able to tell you some of the preferences of those councillors , which can make a big difference to how you lobby them . |
| 29 | There are fundamental limits to how fast a conventional computer can go . |
| 30 | Until now Mr Honecker has rejected any idea of change , but Kurt Hager , 77 , East Germany 's oldest and most authoritative Communist ideologue , said yesterday that the party 's immediate task was to work out ‘ a precise idea as to how to bring about a necessary renewal ’ . |