Example sentences of "[conj] what they [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at the time-reversal paradoxes again , we see that what they are really referring to is information , rather than particles . |
| 2 | The cost that they were having to bear were greater than what they were actually getting back on the sale of this stuff . |
| 3 | ‘ They should judge him purely on his ability as a player and what they are actually saying is that their man-management techniques are n't up to scratch . |
| 4 | Pushing the state and its legal institutions to act consistently with their own principles at least brings out the contradictions between what they say they are doing and what they are actually doing . |
| 5 | Erm that this council had a tradition of actually putting forward information in as straightforward a way as possible and indeed the attitude of the citizens ' er charter working party demonstrates that we actually put a value on this and it seems to me that there is a gap if you like , between what some people in the conservative group are doing in this context and what they 're actually doing in working parties and in committees and it comes out elsewhere as well . |
| 6 | And what they 're actually asking for is some help towards item of kit , erm , a goalkeeping helmet , sixty pounds . |
| 7 | Yes , you get that , you 're always getting an , an impression , that I do n't need that quality of service , but what they 're really trying to say is I do n't want to pay that price . |
| 8 | Because what they 're now doing to them is saying , unless you turnover two thousand prescriptions every month , we 're gon na do away with your Professional Allowance . |