Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it actually [verb] " in BNC.

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1 On the one hand , the Montagne de Reims suggests a much higher , tougher topography than it actually represents ; yet , on the other , to talk of rolling hills would give too tame an impression of the region .
2 The point of that is that , by and large , you do n't distort the thing very much by chopping little bits off the bottom until it actually fits on the page .
3 ‘ The government 's proposals on patronage and sponsorship [ the so-called Ley del Mecenazgo or Patronage Law ] may provide an important boost for the Museum if it actually becomes law ’ .
4 There is just one observation I wish to make to the Committee this afternoon and it actually goes about the whole issue of the planning aspect of what 's gone on .
5 There may be a latent period of 30 years before it actually erupts .
6 In the case of displayed material , for example , it would be open to a shopkeeper prosecuted for displaying a magazine entitled ‘ The British Heritage ’ to show that he believed that it was concerned with the stately homes of England rather than the racist propaganda that it actually does contain .
7 So what is the evidence that it actually exists ?
8 This means that in a sequence of HLH basic tones within an utterance , the pitch of a H tone , following after a L tone , will be lower than that of the preceding H tone , e.g. If you are not aware of this , you may think the language has more tone levels than it actually has .
9 The boat floated the last few yards until it actually bumped the side of The Sandhopper .
10 His nose was obviously irritating him and he banged it both with his paw and on the stone road until it actually bled .
11 It is surprising to hear that Mill does n't hold this view that he thinks that erm the moral health of the citizens is of concern to the government and it actually gives , although he does n't seem to recognize this , this gives a hostage to fortune to his conservative critics because of course they can say , did say that liberalism was very damaging of er morality of the public and so we need a far more restrictive type of regime than Mill allows us .
12 Even though today 's colours , perms and styling products are kinder than ever before , hair is still subjected to a daily assault course and more often than not , needs a little more loving care than it actually gets .
13 and so sometimes the , the calls do seem unreasonable but you should n't get cross , and when you go and see them sometimes you realize why they 're anxious because something that might seem quite trivial to you they might know somebody who had similar symptoms and it actually turned out to be meningitis or something so you 're then able to put their minds at rest .
14 Perhaps it represents not a past concrete social reality as it actually existed , but rather the ideas men who lived then had about their responsibilities and claims , their liabilities and privileges and freedom .
15 Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text .
16 did you ever have a desire of er a wall bracket where you did n't have to chase in the flex that it actually ran up from er a socket in the wall ?
17 But this drug works in a very different way and it actually helps to take the strain off your heart er and it actually makes a huge difference .
18 A residents ' association , parish or town council is not allowed to make representations on behalf of local residents unless it actually owns or occupies land in the vicinity of the proposed operating centre .
19 You had to satisfy the Traffic Commissioners , that what you are proposing would , would answer the cause , would n't give rise to erm great hardships to the travelling public and erm oh you 're preparing a fare increase about a year before it actually came up to , in front of the Commissioners and then he would erm , perhaps make some alterations or give you a date when you could apply .
20 The informal structure is the structure as it actually operates rather that the way it ought to operate .
21 In spite of all the worrying about it the next stage with Edward still took Sally by surprise when it actually happened .
22 Egalitarians are therefore pronounced guilty of " sentimentality " for failing to " accept the complexity of human existence as it actually faces us " .
23 Such a flare coming off the earth that it actually hurts my retina .
24 Erm what a situation we 're in when you ca n't get your appeal through in a reasonable time and it actually results in that sort of nonsense taking place .
25 I will send you a copy before it actually goes off and read it and ring me aft if if there 's anything you do n't understand or you do n't agree with okay ?
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