Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] it actually [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jocelyne Saab , the Lebanese director , interestingly nuanced the question of what it actually means to be a woman film-maker by pointing to the need , for her , to make connections with other Oriental women . |
| 2 | Could you just remind us of what it actually means to the economy of this country . |
| 3 | What Jencks 's argument makes clear is that inheritance theories are only of practical value when the inherited characteristic is specified , together with the way in which it actually operates to produce criminal behaviour . |
| 4 | Hong Kong 's special interest to the zoologist is that it is situated practically where two zoo-geographical regions meet , the Oriental , in which it actually lies , and the Palaearctic . |
| 5 | Now this phrase strictly controlled erm I I I wanted to ask it myself because I you know trying to push it through to what it actually means I think the county council if you like has taken it at what may be face value and said well strictly controlled must mean something . |
| 6 | For a start , there is no clear agreement on what it actually means , with some people putting the emphasis on the first part of the oxymoron , and some on the second . |
| 7 | She is said to possess 10,000 photogenic expressions but , for the time being , she simply sips thoughtfully at her iced Perrier and reflects for possibly the thousandth time on what it actually means to be described as The Most Beautiful Woman in the World . |