Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh det] it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On such grounds as these he argued that the experience of the author and that of the reader must necessarily be different , that ‘ what a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author ’ ( Eliot 1955 : 130 ) . |
| 2 | Remember that what you think a word means is not necessarily what it meant for the writer . |
| 3 | And so what it does after the first ten minutes , it says , look I 've had enough of this , what 's the grey haired old bugger on about now , oh , |
| 4 | That 's more or less what it said in my book except erm they need to be shaded from early morning sun if there 's been a frost . |
| 5 | Were Lascars and Chinamen to benefit from the improvements in food , accommodation , repatriation etc. which it provided for British seamen ? |
| 6 | The government plans to announce shortly what it describes as the most far-reaching legislation since 1938 ( Editorial , Glasgow Herald 1989 ) . |
| 7 | The public understands more easily what it means for an old lady to have five pounds snatched from her purse than to grasp the financial significance of 25 million customers paying one penny more for orange juice diluted beyond the level permitted by law . |
| 8 | It delivers just what it promises in the shape of 10001 short paragraphs , each containing a simple practical idea which might be put into practice in our daily lives . |
| 9 | One of the strands of that concept is that even rational thought may not be just what it seems on the surface . |
| 10 | In fact , that is just what it did at the last election . |
| 11 | Well that 's just what it looks like here you just eating al fresco and going back up to the chateau at a night |
| 12 | Just what it means to be back in sport was brought home to South Africans by the Cricket World Cup . |
| 13 | By calculating the cost of doing something wrong or ‘ the price of non-conformance , ’ it is possible to understand just what it means to a business in monetary terms . |
| 14 | I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it , |
| 15 | I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it , |
| 16 | So I sa have , so I told him what he said , and he said well that 's exactly what it says in the book ! |
| 17 | David Mason , a PPL and former editor of Flight International , set out to discover exactly what it takes to be a fighter pilot in the RAF , and the various routes would-be aces take to achieve that aim . |
| 18 | The more you relish the moment and remember exactly what it felt like and what movements were involved , the better . |
| 19 | The human eye is here doing exactly what it does in the breeding of pedigree dogs or prize roses . |
| 20 | And that is exactly what it sounds like to the new mother , until she is persuaded by others , against every instinct she possesses , that this is ‘ normal ’ or ‘ naughty ’ … . |
| 21 | They are the director , who comes from the production company , is in charge of the whole operation , and is the real expert ; the lighting cameraman , whose job is highly skilled and is exactly what it sounds like , and whose expertise will totally influence the visual texture of the film ; and the agency 's producer ( or creative group head ) whose job is to ensure that the director fully covers the brief , and to make any awkward decisions that may be needed . |
| 22 | ‘ We wanted analysis of the Treaty and we believe every board of directors should get a copy so they can ask their lawyers exactly what it means for their business . ’ |
| 23 | Orbitel Mobile Communications Ltd says it is to launch its latest series of Groupe Speciale Mobile phones at CeBit ‘ 93 , in Hannover : improvements to come in with the new 901 series include improved battery life , speedier battery charging , and ‘ added functionality ’ , although Orbitel is not saying yet exactly what it means by this ; the series is to include a combined mobile and transportable phone , providing both in-car and portable functionality , the company says . |
| 24 | That is exactly what it looks like . |
| 25 | He designed from the inside out and , despite the basic similarities of his main plan types , he never had difficulty in giving his major buildings a very individual architectural expression in which every element of the design was exactly what it appeared to be . |
| 26 | Creators of film and documentaries sometimes drew upon stock shots , and the actual sequence shown is not always what it purports to be . |
| 27 | Quite clearly what it meant to the average rate payer was seven pound a year . |
| 28 | As we give up concentrating on our selves , our lives begin to reflect more clearly what it means to be human , as God intended us to be . |
| 29 | I knew nothing about the Ober Gabelhornr 's history or the difficulty of the route , or even what it looked like . |
| 30 | He will know the IBM way and even what it takes to be a Superboss . |