Example sentences of "what it is [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rarely will they define precisely what it is they wish to find out about dinosaurs or railways , etc . |
| 32 | Like UK language schools , ELT publishers , particularly the smaller ones , may need to examine exactly what it is they have to offer . |
| 33 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 34 | More and more of his time and budget , Mr Mitchinson said , was spent on research , because ‘ one of the things we do n't talk about enough is who is buying books , what it is they want , and what makes them buy ’ . |
| 35 | But if this is to occur , the teaching relationship must be sufficiently open for students to invest something of themselves in what it is they say or do . |
| 36 | I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way . |
| 37 | It makes me feel insecure — not understanding what it is they want so much . |
| 38 | But what it tells us is that in these twenty areas , management should try and think about what it is they can do to prevent problems . |
| 39 | This short book was written to help teachers and student teachers interested in researching what happens in their classrooms to identify what it is they want to investigate and the most appropriate way of setting about it . |
| 40 | How can it help me do my job ? point of view the reason is that it can help you do your job is very simply that to involve members of the public er local councils , local authorities , decision makers and allows the outcome to , to erm entertain them and to erm hope for and communicate what it is they 'll come erm in a non-threatening , non-selling , non-hard sell environment where they can come along , they can enjoy themselves and go away and form their own opinions without somebody over the head with what they 're try to sa trying to do erm |
| 41 | So what it is they 're saying |
| 42 | But no one will tell me what it is they 're waiting for . |
| 43 | And when you can be clear about what it is you want and be clear what it is they want you 've got more of a chance to get the solution to win win rather than if you 're just interested in your position and your side . |
| 44 | I think we have to wait and see what it is they announce . ’ |
| 45 | Erm , what it is they have er people in from |
| 46 | and I reckon what it is they spray the fields with all this stuff |
| 47 | Well then , no , what it is they 've charged for each |
| 48 | I du n no you , yeah , you just sort of got ta say ob obviously you want to think about it , obviously it 's , you know it 's a lot of money , you know , but are you happy with the window , is it , you know , is it the sort of style of the win , you know , is it the sort of style of the window , we , we , I du n no , we agreed on this sort of style , is it the , you know , the sort of style that goes , goes with it , go through sort of one or two what and find out what , what it is they really want to think about |
| 49 | What the Russians want is technical help and equipment , now our own industry is in decline er yes , particularly in machine tool industry , and I think the first thing we should do is to go over there and see what it is they actually needed , what they actually need right now , er one of your previous er correspondence , er speaker turned round and said well they 've got half finished buildings and things like that , I mean er , people have got to be put to work because people in co-ordinate employment is the only source of real wealth , but the market economy is n't interested in promoting real wealth , I mean it 's only interested in what it can get out of an economy not what it gives . |
| 50 | He 's got to say this is what he 's trying to do in order to gain what it is he 's trying to gain . |
| 51 | When the child does what you want , tell him what it is he has done that has earned your praise — for example , ‘ That was good of you to tidy up your toys . |
| 52 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
| 53 | Jay , however , is less forthcoming when it comes to defining exactly what it is he and his colleagues at Talkin' Loud are looking for . |
| 54 | It will often enough tell you what it is he should do next . |
| 55 | The individual is never informed of what it is he ( sic ) is alleged to have done to give rise to the suspicion ; nor , indeed , is it necessary that he be convicted of any offence . |
| 56 | ‘ It may help to remember , ’ she adds , ‘ that the man has n't necessarily gone out looking , and he might not even be conscious of what it is he wants . |
| 57 | sleeping in the car today , that 's what it is he 's just woken up . |
| 58 | To the perspectival appearance at that point of view being what it is it makes no difference whether or not the point of view is occupied by a viewer . |
| 59 | What it is it 's the Intercity core brief |
| 60 | B I think what it is it 's purely because , in electronics or when you 're working out an equation , for a value for something else , |