Example sentences of "[verb] what it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of these is that they make you think and help you recognise what it is that ‘ makes you tick ’ . |
| 2 | asking for money without explaining what it is for |
| 3 | The fact that meaning is not constructed from the formal language of the message alone is crucial in explaining what it is that makes people perceive some stretches of language as coherent discourse and others as disconnected jumbles . |
| 4 | Another way is just to try to define its scope by explaining what it is that distinguishes it from other kinds of policy . |
| 5 | The other morning , earlier on in the week , the phone rings quarter too six , you know , it takes a while does n't it before you realise what it is ? |
| 6 | You ca n't imagine what it 's like not to know what it is to meet an attractive person who 's also attracted to you , can you ? |
| 7 | So it is just as important to know what it is about your organisation that customers value so that you can promote it fully . |
| 8 | Before you can make , you have to know what it is you are making . |
| 9 | ‘ He wants to know what it is like in a jet , ’ said the Thing . |
| 10 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 11 | " The important thing is to know what it is that you are dying for " , noted Nizan in 1935 . |
| 12 | Dieter Erdle must have read it — he seems to know what it is . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't wish to know what it is to be mortal , thanks . |
| 14 | PAUSE D' you not want to know what it is ? |
| 15 | I 'd like to know what it is . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Are we allowed to know what it is ? ’ |
| 17 | Two stages are involved , the reason for which is neatly summarized in this quotation from C.S. Lewis : The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used . |
| 18 | ‘ Want to know what it is ? ’ |
| 19 | And , my mum would go er oh look you wanted to know what it is ! |
| 20 | One person on each side chooses a book , film or television programme and the rest have to guess what it is , by means of mime . |
| 21 | — describe an object or a picture — viewers have to guess what it is — then show it ; |
| 22 | The computer , which of course does n't find it at all funny , needs to guess what it is , and needs to rely not just on sentence structure but also on general knowledge about heads , grenades and buckets of sand — general knowledge that computers do n't have unless it is built in to them . |
| 23 | These two tasks are inextricably interwoven : if advisers fail to establish what it is that a client wants to know because of poor interviewing , then they will not be able to supply the correct information even if it is available . |
| 24 | To understand a Fregean representation is to know how to interpret it so as to establish what it is referring to , basically by the method described by the logician Frege as applying functions to arguments . |
| 25 | One of the secrets of staying healthy is to discover what it is that tends to throw you out of balance and causes illnesses to appear . |
| 26 | God has made everybody good at different things , so try to discover what it is that God has given you the ability to do , and try to do it as well as possible . |
| 27 | ‘ The conference is waiting to discover what it is she intends to do , now that she has finally arrived in Brighton . ’ |
| 28 | However , it must also be recognised that in most cases when English speakers come across an unfamiliar word , they can pronounce it with the correct stress ( there are exceptions to this , of course ) ; in principle , it should be possible to discover what it is that the English speaker knows and to write in the form of rules . |
| 29 | Right : The Vauxhall Chevette looks what it is : a nippy , small family hatchback saloon car . |
| 30 | Do you know what it is , and where I can get one ? |