Example sentences of "[adv] what it [is] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what it 's talking about there is how you can actually define a group . |
| 2 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 3 | Speaking as a single parent who was left with children of twelve and eight , it is very hard and I often think it would be a good thing if social workers were better able to explain to young girls who are left with babies , just what it 's going to be like . |
| 4 | If a theory is so vaguely stated that it is not clear exactly what it is claiming , then , when tested by observation or experiment it can always be interpreted so as to be consistent with the results of those tests . |
| 5 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 6 | But it does n't mean exactly what it 's saying does it ? |
| 7 | Do you a do you know exactly what it 's going to cost you ? |
| 8 | It lasts for around five minutes and you ca n't work out exactly what it 's selling , but it leaves you wishing it carried on for hours . |
| 9 | That 's probably what it is lifting glass up too much . |
| 10 | Newco then knows precisely what it is purchasing . |
| 11 | Right erm I think that stuff that you 're doing there will be fine but particularly at this idea of a gradient think in terms of the slope of a hill which is effectively what it 's measuring . |
| 12 | Er , on paragraph nine the government 's own figures show that there is a shortfall of glee while the others who have a a social conscience , a and that they 've mixed , the site provision is n't keeping pace with the growth of the number of caravans and yet , what it 's proposing to do in this paper will make the situation worse by removing any incentive erm and any requirement on local authorities actually to provide the sites that are needed to make up that shortfall and it 's quite clear that what this is about is actually what it is happening in housing in general and that is shifting provision from the pri , from the public to the private sector . |
| 13 | Essentially what it 's talking about it inward investment on small scale . |