Example sentences of "what it [be] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science . |
| 2 | Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science . |
| 3 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 4 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 5 | If we , if we decide what it is we want to look at and there is a consensus on that and then you look at it over a period of time and see , and see what 's revealed by it . |
| 6 | Otto said that we all gravitate towards what it is we want . |
| 7 | We do not have to specify what it is we want to any analyst who in turn specifies it to a programmer who then writes a program . |
| 8 | Though our modern technology and civilization is based largely upon our ability to harness the electron , conventional physics still has no real perception of what it is we have got our hands on . |
| 9 | Well then , no , what it is they 've charged for each |
| 10 | All three features are designed to convey that Henry is not just looking at the roots but reflecting on them and struggling to think what it is they bring to mind . |
| 11 | Police must ‘ find out from our consumers what it is they require from us , how sensitive we are being to their needs and how satisfied they are with the service ’ . |
| 12 | Rarely will they define precisely what it is they wish to find out about dinosaurs or railways , etc . |
| 13 | and I reckon what it is they spray the fields with all this stuff |
| 14 | I think we have to wait and see what it is they announce . ’ |
| 15 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | It makes me feel insecure — not understanding what it is they want so much . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Spilling the knots from one 's entrails out onto paper is n't likely to make a poem or story that others will want to read , but many writers do have to go through the ‘ spilling ’ process in order to know just what it is they have to hammer into shape . |
| 23 | Like UK language schools , ELT publishers , particularly the smaller ones , may need to examine exactly what it is they have to offer . |
| 24 | Erm , what it is they have er people in from |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | sleeping in the car today , that 's what it is he 's just woken up . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | But what it is it 's come in a great big pack package thing these two speakers . |
| 30 | So the other one is I do n't remember what it is I wanted but I think I 'll go in to erm and erm |