Example sentences of "what it is they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | At the time of the cash call the group promised shareholders unchanged dividends totalling 6p for the year , and that is what it is they are getting , the final of 3¾p payable on July 1 . |
| 3 | If you put that depth of knowledge with the normal Wedding Present , you can see the talent , musicianship and understanding of what it is they are doing , ’ he says . |
| 4 | Try and understand what it is they are looking for . |
| 5 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 6 | Operators who have their tachograph charts analysed by an outside agency need to be careful about exactly what it is they are buying and whether it meets their requirements in protecting them from breaches of the law by their employees and agents . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ In a society where the image has virtually taken over every aspect of life , people are tired of having someone else decide what it is they will see . |
| 9 | At the end of this stage the parents should be clear on exactly what it is they are being advised to do . |
| 10 | Most believers , it is likely , find it difficult much of the time even to remember what it is they are supposed to believe . |
| 11 | Towards the end of each session when clients are setting themselves homework tasks , make a point of writing down on a piece of paper , in specific terms , what it is they are supposed to do . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Rarely will they define precisely what it is they wish to find out about dinosaurs or railways , etc . |
| 14 | Like UK language schools , ELT publishers , particularly the smaller ones , may need to examine exactly what it is they have to offer . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 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 | I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way . |
| 19 | It makes me feel insecure — not understanding what it is they want so much . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | So what it is they 're saying |
| 24 | But no one will tell me what it is they 're waiting for . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I think we have to wait and see what it is they announce . ’ |
| 27 | Erm , what it is they have er people in from |
| 28 | and I reckon what it is they spray the fields with all this stuff |
| 29 | Well then , no , what it is they 've charged for each |
| 30 | 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 |