Example sentences of "just [Wh det] it is " in BNC.

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1 Having Goldberg in the room with it , as he has been in my life since that first day at college , made me grasp clearly , for the first time , just what it is I have been after , he wrote .
2 Like so many of the films that were to be made during the Second World War , The Four Just Men does n't only draw attention to the nature of the enemy ; it also presents an evocative picture of just what it is that is under threat — ‘ all the roads and rivers , fields add woods and hills that make up this funny old island . ’
3 For the first time , the system will be capable of identifying just what it is doing ( activities ) and what each element of the process costs .
4 If we listen carefully to the process of critical doubt and then examine just what it is that is pronounced indubitable , we must surely ask : but why stop here ?
5 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 .
6 However , for us to improve our ability to control corporate crime , it is first necessary to grasp just what it is we might want to control .
7 ‘ Bring her in to me , I 'll soon sort out just what it is she wants , ’ Emily said , rising to her feet and shaking the creases from her crinoline gown .
8 But , if Goody is going to draw significant consequences from what he defines as ‘ literacy ’ , then it is important to be clear as to just what it is that is supposed to have these consequences .
9 Find out just what it is that provokes such different reactions as Kate Ogborn , the BFI 's executive producer , presents a selection of films and talks frankly with the directors about their work and what the scheme has to offer .
10 It is important to consider just what it is that is ‘ the same ’ .
11 Laba was quite a celebrity in the village , and from him we learnt just what it is like to be embraced by a really big snake .
12 But let us be clear about just what it is that it is seeing .
13 This question can not be answered without knowing just what it is that a manager does .
14 It is nevertheless of interest to see from their reaction to the various issues raised in the questionnaire , just what it is about the scheme ( and about SSE generally ) , which they feel is threatening .
15 ‘ That 's just what it is , ’ Sophie said coldly .
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