Example sentences of "what it [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Microsoft Corp got a bloody nose when it went head-to-head with Novell Inc and challenged NetWare with LAN Manager , and what it failed to achieve with a full frontal attack , it is now trying to secure by stealth . |
| 2 | Suddenly it was taking every atom of her will-power to stop that hand from doing what it longed to do — namely rise up and tangle with the silky black hair that curled so invitingly round Guido 's left ear . |
| 3 | Alternatively , the DGSE may have unofficially told MI6 what it planned to do in New Zealand . |
| 4 | In a world where few computer companies have been good computer users , IBM 's increasing tendency to practise what it preaches has helped maintain its advantage . |
| 5 | What it meant to move towards school records could be to increase the subjective , teacher-controlled element in selection or to diminish the relative effects of differences between teachers or schools — it was never an unambiguous change . |
| 6 | She would show him what it meant to rouse a sleeping volcano . |
| 7 | She did not even know what it meant to adapt oneself to another person 's requirements for the sake of self-interest . |
| 8 | However much encumbered by advisory councils , complaints commissions and the shifting apparatus of consult-ation and audience research , the broadcasters ' own judgement about programme standards and quality — what it meant to inform , educate and entertain — prevailed . |
| 9 | Not knowing what it meant to have a past , he did n't miss it . |
| 10 | And the British government in some ways is very much more effective at delivering what it decides to do than many other governments — it 's much more effective than the American government . |
| 11 | ‘ We were in the business of giving the public what it seemed to want in entertainment , ’ Balcon later recalled . |
| 12 | What it does show , is just how much of a theoretical problem Engels had made for himself in creating this highly problematical gens stage of history where there were no divisions of any kind . |
| 13 | But what it does show was that , in 1979 , small savers were treated the same as larger savers . |
| 14 | I was majorly unpleased as you can imagine at the time but I think what it does show is that the Indians have got a terrific sense of humour . |
| 15 | But seriously I 'm against this budget because of what is , what it does n't contain rather than what it does contain . |
| 16 | What it does demand is a policy based on staffroom agreement which can be accepted by teachers and parents as being appropriate to meeting the needs of the children which the school is there to serve . |
| 17 | Such a story could be viewed cynically as making a virtue out of necessity and that is indeed what it does do . |
| 18 | As I said , whether mental confusion equals dementia , what exact degree of dependency what degree of confusion , what degree of dementia , this does n't tell you but what it does do is help to give us a picture of what is happening , not just in the local authority sector which we 've heard from , not just in the voluntary sector , which we 've heard from , but , if this is to be believed , by an even greater rate of increase in the private sector . |
| 19 | What it does do is to combine the particular letters and clauses which are relevant on a specific occasion with the details of the applicant in such a way as to produce the final document . |
| 20 | What it does do very obviously is to construct a narrative , and a very readable one . |
| 21 | Alright , logging the data does n't change the nature of the data , what it does do is that it re-scales the data , okay so the only thing that 's , that 's , that 's changed by logging , right , is the scale of the cr is the vertical scale on the graph , right , but essentially we are still trying to model the same series and N T C is essentially the same series as T C. |
| 22 | What it does offer , however , is the possibility of digitising the third dimension with a signal passing through the object being digitised to give a measure of its thickness . |
| 23 | What it does offer is a way of calculating the probable size of the error in estimating that value . |
| 24 | What it does ensure is that the chef has complete control over some of the most vital tools of his trade , with computer guidance as an important aid . |
| 25 | In summary , Paint and Create does very little that has not been done elsewhere — but what it does achieve is to bring together in one coherent and consistent product a series of easy to use enjoyable programs that will delight the younger user , and more importantly provoke use of imagination and of creative thought . |
| 26 | What it does rely on is the government 's ability to change its policy instruments more quickly than firms can change prices . |
| 27 | And I knew what it stood for , now what it does stand for Tri Nitro Toluene , it 's what you make bombs out of . |
| 28 | What it does mean is that he had made it plain that he intended a legal relationship to exist between two persons ( soon to become trustee and beneficiary ) . |
| 29 | What it does mean is that , if the manager adopts a very warm socio-emotional managerial style , then an informal or unofficial task-leader role may emerge in the work group . |
| 30 | What it does mean is that each employer will identify a specific number of vacancies which will be reserved for Compact graduates before being offered more widely . |