Example sentences of "what it is [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 First we need a proper idea of what it is we are seeking to explain .
2 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 ’ .
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 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 .
5 We still do n't know what it is we are up against , do we ? ’
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 Understand what it is we are trying to achieve by cutting off a lot of top growth , and the where , when and how of it lose much of the mystery .
8 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 .
9 get dead clear about what it is we 're go actually gon na vote on
10 Otto said that we all gravitate towards what it is we want .
11 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 .
12 I apologise for the length of this letter but I do believe that it is essential that you have a clear understanding of what it is we are to do .
13 Well erm I 'll tell you what it is we , we actually build our business by word of mouth and it er these sort of introductions means that we rarely advertise erm and the money saved can be used to benefit policy holders such as yourself which sometimes means that it can reduce charges and erm increase bonuses wherever possible .
14 Erm what it is we 're a press agency working for the national papers and about eighteen months ago we did Em Emma 's story for the Sunday People erm and now I 've just seen the Evening Mail today erm and I 've got , you know the how she 's grown nine inches in the past eighteen months , er and just thought the story might er might take another outing and I just wondered if it was possible f for you to help us contact her er her mother at all ?
15 Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science .
16 So we want to get bright objects that we can see at great distances , but we also need to know something about what it is we 're looking at .
17 Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science .
18 One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings .
19 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 ’ .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Try and understand what it is they are looking for .
23 They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 ‘ 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 .
27 At the end of this stage the parents should be clear on exactly what it is they are being advised to do .
28 Most believers , it is likely , find it difficult much of the time even to remember what it is they are supposed to believe .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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