Example sentences of "what it [verb] [vb infin] is " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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.
6 What it does offer is a way of calculating the probable size of the error in estimating that value .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 ) .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 What it does mean is committing to actions to achieve the team 's vision of excellence .
13 This is not to say that man can mine coal where it does not occur geologically , or that some settlements do not originate because of the existence of some material which the inhabitants extract ; what it does mean is that people themselves determine what is exploited and how they deal with the extraction .
14 Thank you very much I think er councillor said that in er Tory erm motions goes against er Conservative er national policy but what it does identify is a very worrying sub text to the Tory policies of the moment because w means testing for hou for housing welfare has gone back to the worst aspects of the nineteen thirties politics basically .
15 What it does reflect is the willingness of the British government to increase the chances of criminalizing poor , oppressed , and sometimes inadequate individuals whilst leaving the rich corporate executive free to operate within and outside the law .
16 It does not aim to tell them how to use a British public telephone — what it does provide is a wealth of thought-provoking information about modern Britain and the British !
17 What it does say is neatly summed up by Bereiter ( 1980 ) : " the disappointing message of the Schools ' Council research is that as soon as we begin to look beyond syntax , vocabulary and the like and try to Investigate functional aspects of student writing , we begin to find out more about the school system than we find out about children . "
18 And , er , so the , so Freud 's theory does n't necessarily require that , that any source of anxiety should be traced to today 's events , what it what it does say is that very often today 's events shape the manifest , and sometimes the latent , content of the dream quite a lot .
19 Unfortunately , it deals mainly with the fighting , and says little about internal politics or the king , although what it does say is very interesting .
20 Although Quattro Pro 4 ca n't be said to make any task easier than in an equivalent Windows spreadsheet , what it does prove is that with very little limitation a DOS product can manage the same job as a Windows product any trouble at all .
21 What it does have is the ability to market and organise sports events , and extract a high price from advertisers and sponsors .
22 What it does indicate is the demands of liberal ideology that the virtues of ‘ national prejudice ’ be justified and thereby translated from the category of ‘ prejudice ’ .
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