Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] actually [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creating your own designs on the screen does not actually involve any drawing because it is done by plotting a series of points or co-ordinates , which the computer automatically joins up to form a two dimensional shape it is a bit like joining the dots in a dot to dot picture , except that you have to decide where the dots will go and the computer does the joining up ! |
| 2 | But when examined closely , this book ( cited by Tolstoy as one of his sources ) does not actually make any mention of a massacre at Bleiburg in the immediate aftermath of the Croat surrender on 15 May 1945 . |
| 3 | ‘ Plum ’ consequently became a blanket term for dried fruit , which explains why plum pudding does not actually contain any . |
| 4 | However , several consonants are generally accepted as phonemes of RP despite not being free to occur in all positions ( e.g. , , , , , ) , so this argument , though supporting the one-phoneme analysis , does not actually prove that , must be classed with other single-consonant phonemes . |
| 5 | The main accusation levelled against boundary routing is that the technology does not actually decrease overall complexity of the network , it merely shifts it from the periphery to the central hub . |
| 6 | If a lorry driver does not actually drive each day because business is slack , but receives his usual wages , he is not justified in complaining about lack of actual driving work . |
| 7 | Well it it tells you quite a lot , but it does n't actually mention that bit . |
| 8 | Well , the scriptures really mention how a man drives for the kingdom of God , so mainly it 's the man , I do n't know whether women go to the , the heavenly ground , it does n't actually mention that does it anywhere ? |
| 9 | I mean that 's what I thought this movement towards egalitarianism is n't , does n't actually reflect any change in ideology at all . |
| 10 | For one reason , space is almost a vacuum , so that molecules erm are few and far between , and one thing about chemistry it is really the science of not particularly molecules but molecules that react with one another , but here once one has got a molecule in space it does n't actually meet another one for a very long time , so even a molecule that is reactive and which may only last for maybe a microsecond in the laboratory , interstellar space it may last for a thousand years . |
| 11 | but it does n't actually change British policy , or alter the fact that sanctions are going to be maintained against Saddam . |
| 12 | Unfortunately most people have no idea that they have high blood pressure because it does n't actually feel any different . |
| 13 | And , and , which might continue employment , which does n't actually create extra employment . |
| 14 | Well it does n't actually make less people depressed that its predecessors , the great thing about it is is that it only only one quarter of the people who take it get side effects . |
| 15 | High pay does n't actually mean that , that everybody is less wealthy , it generally means that people are more wealthy . |
| 16 | Er , for the , for the phase three , which is the one that we 've got , the one 's that are rented already the , the money does n't actually become available until er that date , spring ninety four . |
| 17 | Washing food does n't actually have much effect on residue levels ( though it 's important for removing dirt and bacteria ) but peeling and removing the outer leaves of foods like cabbages and lettuce reduces residue levels significantly . |
| 18 | Well , as far as one is concerned with the A Nineteen , er is n't it fair to say that the northern and western boundaries are so er constructed with hedges and trees that in fact while er er one is travelling along the A Nineteen one does n't actually have any meaningful view of the conservation area in any event ? |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ’ says Howard , ‘ it turns out that Mishkin does n't actually have any money himself . |
| 20 | We we do n't actually We 've got It 's got nine oxygen in it already , right so this one does n't actually need any air . |
| 21 | It does n't actually say that , it just gives a but if you say whoopee I have passed . |
| 22 | Once again it 's quite low an and er certainly if it dips much below where it is , you certainly can feel dizzy and faint , and of course the medication does n't actually help that , which is one of the reasons why we need |
| 23 | this diagram does n't actually incorporate this but full thing is going to be the initial costs , the costs of moving , okay , so there , there may be actual physical costs involved this diagram . |