Example sentences of "but what does " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has heard that there is a big buzz going around about one band or another , but what does that mean ? |
| 2 | But what does it mean ? |
| 3 | But what does it signify ? |
| 4 | They can arrest me , they can do anything they want … but what does this man ( Noriega ) want ? |
| 5 | But what does Mr Li 's brand of socialism portend for the 1.1 billion people who endure life in the world 's most populous nation ? |
| 6 | ‘ But what does it all add up to ? ’ |
| 7 | But what does matter is that relegation of drama to the same order of non-seriousness as game , revellings and disportings , permitted an ‘ it 's only a game ’ attitude — both dismissive and tolerant — to creep in . |
| 8 | Nutrition is a word everyone uses these days but what does it mean ? |
| 9 | But what does ‘ dominate ’ mean , in quantitative terms ? |
| 10 | ‘ But what does it all mean ? ’ perhaps , or , ‘ For God 's sake , we 're all going to die ! ’ |
| 11 | But what does ‘ ordinarily ’ mean ? |
| 12 | But what does ‘ communicating ’ mean ? |
| 13 | But what does it really mean ? |
| 14 | But what does this mean ? |
| 15 | I think he is being favoured , but what does that matter ? |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but what does he do ? |
| 17 | It must threaten the safety or well-being of the state ( but what does that mean ? ) and actions must be intended ( constructively as well as directly ? ) to undermine ( change ? ) parliamentary democracy by political ( lawful ? ) , industrial ( lawful ? ) or violent means . |
| 18 | ‘ But what does he mean — the Glory 's dangerous ? ’ |
| 19 | It may be a valuable reference book on established practice , but what does the indefensible pedestrian accident rate in Britain have to say about the validity of that ? |
| 20 | But what does Randy think Jimi would be doing now ? |
| 21 | But what does it mean ? |
| 22 | But what does their ‘ vision ’ amount to ? |
| 23 | But what does a Lords defeat actually do , apart from causing some temporary embarrassment to the Government ? |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , in I said patiently , ‘ but what does it do ? ’ |
| 25 | But what does a kid of that age know ? |
| 26 | But what does the word ‘ inwardly ’ mean here ? |
| 27 | But what does he put in its place ? |
| 28 | But what does it say on the back of your T-shirt , Evan ? |
| 29 | But what does each of these categories contain , and how are they related ? |
| 30 | The question that should be asked at this point is not whether the West should intervene militarily , but what does it want out of such an exploit ? |