Example sentences of "but what [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It probably does not matter what title is held by the people who will be dealing with press enquiries , but what does matter is that they should be reasonably au fait with the company and its products . |
| 3 | But what does seem clear is on the one hand the absence of any straightforward link between sexual activity per se and social morality ; and on the other , the inability and sometimes unwillingness of the ecclesiastical authorities to enforce stricter single standards . |
| 4 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 5 | But what does amaze me , is the reason why this motion came forward in the first place . |
| 6 | There was no world war by September , but what did occur was the first major decline in the domestic popularity of his foreign policy . |