Example sentences of "[prep] answer the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the purpose of answering the second part of the question he should state that he is assuming that he is wrong in his answer to the first . |
| 2 | In answering the first question , the farmers divide into two groups : ( i ) those who have most of their land as upland ; ( ii ) those who farm the lowlands . |
| 3 | It is in answering the second question that the historical parallel is illuminating . |
| 4 | In this , his value always exceeds Boswell 's ; Johnson the writer has no need to grind the axe of his ego , and thereby feels no qualms in conveying how confusing he finds the native Scots , who , decisive and firm in their answer to his first question , are likely to contradict it entirely in answering the second question . |
| 5 | Data which go toward answering the first two of these questions derive from a number of sources . |
| 6 | The flunkey hesitated , then responded by answering the last question first — with a figure that was nearly four times larger than the largest sum I had thought I might try asking . |