Example sentences of "he [adj] question " in BNC.
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1 | I have alarmed my own dentist by asking him detailed questions based on the knowledge gained from Gill . |
2 | So one of the first things I did with Clive after hypnotizing him was to ask him simple questions — ‘ What is your full name ? ’ , |
3 | In one regrettable case , which I myself witnessed , it had become an established sport in the house for guests to ring for the butler and put to him random questions of the order of , say , who had won the Derby in such and such a year , rather as one might to a Memory Man at the music hall . |
4 | ‘ When the Prime Minister comes on , ’ he says , ‘ ask him tough questions . |
5 | The appeal to the EAT was based on the issue of whether the Tribunal had relied on a correct statement of the law when it referred to an excerpt from Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law ( based on the EAT decision in Richmond Precision Engineering v Pearce ( [ 1985 ] IRLR 179 ) which stated that ‘ [ t ] he crucial question is whether the terms offered were those which a reasonable employer could offer ’ . |
6 | He continued : [ T ] he ultimate question for the court was this : if the section 146 notice had required the lessee to remedy the breach and the lessors had then allowed a reasonable time to elapse to enable the lessee fully to comply with the relevant covenant , would such compliance , coupled with the payment of any appropriate monetary compensation , have effectively remedied the harm which the lessors had suffered or were likely to suffer from the breach ? |