Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the question " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , whilst a joint campaign with the Communist Party and other political organizations was entirely out of the question , the Labour leadership felt compelled to adjust its policy with regard to Spain . |
| 2 | Post-war governments in France and Italy , the most important states , were weak coalitions , short-lived and threatened by strong communist parties ; a Soviet invasion of continental Europe was not out of the question ; and Labour politicians disliked the Christian Democratic predominance on the Continent . |
| 3 | Uncritical adherence was clearly out of the question by 1868 , as appears from various sober notes on the logical problems that he saw in Schopenhauer 's system . |
| 4 | Since Dornie was now out of the question , I went on to the Kintail Lodge Hotel , where I was admitted and taken up to a single room which , mercifully , was furnished with an electric fire . |
| 5 | The short pole was now out of the question so it was out on the long pole . |
| 6 | Flying back from Algeria , he confided to Louis Terrenoire that the idea of finding a non-FLN third force with whom to strike a deal was now out of the question . |
| 7 | For the adoring public which flocked to Cheltenham to pay him homage ( the official attendance was 56,884 ) , defeat was simply out of the question . |
| 8 | The prospect of a heterosexual involvement on any level was simply out of the question for me . |
| 9 | Jenny begged him every day to change his mind , but he was a busy man and declared that it was quite out of the question and he wished to goodness Miss Clinton had never mentioned the subject of Brownies ! |
| 10 | ‘ I told him that whilst he was dating my own sister it was quite out of the question . |
| 11 | In the working class , though the stigma might be less , the difficulties were even greater and divorce was quite out of the question for most . |
| 12 | Jansher won the remaining points in one hand , but the rallies were so keen and furious that another dramatic twist of fortunes was never out of the question . |