Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the question " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once this had been achieved , and we had given each other that little nod of recognition with which one acknowledges an intellectual equal , I moved on to the question that really interested me , which was how Alison came to know Thomas Carter in the first place . |
| 2 | In both Nicaragua and Mozambique , the governments have come up against the question of choosing which language or languages to teach in . |
| 3 | A continuation of Krabbe 's suspension now looks out of the question . |
| 4 | Er I wanted to come back on the question of regeneration and the opportunities in Leeds . |
| 5 | As she points out : Remarkably little research has been carried out on the question of how these filters operate , and by whom they are operated , yet any policies aimed at harmonizing the interests of agriculture , conservation and recreation in the countryside must be based upon an understanding of this problem . |
| 6 | Such an arrangement would probably be considered out of the question today , and rightly so . |
| 7 | It was n't until some years later that I came back to the question of the receptors and showed that the most dramatic effects involved the NMDA glutamate receptor I mentioned in the last chapter ( but wo n't discuss further here ) . |
| 8 | A professional career as such seemed out of the question ; his only ambition in life was to be an artist . |
| 9 | And thinking of her gynaecologist , surely such a step could not be taken without his sanction and the idea of asking for this seemed out of the question . |
| 10 | A major work on a coherent subject seemed out of the question . |
| 11 | Tonight , though , that seemed out of the question , and as they hurried into the hospital through its large , brightly lit main foyer , they walked several yards apart . |
| 12 | Using public transport seemed out of the question and renting a car was expensive , so we decided to sink some of our capital , buy a car , and sell it again before leaving . |
| 13 | This kind of thinking is leading on from the question of analysis to that of evaluation . |
| 14 | This leads on to the question of political culture . |
| 15 | he 's going , so busy looking on what 's going on behind the question that 's being asked , that you never answer the question that you 're being asked in the first place . |
| 16 | Going back to the question of markedness , we can say that subject as theme in a declarative clause is not marked at all because this is the position it normally occupies in English declarative clauses . |
| 17 | Yes , I wanted to make a point on the disciplinary side , which is as senior proctor the side of things I find myself thinking most about , and this is going back to the question of policing and whether it 's appropriate to talk in those terms . |
| 18 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 19 | Repechages for the other places were rowed on Tuesday evening but yesterday 's final was cancelled when the wind blew up again and made racing out of the question . |
| 20 | Moving on to the question of defenders stopping the try by not standing on the goal-line , Law 27(e) is clear about what the offending team must do : ‘ The opposing team must run without delay ( and continue to do so while the kick is being taken and while the ball is being played by the kicker 's team ) to or behind the line parallel to the goal-lines and 10 metres from the mark , or to their own goal-line if nearer to the mark . |
| 21 | Perhaps we could now move on to the question of Sir Conrad 's recent involvement in the club 's affairs ? ’ |
| 22 | She has had to give in over the question of chrome : and the Foreign Minister , who never struck me as being too friendly towards us , failed to get away ( as he apparently hoped ) with letting armed German ships through the Straits . |
| 23 | This is why I maintain that both when and how these funds will be spent is closely bound up with the question of morality . |
| 24 | Interpretation of the facts is very closely bound up with the question raised in the third section — ‘ what might some of the reasons be ? ’ — and I consider this further there . |
| 25 | Already he was beginning to steal glances at the clock , comparing it needlessly with his own watch , missing bits of the film while he made rapid calculations as to whether he might conceivably be able to see Bridget home , and , when this had become out of the question , as to how long they would have to say good night at the hated corner . |
| 26 | It goes back to the question I posed above : what motivates people to study sex differences and to place such emphasis upon them ? |
| 27 | Perhaps the other point I can make is to go back to the question of why women tutors and people in the university generally have emphasised harassment of students by academic staff more than they 've emphasised harassment by students of one another , and I think it 's not that it was thought that students did n't commonly make each other uncomfortable , but as an issue of principle in terms of whether it 's appropriate for university or college authorities to intervene in what many people regard as students ' private lives . |
| 28 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 29 | It really boils down to the question of intent . |
| 30 | But if that is put on one side we are brought back to the question of what kinds of determining factors Poulantzas invokes in order to explain what actually happens . |