Example sentences of "question [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Largely this is a political question depending on a number of factors such as the government 's strength and the need to relieve pressure on it . |
| 2 | The question asked by a number of would-be high-bay constructors was whether insurers and legislators ( both in central and local government ) were overemphasizing the dangers of fire in high-bay warehouses and also whether they really understood the significant differences existing between different classifications of system . |
| 3 | Section 1(2) of the Act requires the court to have particular regard to the general principle that any delay in determining a question relating to a child 's upbringing is likely to prejudice the child 's welfare . |
| 4 | ( a ) The welfare principle Under s1(1) of the Act the child 's welfare must be the court 's paramount consideration when it determines any question relating to a child 's upbringing . |
| 5 | ( d ) Avoidance of delay Section 1(2) requires the court to have regard to the general principle that any delay in determining any question relating to a child 's upbringing is likely to prejudice the child 's welfare . |
| 6 | The question hung like a hawk . |
| 7 | This question came to a head in the classification of the animal kingdom , where fundamental debates took place in the early decades of the new century . |
| 8 | Well it 's a difficult question to answer in a way because the pattern on grouping differs enormously from school to school . |
| 9 | Jed could sense a question running like a breeze through the rows of people who lined the streets : Who 's he ? |
| 10 | A structured question consists of a diagram , a paragraph of text , a picture … etc followed by a number of related questions . |
| 11 | For instance , suppose that in criminal law a question consists of a chain of short problems on insanity numbered ( i ) , ( ii ) , ( iii ) , etc . |
| 12 | Indeed the Court of Appeal in Phekoo expressed the opinion that it only applied to rape but I hope that one might interpret that to mean ‘ rape-like offences ’ , that is all offences where the mistake in question relates to a circumstance qualified by mens rea . |
| 13 | A conversation is built from pairs of transactions , each pair being a statement or question followed by a response to it . |
| 14 | A fourth kind of two-part question consists of a book-work question followed by a problem . |
| 15 | This can be thought of as a probability measure that the word token in question resulted from a misspelling of a dictionary word . |
| 16 | This is a perfectly valid question to raise in a case study response , and you might go on to consider whether it is still possible for them to change direction , even now . |
| 17 | Well it 's a difficult question to ask in a answer in a way because , because the pattern of grouping differs enormously from school to school . |
| 18 | The question recurs in a text of Ulpian . |
| 19 | The answer to the first , or ‘ why ’ , question begins with a recognition that banks are private sector , profit-making organisations with obligations to shareholders to increase profits over time . |
| 20 | My fifth question arises from a conversation that I had yesterday with Tony Godden , the head of the West Lothian college , who has severe reservations about the time scale leading to incorporation and how colleges like his — Bathgate and Livingston — can undertake the services previously carried out by the regional council . |
| 21 | The only evidence we have to shed further light on this question comes from a letter written on the same day by Mr J Nicholls [ see note at end of chapter ] , a Foreign Office political advisor , who had recently joined HQ 5 Corps staff at Klagenfurt . |
| 22 | The Berlin question remained in a state of suspense until after the American presidential election of 1960 . |
| 23 | Nor do I accept that all the questions referred to a visitor involve such arcane learning that only those intimately aware of university affairs can begin to understand it , the judges of the land not being able to appreciate the issues . |
| 24 | The questions rose to a clamour , but no-one stood in the way as Sergeant Bird smoothly drove off again with a regretful shake of his head . |
| 25 | Questions arrived in a rush to be asked . |
| 26 | The " largest-is-smallest " error is less common in questions set in a measurement context . |
| 27 | Data which go toward answering the first two of these questions derive from a number of sources . |
| 28 | But they have n't a clue when it comes to answering a few penetrating questions put by a TV reporter . |
| 29 | It is true that in later times particular questions arising in a case before him , suitable for trial by jury , are sometimes directed by the Chancellor to be so tried . |
| 30 | Kenneth has a list of questions to ask as a result of his reading , but the Dr has to admit that the subject is a highly complex one and that his knowledge is limited as he is a G.P. and not a specialist on the subject . |