Example sentences of "question [prep] [subord] an [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 First , it seems that as was the case at common law in classifying animals as ‘ ferae naturae , ’ the question of whether an animal belongs to a dangerous species is one of law for the court .
2 This case raised the question of whether an assignee of a reversion on a lease could enforce the payment of rent against someone who had entered into surety covenants as a guarantee of the tenant 's obligations in the lease .
3 The OLA 1984 makes no reference to the question of whether an occupier can exclude or restrict his or her potential liability under the Act .
4 The question of whether an authority is exceeding its power in imposing a particular condition on a planning permission — ultra vires , as the law puts it — and what happens when ultra vires , is easily stated but difficult to determine in practice .
5 It can be argued that the question of whether an applicant ought to be required to use Ord. 53 procedure should depend on whether the particular procedural features of Ord. 53 are appropriate to the case .
6 There is a close link between the vexed questions of whether an offer of employment is ‘ suitable ’ and whether a refusal is ‘ unreasonable ’ .
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