Example sentences of "question [conj] have be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled to herself , reflecting that this was the question that had been torturing Richard all his life . |
| 2 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 3 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
| 4 | The turnout , across the Soviet Union as a whole , was 80 per cent , and of those who voted , 76.4 per cent declared in favour of the question that had been asked of them . |
| 5 | Only three republics ( Belorussia , Turkmenistan and Tajikistan ) eventually voted on the single question that had been proposed by the central authorities . |
| 6 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 7 | It was Michael who asked the question that had been troubling them all . |
| 8 | While Luce added a liberal amount of sugar and cream to her coffee a question that had been submerged in her mind suddenly resurfaced , and she queried , ‘ How did you know where I was staying ? ’ |
| 9 | Before turning to the work of Sayre , Dennett and Sloman , I should at least mention one major question that has been left unasked in this paper , and intentionally so : namely , what properties would a machine have to have in order to be sufficient for us to deem it conscious ? |
| 10 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 11 | But th , we go get a er , report from the counselling agency on the type of , of er , question that 's been posed , and I would expect that that agency would be providing help and guidance , er , along the lines of suggesting and working with the individual on problems of the type , which I 'm sure you have at the front of your mind . |
| 12 | It 's a question that 's been bothering me . |
| 13 | Resisting the temptation to ask for answers to some of the questions that had been plaguing her , Luce shook her head . |
| 14 | She waited , holding her breath , wondering whether he would really answer all the questions that had been buzzing around in her head ever since she had first met him , or whether he would skirt around the subject and depend instead on the overwhelming attraction she felt for him to talk her back into bed . |
| 15 | Questions that had been submerged ( such as whether the world is becoming more secular ) have re-surfaced and been rephrased to take account of the complexities of religious beliefs and practices , and their relationship with both the individual and the increasingly complex wider society . |
| 16 | Far from creating a feeling of dissatisfaction , the opening up of such discussions frequently seemed to give them an opportunity to face questions that had been suppressed , but none the less niggling at the back of their minds . |
| 17 | Can you confirm , Sir , that you keep a record of the questions that have been asked and that , although the Scots comprise less than 9 per cent . |
| 18 | Opinion polls always give different answers depending on the questions that have been asked , and I suggest that the hon. Gentleman should not place too much emphasis on the outcome . |
| 19 | But the essence of your answer to the questions that have been asked over the last twenty minutes or so , is we have n't done it that way . |