Example sentences of "question [vb -s] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A structured question consists of a diagram , a paragraph of text , a picture … etc followed by a number of related questions . |
| 2 | For instance , suppose that in criminal law a question consists of a chain of short problems on insanity numbered ( i ) , ( ii ) , ( iii ) , etc . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The question recurs in a text of Ulpian . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |