Example sentences of "a question [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer asks you a question via a sound card and gives you a choice of options on screen , and you respond by pressing the relevant button . |
| 2 | — historical context which needs to be introduced in order to answer a question about a writer from an earlier period . |
| 3 | In one test , different responses were noted of pupils who were asked to explain their methods of working out their answers to a question about a set of related patterns of tiles . |
| 4 | Now they will surprise me with a question about a House of Commons debate or what 's going on in America . |
| 5 | I do n't like to answer a question with a question , but she caught me unawares . |
| 6 | If the lecturer is also known to be the examiner , he is unlikely to set a question on a topic that he has not covered or referred to in his lectures — although this can not be guaranteed . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Cannock and Burntwood ( Mr. Howarth ) has as much right as anyone else to ask a question on a matter of general interest to the whole House of Commons . |
| 8 | Would would the minister answer a question on a matter of concern to businessmen in the county of Cumbria ? |
| 9 | We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments . |
| 10 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 11 | But if it 's a question of a child feeling that a parent thinks that it 's important , and feeling that parents are interested in what they 're doing , then that I would have thought was beneficial . |
| 12 | He told NME : ‘ This is not a question of a lobby trying to dismantle the independent chart , it 's a matter of an established clique actively obstructing the creation of a chart . ’ |
| 13 | Erm , there 's a question of a rally in Central Hall , now in order to organise this pensioner 's rally there short of funds , erm , I think the executive will be discussing this and as , as before we did give them quite a considerable donating , because it costs a thousand pounds to hire the centre hall and we do want to erm take part in a very big rally , like the last one was . |
| 14 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 15 | There is a question of a leader having second thoughts about the war . |
| 16 | At its annual meeting , hastily relocated from the severely damaged Baltic Exchange building , Mr Nicholas Baring , chairman , said in response to a question from a shareholder that such a possibility would be looked at very carefully . |
| 17 | It would not be appropriate to answer such a question in a debate on the Local Government Finance Bill . |