Example sentences of "not [verb] the [adj] question " in BNC.
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| 1 | However that did not affect the central question of whether those stock dividends were to comprise a capital or income receipt as far as the beneficiary was concerned . |
| 2 | But even Close can not answer the crucial question . |
| 3 | A criticism of Fitzmaurice 's analysis is that it does not answer the crucial question of why such an objective regime should have any effect on third parties . |
| 4 | They might or might not ask spot the point , they may or may not answer the right questions , but you 're in a marvellous point of view , position , to actually be able to spot angles . |
| 5 | In examinations this can be a particular problem , in that it is likely such writing will not answer the prescribed question very closely . |
| 6 | In other words , if a minister does not know the right question to ask MI5 about a particular operation or allegation then MI5 will not volunteer any information on its own . |
| 7 | This , he argues , is good news for reform since it makes fudging the issue harder : ‘ We still have not answered the basic question : do we want to be Libya or Europe , to re-establish an old-style communist regime or to promote market institutions ? |
| 8 | But Downes appeared not to hear the supplementary questions , and Dixon nodded to the constable who stood at the door , the latter now making for the canteen on a less than wholly specific mission . |
| 9 | But this does not mean that they did not face the troublesome question Berkeley faces , of how to distinguish between illusion and reality . |
| 10 | I could not stand the ridiculous questions people came and posed about my work : ‘ But how do you find such interesting subjects for your poems , Mr Kirkup ? ’ |
| 11 | Thus it may soon come about ( may indeed have come about already ) that teachers will be advising ‘ average ’ pupils not to attempt the difficult questions ; or will separate them out to sit special papers suitable only for the F grades . |
| 12 | However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ? |
| 13 | While it shows good compliance with screening and good acceptability , it can not address the fundamental question relating to this particular screening programme — that is , whether people who are positive on screening benefit from detection and elective treatment . |
| 14 | I do n't think the whole question of cars and safety has never really been looked at properly it all seems to do , to be to do with cars and performance and I would like to see a lot more about cars and safety and like |
| 15 | either that it 's funny or he ca n't read the fucking question |