Example sentences of "what [art] [adj] question " in BNC.
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| 1 | For twenty years the 16+ has been to educationalists what the Irish Question has been to politicians for somewhat longer : it has consumed enormous energy , made and destroyed reputations , absorbed and dissipated creativity and made most men and women with common sense as well as intelligence adopt the stance of peripheral critics . |
| 2 | No progress will be made without agreeing what the fundamental questions and issues really are . ’ |
| 3 | Talks incessantly to the point of forgetting what the original question was , using long , rambling sentences which go on for so long that the interviewee ca n't remember where they started . |
| 4 | That is a slightly odd point from a Labour Member in view of the fact that the SERPS entitlement of such people , which is what the original question was about , is precisely as it was left by the Labour Government . |
| 5 | How can the researcher possibly know in advance what the important questions are ? |
| 6 | ‘ What a daft question . |
| 7 | What a dumb question ? |
| 8 | ‘ What a stupid question ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What a perceptive question , ’ she commented , patronisingly . |
| 10 | What a peculiar question ! |
| 11 | ‘ What a foolish question ! ’ |
| 12 | He frowned and said , ‘ What a foolish question . |
| 13 | What a silly question of course it matters how you look up there , yes |
| 14 | ‘ What an odd question . ’ |