Example sentences of "ask [pn reflx] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The catalogue of errors which can produce this effect is broad , encompassing taking account of irrelevant considerations , failing to take account of relevant considerations , acting for improper purposes , asking itself the wrong question , and acting in breach of natural justice .
2 Sometime in the near future you may have to go for an interview and therefore you will be asking yourself the following questions :
3 An expert can now make a final determination about the construction of documents provided he asks himself the right question .
4 Faced with the same claims about the effect of words like " fair " , the courts today apply a doctrine of " mistake " which precludes all review of the expert 's analysis , unless the expert values the wrong shares or asks himself the wrong question about concepts such as fairness : see Chapter 13 .
5 In the opening chapter of the novel , Pierre Bloye , confronted by the corpse of his father , instinctively alienated by the rituals and incantations of an absurd funeral ceremony , despairing at his mother 's willing acquiescence to the arid conventions of petty-bourgeois existence , asks himself the fundamental question : " What sort of a man was my father ? "
6 Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective .
7 The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 .
8 Whichever way a point of law is resolved , including without lawyers being consulted , a decision on a point of law will stand unless the expert has asked himself the wrong question of law .
9 However , this line of challenge has been closed down by Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 , which allows challenges only if the expert has asked himself the wrong question , including a question of law .
10 A party who wishes to appeal from a decision of an expert will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if the expert has decided the wrong issue ; or ( 2 ) if the expert has asked himself the wrong question : see 13.6.8 .
11 The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisdiction to determine .
12 The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisiction to determine .
13 It had asked itself the wrong question when interpreting one of the ‘ X ’ questions in the empowering statute .
14 First , administrative tribunals or authorities were subject to the full rigours of the Anisminic judgment : the parliamentary intent was presumed , subject to a clear contrary indication , to be that questions of law were to be decided by the courts ; the distinction between errors within jurisdiction and errors going to jurisdiction was , for practical purposes , abolished , and any error of law would automatically result in the tribunal having asked itself the wrong question .
15 Any mistake of law would mean that the authority had asked itself the wrong question , which would result in a jurisdictional error .
16 Mr. Barnes ' affidavit quoted above showed beyond question , he submitted , that the Bank of England had asked themselves the right question ( paragraph 9 ) and that they did indeed require the production of the documents reasonably for the purposes of their own domestic supervision ( paragraphs 8 , 10 and 13 ) .
17 Before you take off , ask yourself the following questions .
18 Once you understand the basics of what the technology can provide you need to carefully consider your own situation and ask yourself the following questions :
19 For example , ask yourself the following questions : When you walk along the street , do you walk decisively with your head up , looking around you ?
20 For example , ask yourself the following questions : When you walk down the street , do you walk
21 To sum up , then , when planning to persuade ask yourself the following :
22 For the moment , ask yourself the following questions .
23 Always check the final composition before the photograph is taken and ask yourself the following questions :
24 So ask yourself the following questions beforehand : • How long are you likely to be out for ? • How many bottles and nappies does your baby manage to get through in that time ? • Is there going to be somewhere you can change him ( even the car ) and/or breastfeed him comfortably , or warm a bottle if necessary ? • Is it likely to rain ( you 'll need a wet-weather cover ) , be very hot ( sun cream and a hat ) , or cold ( extra layers , hat and gloves ) ?
25 Alcoholics Anonymous ( who should know ) in their Pamphlet " Are you an alcoholic ? " say that a Positive answer to any four of the following questions indicates cause for concern : To answer this question ( " Are you an alcoholic ? " ) ask yourself the following questioned and answer them as honestly as you can .
26 Before splashing out on a travel cot , ask yourself the following questions to make sure you buy one that really going to do the job you want it to :
27 If you are not quite sure of the sort of kitchen that will best suit you , ask yourself the following ; questions :
28 If you have not really thought how you could improve your space , or ca n't quite place what is wrong , ask yourself the following questions :
29 Late that night I ask myself the age-old question .
30 Here we need to ask ourselves a whole range of questions associated with the ways in which staff are managed in general and about the ways in which appraisal will be managed in the future — for there are choices to be made there in particular .
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