Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to [adj] question " in BNC.

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1 Many pupils found the area instead of the perimeter when the word perimeter was used — about 30 per cent of the pupils — in response to one question .
2 The achievement of such a skill by a pupil in response to this question could only be recorded if the method was known .
3 In fact , the arguments in response to this question are no different from the pervasive arguments in the whole of accounting about spatial allocations , from a central pool to smaller units .
4 The arguments for and against capping offered in response to this question tended merely to rehearse those already discussed .
5 He wo n't say anything if he does n't want to — ‘ That 's life , ’ he will shrug , in response to some question that you have built like a house of cards — but if he wants to , he 'll say anything .
6 In reply to one question , ‘ In track it 's the legs that go first , would you say … ’ , she interrupted with a modest , ‘ I do n't know .
7 If an HIV antibody test is not mentioned in reply to that question , the person whose blood sample is being taken need not refuse consent expressly for an HIV antibody test , but should ask for the purpose of the blood test to be entered in their medical records .
8 What Eliot said in reply to that question has survived in two versions .
9 I shall examine this question in more detail in the chapters in Part 3 , but meanwhile we might consider briefly how different approaches to language pedagogy in general can be characterized in reference to this question .
10 In answer to one question , Duncan MacIndeor , a 75 years old roadman from Kilmeny said , " I was a farmer at Airidh-Ghuairidh for 23 years .
11 In answer to one question he said " I might read extracts to show that the great majority of those who left Oa went entirely of their own free will . "
12 In answer to that question , choice theories find it hard to resist the temptation to jump to the conclusion that all voluntary undertakings should be binding .
13 In answer to this question , God said to Jeremiah : ‘ I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind , to reward a man according to his conduct , according to what his deeds deserve . ’
14 The response is a naive one ; but perhaps what Gandhi wanted to convey in answer to this question was that his faith in the principle of non-violence and truth had not been shattered by the use of the atom bomb .
15 In answer to this question , the committee concluded that the financial sector was , in fact , providing adequately for the needs of corporate sector financing .
16 Mr. Burgess added , in answer to another question : ‘ …
17 On the way , in answer to some question about his education , Palance replies by sweeping off his broad-brimmed black hat .
18 An hour and a half into the debate all four for the first time gave succinct answers in agreement to one question and were rewarded with a cheer from the floor !
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