Example sentences of "this question [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We came upon the idea of asking this question as the result of going to a for Change conference .
2 " In the end , however , I have come to the conclusion that the learned county court judge adopted the right approach and did treat this question as one of degree and fact .
3 My Lords , may I declare an interest in this question as a user of the British Library .
4 mm , I think maybe at the start though when I said do you have a beautiful body , maybe I asked the wrong questions , let me ask you this question at the end , do you like your body ? , er button one for yes and button two for no , and maybe we 'll get a different answer then , eighty five people said no they did n't have a beautiful body , but fifty six people here say yes they like their body , forty four is too many people who do n't , why not ? , who said no ? , why , why do n't you ? , yes
5 Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ?
6 There are , of course , many answers to this question at many levels .
7 Early contacts with leading Labour figures suggested that on this question at least they might prove more flexible than the Conservatives .
8 The system contract in Chapter 4 deals with this question at some length , but it is not unusual in standard terms and conditions to find a simple clause which permits the buyer to cancel the order in return for payment of a cancellation fee .
9 thesis ( Young 1986 ) , Mike Chatterton ( 1988 ) rightly homed in on this question of ethics , saying : ‘ there is reference here to the moral dilemma(s) posed by ‘ insiders ’ using their access to do ethnography and what that entails regarding betraying confidences etc … .
10 It is this question of the nature and incidents of these interests which we must now consider .
11 We could sit in a meeting in the Sit(uation) Room and be discussing these other activities , and fall into almost a kind of , you know , warp in which you would n't know whether you were talking — I mean , the use of shorthand and so forth in the discussions you could n't tell whether we 'd suddenly slipped into this question of selling arms to get them back this way or whether we were still discussing the other thing .
12 I am allowed a say on this question of standing up at football matches because I first planted my feet on the terraces at Barnsley when I was five and spent the next 15 years or more rooted to the spot .
13 This question of status , of activities outwith one 's employment will become increasingly important as the working week gets shorter and shorter
14 On close examination of the latter 's findings , in fact , it is difficult to say on what precise evidence they base their view , that ‘ this question of [ specialist-generic ] labour division ’ ( p. 215 ) is without either impact or ( by implication ) interest .
15 If we were asking this question of an amphibian or reptile , which lays its eggs and goes away to live solitarily except when the mating season comes around again , we would answer it purely in terms of the physical ecology of the species .
16 There has been much debate about this question of the unit of natural selection .
17 This was obviously anathema to Ricardou , in particular , and a fairly acrimonious exchange erupted during the conference sessions surrounding this question of referentiality .
18 I fear , however , that in my anxiety to win the support of Mrs Clements and the girls , I did not perhaps assess quite as stringently my own limitations ; and although my experience and customary caution in such matters prevented my giving myself more than I could actually carry out , I was perhaps negligent over this question of allowing myself a margin .
19 I looked forward to the visit not only because visitors from Lord Darlington 's days are most rare now — Mr Farraday 's circle , naturally , being quite different from his lordship 's — but also because I presumed Mr Graham would accompany Sir James as of old , and I would thus be able to get his opinion on this question of bantering .
20 This question of the benefit to be achieved from library activities has generated a good deal of literature , none of it very conclusive .
21 This question of the definition of a knowledge worker will prove to be germane to our subsequent discussion , and we will need to develop the theme in more detail .
22 It really takes us back to this question of managing information and of organising to do this .
23 ‘ Do ye know what it is , Mr O'Malley , ’ he said , ‘ I seriously think we attach too much importance to this question of ages between man and wife .
24 This question of source rocks is the main unproven factor in assessing the hydrocarbon potential of south Antrim .
25 For the purposes of this chapter , this question of chronology makes only one difference , and that is in assessing how long the two separate procedural regimes lasted ; how long therefore the use of a trust brought with it a distinct advantage compared with the use of a modal legacy .
26 If a child of the late twentieth century asked this question of a parent , it is unlikely that he would receive an answer that would be intelligible to him .
27 As Professor D.G.T. Williams has pointed out , differing philosophies on this question of demonstration were expressed in debate .
28 Related to this question of pedagogic/pragmatic research as an integrated element of classroom practice is the matter of teacher formation .
29 This question of morale is then one of the key areas for social workers to be aware of in sustaining people and their family networks or informal care networks in the community .
30 Ask this question of our sportsdesk , and they will answer very slowly and carefully .
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