Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] question [prep] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The obvious inadequacy of this explanation is that it begs the question of why exposure to a stimulus should allow the acquisition of a new response — we usually suppose only that existing unconditioned responses ( URs ) will habituate .
2 This obviously begs the question of when a duty exists .
3 Since the pursuit of increased efficiency is one of the major objectives of the proposals , this begs the question of how efficiency will be assessed .
4 Plenty of helices are not so stick-like , and of course the argument begs the question of how , rather than why .
5 Yet this begs the question of how policy initiatives should be assessed , given that they regularly embody flawed conceptualisations of urban crisis , were created in contentious circumstances and reflect spatial realisations of a political agenda as much as objectively circumscribed social problems .
6 This is not enough , for it is also necessary to ‘ think these differences in rhythm and punctuation in their foundation , in their type of articulation , displacement and torsion which harmonizes these different times with one another ’ — though it must be added that this begs the question of how such harmonization is achieved .
7 If future policy decides to abandon the flat-rate community charge , this reopens the question of how a more progressive local tax should be designed .
8 To say that effects are events which in a fundamental or standard sense can be explained is to say this : there is a possibility of our finding a proposition which fully answers the question of why they occurred .
9 One answers the question of how , the other the question of why .
10 Flame in the Streets approaches the question of both individual and ( working-class ) collective responsibility , and the struggle against racism .
11 This raises the question of exactly what kinds of experience are likely to be most helpful to a child who is experiencing difficulties with language and communication .
12 The idea that characters could be interchangeable units raises the question of just what a fictional character is and what is involved in shuttling it between novels .
13 Answer guide : This raises the question of when the earnings process is complete and in this case it would seem that the process is not going to be completed therefore no entries need to be made .
14 Geoff Gillham ( 1979 ) , in a paper read to a Cockpit Theatre Conference in 1978 , raises the question of why young children are not generally confused by the two .
15 All this raises the question of why the Reagan administration wants to quit the business of satellites in the first place .
16 A metaphysical world view raises the question of why you attracted that event .
17 The life cycle of the cuckoo raises the question of why host birds should accept a brood parasite 's eggs , and why they should feed this alien monster in their nest ?
18 This argument raises the question of why it is that sexual dimorphism and polygyny are related at all .
19 This initially suggests that female preferences are more important , and raises the question of why female crested auklets have a similar sized crest ornament to males .
20 Because we do not know who owns Delion we do not know who bought the property , which raises the question of why the purchasers want to remain anonymous .
21 Further , the fact that lesion of the cerebellum x including the flocculus in rabbits , cats and monkeys , or subdural application in rabbits and monkeys of haemoglobin ( which blocks LTD ) , abolishes the entire VOR adaptation , raises the question of why brain stem synaptic plasticity does not show up in the absence of cerebellar plasticity .
22 This raises the question of why measures of deprivation are being put forward instead of morbidity measures .
23 A little deeper thinking raises the question of why organization participants should accept such core values .
24 To treat governors and parents — and ideally non-teaching staff too — in a way different from teaching staff raises the question of why there should be differences if the process of management is a democratic activity which is conducted between equals .
25 But that just raises the question of where the energy came from .
26 The more usual and non-Cartesian belief , that matter consists of discrete solid particles , raises the question of how these cohere together into the larger extended bodies of our ordinary experience .
27 This raises the question of how effectively MDC 's ‘ informal ’ local plans , incorporating local authority and community concerns , will be sustained when the market prefers a different course .
28 The observed structure of apoR2 raises the question of how a polypeptide can fold into a globular protein with an interior of several carboxyl residues ( Fig. 3 b ) , a situation that may be analogous to carboxyl group clustering in , for example , some ion channels .
29 Direct binding of the recognition helix at the dyad also raises the question of how GH5 protects both entry and exit points of nucleosomal DNA with only two DNA-binding sites , one of which binds at the dyad .
30 This then raises the question of how voluntary is the acceptance of cooperation and harmony between labour and management ?
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