Example sentences of "[be] ask [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This discussion suggests that the question we ought to be asking is not a descriptive one — what is public law ? — but a prescriptive or normative one : when ought public law rules apply ; or , what is the proper scope of public law ? |
| 2 | Particular ‘ the relation to one as distinguished from another ’ ( O.E.D. ) The question now to be asked is where does the art of the particular begin in the creation of style ? |
| 3 | The first question to be asked is : would this tax be imposed business by business , or overall ? |
| 4 | The first question that has to be asked is whether in fact anything at all needs to be done . |
| 5 | The question that needs to be asked is : Can recent developments in philosophical criticism be seen to support religious belief in the way that recent developments in historical criticism can be seen to do ? |
| 6 | The first and most obvious question which can be asked is , why call the union between a man and an operated transsexual a ‘ marriage' ? |
| 7 | The question to be asked is whether your 4 cleaners can clean 30 rooms in 5 hours at 45 minutes per room . |
| 8 | The next question to be asked is , ‘ Where does that leave World Series events such as the Diet Pepsi at Birmingham ? ’ |
| 9 | In contract or tort , for example , the first question to be asked is whether the plaintiff has suffered some legally recognized wrong at the hands of the defendant . |
| 10 | Thus , in relation to the ordination of women , the question to be asked is : ‘ Is this the opportunity God has deliberately created for this new development in the life of Christ 's Church ? ’ |
| 11 | A first question to be asked is whether the difficulty of the questions was the same for the parallel tests within the limits of precision for tests of this length and with the size of the sample of pupils . |
| 12 | The first basic question to be asked is whether theorists understand the concept of social representations to apply only to particular sons of society , or do they intend the concept to be a universal one ? |
| 13 | Perhaps the more specific question to be asked is whether the charges of possession with intent were brought solely for the purpose of retaining the applicants in custody . |
| 14 | Depending upon the existing context surrounding the relationship between the debtor and the surety , the question to be asked is whether the conduct of the creditor has fallen short in any respect which would amount to unconscionable disregard for the predictable vulnerability of the surety to the misfeasance or influence of the debtor . |
| 15 | The question that must be asked is : does the national ensign still have any part to play among yachtsmen , apart from acting as a sort of sporting rosette ? |
| 16 | The question to be asked is how the popularity of the final proposals is to be tested . |
| 17 | So the question to be asked is how can the authoring of multimedia be taken out of the hands of technical experts such as computer programmers and be placed firmly in the control of the content , applications and creative experts ? |
| 18 | If if it is considered that a new settlement is required to meet the housing provision in Greater York , then the first question that has to be asked is , is the criteria approach alone acceptable . |
| 19 | In the case of an indemnifier who is not a consumer , the question to be asked is whether , in the absence of the indemnity , the indemnitee would have been obliged at common law to compensate the indemnifier for the economic loss suffered as a result of having to pay out on the third party claim . |
| 20 | Another question which could be asked is : Would the beast have existed amongst the girls ? |