Example sentences of "question as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a choreographer wishes to make a statement about dance that is inspired by a piece of music , he has to answer the question as to what style of dance is appropriate . |
| 2 | In answer to my question as to the source of his income he replied : ‘ I have been extremely fortunate . |
| 3 | He 's devoted his life to the cause and if Patrick came back there 's no question as to who he 'd want to control the show , because it was he that called Peter ‘ The Sacred Keeper of My Sacred Conscience ’ . |
| 4 | Conservatism is a polemic against Conservatism and more particularly Thatcherism , but Honderich 's own work raises the question as to whether the two are related . |
| 5 | Even if one discounts this problem , there is the question as to whether the tradition of authority and concern with social discipline is sufficient in itself to define Conservatism and to distinguish it from other ideologies . |
| 6 | While Stone struggles to keep open the question as to whether more divorce produces an increase in the sum of human happiness , he is obviously uneasy about the way in which divorce has become a routine and largely administrative process . |
| 7 | It lodged in my mind to try and answer the question as to whether there was something special about the depiction of angels in post-conquest art , and if so , what it could be . |
| 8 | There must be some question as to how reliable the East German troops would be in such a situation , bearing in mind that most of them are conscripts , and that about 30,000 of them have recently been released from military service to man understaffed factories . |
| 9 | Stinging , biting , their incessant attentions to warm-blooded creatures always raised the question as to their purpose — as if man 's comfort were at the heart of the purpose of creation . |
| 10 | These works raise a serious question as to whether their subjects are suitable cases for treatment — that is , by librettists and composers . |
| 11 | Mr Charsley begins by pointing out that a Martian who found himself invited to a wedding would imagine that the whole affair had been laid on to honour the cake ( the question as to who would invite a Martian or to which side of the church the ushers would show him or why best men seem to turn into Martians when it comes to speeches , he quite wisely avoids ) . |
| 12 | In posing the question as to whether there is some consistent direction from lower to higher states of biological organization , Hobhouse concluded that the one consistent change of this type lies in the growth of mind . |
| 13 | There will always be the question as to what would have happened if the last remedy had been the first prescription but in my experience that 's the sort of question homœopaths ask rather than patients ! |
| 14 | Husayn stated that if the PLO fell under Syrian domination there was a legitimate question as to whether it would continue to speak for the Palestinian people . |
| 15 | In a difficult production situation , with high perceived discount rates and competition between small producers for many scarce resources , it is obviously an unanswered question as to who will pay for conservation works , or how cost-sharing or insurance will be arranged on a sufficiently large scale . |
| 16 | This presented a delicate problem , another of the house guests being also without his valet , raising the question as to which guest should be allocated the butler as valet and who the footman . |
| 17 | The question as to whether time could conceivably exist if there were no ‘ soul , ( or mind ) to apprehend it had been raised , but not answered , by Aristotle , whose definition of time as the ‘ numbering ’ of motion and change in relation to before and after appeared to presuppose the existence of a ‘ soul ’ that contemplates and measures it . |
| 18 | The question as to what is involved in the marriage relationship deserves a study in itself . |
| 19 | Ultimately this is a question as to the proper limits of self-determination , as well as turning on the specific lucidity of the individual patient . |
| 20 | It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture . |
| 21 | To assess whether this is an accurate picture it is necessary to address the question as to whether crime itself is predominantly working-class . |
| 22 | The mixing of geographical information from different map scales and sources is a key aspect of GIS functionality , but it does raise the question as to what effects the combination of different levels of data uncertainty has on both the output maps and on the data derived from spatial query and analysis . |
| 23 | Leaving aside the question as to whether the State and reformers were successful in affecting young people , the process itself was instrumental in creating a new image for youth , one which in common with so many of its other images , emphasized incapacity while seeking to deepen its dependence on the appropriate agencies . |
| 24 | Indeed , Crone said in his report that ‘ … the examination of these fake specimens shed no light at all on the main question as to whether mycotoxins have been used as warfare agents in Laos or Kampuchea ’ . |
| 25 | The question as to what is , or can be considered to be , productive and unproductive labour , and productive and unproductive consumption , has been the subject of hot debate , going back to Adam Smith and beyond . |
| 26 | But there was some question as to whether they would be able to stay on the ride because that depended on whether the outlaws knew where they were . |
| 27 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 28 | It must therefore remain an open question as to whether the local economy is sufficiently robust to attract private sector capital . |
| 29 | It was interesting to note that the responses to the CRUS question as to whether a member of library staff was designated as training officer also indicated that title held is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training . |
| 30 | In the case of Irish union the pre-existing parliaments are nowhere expressly abolished ; on the other hand , it is nowhere stated , or implied of necessity , in any of the union legislation , that one of the pre-existing parliaments was continued under a new style and , indeed , if this view were to be adopted , one is left with the question as to which of the two pre-existing parliaments it is which has survived . |