Example sentences of "question of [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Facts he examines his own vexed state with reference to the vexed question of whether it is better to make things up , and to distort them , and by contemplating his earlier re-invention of the time-honoured dualistic account of literature and human nature . |
| 2 | It is not a question of whether it is better or worse to remain a virgin or a bachelor , he wrote , but rather of bringing the terror to the surface . |
| 3 | Yet in such circumstances the insider 's account has a potential to combine ‘ action anthropology ’ , ‘ applied anthropology ’ , and ‘ pure anthropology ’ , to create a fully semantic analysis ; and this raises the question of whether it will then be possible to publish and be damned ? |
| 4 | In concluding his discussion of corporate crime , Box raises the question of whether it can be justified to send thousands of people to prison each year because they are too poor to pay fines ( in 1981 , 20,000 males were imprisoned for defaulting on fine payments ) when their crime is trivial in the extreme in comparison with corporate crime . |
| 5 | There is also the question of whether it is better to treat on-site or to transport contaminated soil to a specialist plant . |
| 6 | Even if continued economic growth proved feasible there remains the question of whether it is desirable . |
| 7 | This raises the question of whether it is necessary to represent objects at the single cell level . |
| 8 | Oftel does say that it believes video on demand comes under the auspices of the Broadcasting Act , rather than BT 's Public Telecommunications Operator licence , and while the ITC agrees , it also says that the question of whether it constitutes a broadcasting service has still to be decided . |
| 9 | Managers were delighted at the price advantage which they had gained over their gas competitors and the question of whether it was artificial did not seriously concern them . |
| 10 | The question of whether it is possible to establish a normative consensus , based on rational discussion undistorted by values , has also been addressed by Habermas ( 1975 , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | The section does not of itself confer a power to withhold information in the proceedings themselves , but an application under the section necessarily raises the question of whether it is proper to do so . |
| 12 | ‘ In future cases where a new regime comes to power unconstitutionally our attitude on the question of whether it qualifies to be treated as a government , will be left to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , which we may have with it , and in particular on whether we are dealing with it on a normal government to government basis . |
| 13 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 14 | Access to their help , leaving aside the question of whether it employs a separate , distinct expertise , has usually meant passing on pupils from the classroom or the school . |
| 15 | This raises the question of whether it is possible to make any distinction between black holes , beyond differences in mass . |
| 16 | The court sidestepped the question of whether it was a contract of sale or for services , by holding that , whichever it was , there was an implied term of the contract that the goods should be reasonably fit for the purpose for which they were intended . |
| 17 | However , no figures were revealed as to the size of the RIS , and the key question of whether it would employ former Securitate officers was declared " confidential " . |
| 18 | The question of whether it is in fact an asset of the business or of Fred can be explored in more detail . |
| 19 | To say that the obligation to " return " the amount of the deposit is " inextricably bound up with " covenants which touch and concern the land … does not , in their Lordships ' view answer the critical question of whether it itself touches and concerns the land . |
| 20 | If so , there is the question of whether it should be newly formed or whether a shelf company will suffice . |
| 21 | The exceptions to the regulations are very limited and the question of whether it is medically inadvisable to wear a seat belt , considered in Froom v Butcher , for obese or pregnant plaintiffs , or in Mackay v Borthwick [ 1982 ] CLY 2157 where the plaintiff suffered from a hiatus hernia is probably pre-empted by para 5(d) of the regulations . |
| 22 | For older women , there is a question of whether it has any relevance at all . ’ |
| 23 | Leave aside , for the moment , the question of whether it was justified in principle . |
| 24 | The question of whether it will be effective or not will not be determined until the trials are finished . ’ |
| 25 | It was a question of and it 's a little |
| 26 | Only a minute or two earlier you were saying things like : ‘ It 's just a sort of a , a sort of a , a , a , a question of as it were sort of behaving sort of , well , for want of a better word , decently , sort of thing . ’ |