Sentence examples for by a single question from inspiring English sources

He has taken the lieutenant exam twice, missing by a single question.

Nice, day, huh? — are replaced by a single question, often uttered quietly: How's your bracket doing?

But I wondered how a man of his experience, who had performed for queens and presidents, could be thrown by a single question.

They are all, it would seem, motivated by a single question, which is, according to Grace in her speech, "What can I do to get what I want?" Morality is not a talking point here.

Add my voice to those who are still wondering why Jerry Lewis could be thrown by a single question six years ago by a student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism ["Love, Loneliness and Jerry Lewis" by Craig Wolff, March 18].

Bacon, as inscrutable heartthrob, owns the camera with his icy-blue come-hither stare, though by the end it is Dick who starts to seem more like an individual, nuanced and whole, while Chris grows ever more one-dimensional, her personality shrunk to a set of quirks punctuated by a single question mark: Will they get together, or won't they?

Insomnia was assessed by asking a single question and by using the Sleep Disturbance Scale (SDS), and emotional distress using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

I went around the room, asking the disciples, one by one, a single question: "What drew you toward Islam?" The first to answer was a mullah, in robes and turban, who had a degree in psychology from the University of Teheran.

CES is measured by asking a single question: "How much effort did you personally have to put forth to handle your request?" It is scored on a scale from 1 (very low effort) to 5 (very high effort).

By substituting a single question for the complex black box of the typical customer satisfaction survey, companies can actually put consumer survey results to use and focus employees on the task of stimulating growth.

All were asked to rate their spirituality by answering a single question: "To what extent do you believe in God?" The results, published in The Journal of Affective Disorders, revealed that about 80 percent of participants reported some belief in God.