Sentence examples for the prevailing question from inspiring English sources

And she found herself at odds with the Democratic base on the prevailing question of the day, having voted in favour of the war in Iraq.

The prevailing question here throughout fight week is not whether you will be watching Pacquiao's long-awaited showdown with Mayweather but where you will be watching it.

The prevailing question is whether Blatter will be indicted.

Brooks says that the "are we better off" question is the prevailing question and that people are more concerned with long term debts than short term maladies.

As the new Congress convenes this week, the prevailing question is whether Republicans will prove they can govern now that they rule both houses.

"Just how much shit am I supposed to put up with?" was the prevailing question, though Peggy and Joan have far fewer options than someone like Ken, who could leave behind the indignities he faces any time he wanted.

Before the Notre Dame star Manti Te'o finally broke his silence, there was a belief that what he said would resolve many of the prevailing questions surrounding the bizarre episode of a dead girlfriend hoax.

One prevailing question was whether the US soldiers involved violated the Rules of Engagement.

The prevailing cocktail-party question has been "How did they think they'd get away with it?" But the question should be "Why did they bother?" Fixing prices wasn't just illegal.

They deserve a wider hearing in American politics than they are currently given, if only to challenge the adherents of the prevailing orthodoxy to question their assumptions (although it doesn't bolster Buchanan's bona fides as a terrorism expert when he twice refers to Peter Bergen, the author of "Holy War Inc". and "The Osama bin Laden I Know," as Peter Burgerr").

It can present the arguments of those who question the prevailing scientific view as well.