Sentences with phrase «knotty question»
The phrase "knotty question" means a difficult or tricky problem that is hard to solve or understand. Full definition
Usually dominated by a color palette of whites, beiges and tans, her work sneaks knotty questions about class and gender into seemingly unobtrusive and generically pleasing visual compositions.
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Last year was my first Halloween blogging here on The Lunch Tray and I tackled that knotty question in two parts.
The Oct. 10 agreement — for all its trust - but - verify legalese — leaves those urgent and knotty questions utterly unaddressed.
«It's a knotty question for courts and lawyers on when the obligation arises» to preserve records, said Julia Brickell, general counsel at the legal discovery firm H5.
Knotty questions and complex details are usually relegated to the endnotes.
Species may move, land use will be slow to change It also raises some knotty questions about species movement.
Delgado hinted at the problem more than 30 years ago in Physical Control of the Mind when he raised the knotty question of meaning.
In some respects, less scientifically sophisticated cultures may have come to terms with this conundrum in the way they grappled with the knotty question of when life begins.
The Guardian's Jonathan Jones tries to tackle the knotty question of who has more influence on the canonization of art: collectors or institutions.
Thus, the golfers among you will be pleased to learn that two lawyers have translated the rules of golf into plain English and made them available through a mobile app, ready to consult whenever a knotty question arises.
Permanent answers to the knotty questions will have to await legislative amendment, perhaps to the Pension Benefits Act at Queen's Park or to the CCAA.