a question that cannot be or is not yet answered

However the extent to which governments are really committed to these policies is an open question, discussed in Chapters 11 and 12.  BNCI

Whether these rational and progressive responses to the problem of sea-level rise will satisfy the coastal dwellers who are at risk is an open question.  BNCI

On the other hand, the extent to which judicial decisions can influence patterns of social behaviour must remain an open question.  BNCI

sb/sth with no secrets or nothing mysterious about him/her

My life is an open book,'; he declared.  BNCI

Nature to him was an open book whose letters he could read without effort';, wrote Einstein in the foreword to a 1931 edition of the Opticks (1704).  BNCI

Besides, you're an open book to me.  BNCI

as described, when judged entirely on written record or statements

On paper, however, the vessels would be on the order of the United States, enabling Israel to receive American financing and circumventing West German export restrictions.  BNCI

Overnight the new Soviet government, with plans for social welfare that on paper went far beyond those of Scandinavia or Britain in 1945, had to take over.  BNCI

On paper, this is one of the most attractive features of converting a business into a company limited by shares or by guarantee.  BNCI

former pupil of a school or college, esp. a public school

The new headmaster of Emanuel in 1954 had himself taught at Harrow, where the strains of `;Forty Years On'; stirred his memory and his loyalties, and was an old boy of Emanuel: nothing would be deliberately done to loosen the ties with the past.  BNCI

There, a well-established elementary school was rapidly turned into a small secondary modern school under the same head (an old boy of Banbury County School, of course) and with three forms of entry for pupils at the age of eleven.  BNCI

Monty was an Old Boy of the local grammar school.  BNCI

notable, well-known, highly regarded

One other feature is worthy of note in an attempt to bring together these views of professionals and those outlined above on managerialism.  BNCI

 His pattern was a lady of note, 19-year-old Charlotte Cecilia Leitch (known as Cecil), from Silloth in Cumbria, who played off scratch.  BNCI

Significantly, the producer is John Surman, English jazz composer of note.  bNCI

sth that is no longer so important and therefore not likely to affect a situation

The performance itself was important, but it was almost of academic interest.  BNCI

It is difficult at the best of times, however, to distinguish the sexes, and only of academic interest once stung.  BNCI

For the foreseeable future, the notion of a Quality Commission remains only of academic interest.  bNCI

sth learned or taught by the use and study of actual objects

After a week, Agassiz's object lesson in respect for examining nature had made its impact.  BNCI

This turned out to be an object lesson in how to lay waste to an Indian Restaurant.  BNCI

Here successive interpretations of that classic case, the traditional Chinese ancestor cult, provide an object lesson.  BNCI

what you say or suggest is something I agree with or approve of

A new half-hour morning talk show called ‘Now you’re
talking’ is looking for contributors. Google

Now You're Talking!, explores the Six Basic
Rules of Dialogue and provides practical video-based examples and training. Google

"Now you´re talking", said my father. WebC

no mention (to be) made; no informaiton (to be) given

Not a word about how people should have related to me , as a person in my own right.  BNCI

 Paddy drained his glass, and, not a word, Rab almost asleep, his wine untouched, he drained that too.  BNCI

Not a word to anyone, though, mind.' BNCI

not (in) the smallest amount or degree

The Anderton Lift, constructed in 1875 and reconstructed in 1908, on the Weaver Canal was, indeed, most spectacular --; and still is --; but not one whit more ingenious than the lift at Foxton.  BNCI

And, remarkably, it changed her personality not one whit.  BNCI

But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness.  BNCI

speak as briefly or as seldom as possible

You want someone who doesn't waste words. Google

As an actor, he doesn't waste words; as a director he doesn't waste images.
 Google

Good writing doesn't waste words. Google

have no understanding, experience

 His visual style is distinctive, but he doesn't know the meaning of the
word subtlety, and a provocative approach turns into overkill. Google

As Elle, the girl who doesn't know the meaning of the word
"can't", Google

She doesn't know the meaning of the word stupid; in fact, she doesn't know
the meaning of a lot of words. Google

speak frankly, bluntly or coarsely

The movie doesn't mince matters, either--it shows all facets of drug addiction.
 Google

And as in his paintings, Charles doesn't mince matters.  Google

When a very young girl gets into love matters, she "does them up,"
as the saying is, quite fast; she doesn't mince matters at all. Google

nobody lives in a complete isolation from other people

No man is an island; no smallholder can possibly find the time or produce all the skills needed for complete self-sufficiency.  BNCI

Since no man is an island it is impossible for him not to `;participate in the Hi sā that the very existence of society involves.';  BNCI

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent." -- John Donne  Google

a recently enrolled pupil in a school

On a personal note, in my very early days on the staff of Ipswich Art School, Squirrell was teaching and I have very fond memories of the kindness and helpfulness which this most likeable man extended to me as a new boy.  BNCI

It was in September 1953 that I arrived as a new boy at Woolverstone Hall School and it may be that Ray was also new to the school.  BNCI

Finlayson's flight consisted of Richards and a new boy called Tribe, a big, broad New Zealander.  BNCI