Moot point

It is a moot point whether Tom-all-Alone's be uglier by day or by night, but on the argument that the more that is seen of it the more shocking it must be, and that no part of it left to the imagination is at all likely to be made so bad as the reality, day carries it.

first: the uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish.

Whether this young gentleman (for he was but three-and-twenty) combined with the miserly vice of an old man, any of the open- handed vices of a young one, was a moot point; so very honourably did he keep his own counsel.

It is a moot point whether that means England will still be a work in progress by the time world number two India arrive for a five-Test series next summer.

But whether they will be entranced by Walking With Dinosaurs is a moot point.

It became a moot point when Wiggins withdrew through injury.

Summary: Jamal Taha's resignation seemed a moot point Tuesday, as Ansar romped to a 5-1 victory over AlAhli Taiz in Group B of the AFC Cup at Cite Sportive.

Echoing President Morsi and other government officials, the Prime Minister said in an interview with the (CNN) that the November 21 decree that made Morsi's past and future decisions immune to judicial oversight was issued "to protect the process of building the democratic institutions." Regardless, Qandil said that it should be a moot point after December 15, when Egyptians will approve or reject a new constitution in a nationwide referendum.

The moot point though is that as far back as 2007- 08, when Vadra purchased these properties the difference in the offer price and the price paid by him was substantial.

How far the revision of minimum wage for Bahrainis will help boost Bahrainisation is a moot point.

Whether humanity has become more civilised and tolerant is a moot point. Many millions more innocent human beings were killed on an industrial scale during the twentieth century than throughout the rest of history from its very beginning.

Of course, we should be grateful to the stall-holders of Frankfurt for giving Birmingham a seasonal boost, although quite how much of the money spent at the market actually helps local businesses - and the local economy - is a moot point.