Example sentences of "be [adv] [art] question of [pron] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 There is undeniably some truth in that but , when you look in any detail at Montgomerie 's so-called failures since he won the Scandinavian Masters in 1991 , it has more often than not been less a question of his losing the tournament than of someone else winning it .
2 ‘ We definitely played differently from Leeds and it 's only a question of him getting used to us and our ways .
3 ‘ We definitely played differently from Leeds and it 's only a question of him getting used to us and our ways .
4 Benjamin remarked , tellingly , that it is less a question of what a man 's beliefs are than the kind of man those beliefs make of him .
5 I know I have the game to win , it 's just a question of everything being perfect for that special week . ’
6 Well it 's just a question of him arranging the transport to get rid of it .
7 Well as he said well he did n't say but I mean it 's just a question of him putting them in the post .
8 It 's just a question of which clubs can afford me .
9 it 's just a question of you practise some .
10 It 's just a question of you know , marking off every second square .
11 It 's just a question of you coming and doing your best .
12 It , it 's just a question of I suppose whether you do it or you get other people to do it or or what .
13 It 's just a question of I was waiting till we 'd had
14 It 's just a question of us getting three points , that 's all that matters . ’
15 ‘ It 's just a question of who will be joining us . ’
16 Well , it is more a question of what went right .
17 There 's still the question of which convertible .
18 But perhaps it 's more a question of what I can do for you ? ’
19 It 's more a question of nothing 's gone right , than what 's gone wrong for the Cherry and Whites .
20 There is also a question of what words to use , what concepts to bring to bear .
21 There is also the question of what will happen to the nuclear waste if the client country does not have the facilities to accept it when Dounreay is ready to return it .
22 There is also the question of your sister 's reputation if her part in this , er … concealment were ever to be made public .
23 It is simply a question of what sort of world we wish to inhabit — one of predictability , or one where the outcome is unknown to us and thus includes an element of self-exploration .
24 There 's absolutely no question of our using either the police force or the army for the purpose of strike-breaking ’ .
25 Tace was married , so there was naturally no question of his marrying Helena .
26 ‘ They had a range that was selling , but with no one actually involved in planning it ; it was just a question of whatever anyone thought was pretty going in with no production schedules , no set ranges for satisfactory colour matching . ’
27 R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + +
28 There was always the question of what people wanted :
29 There was also the question of what he was going to say .
30 There was also the question of my own exhaustion .
  Next page