Example sentences of "it [was/were] a question of [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They are fighting for their enslavement as if it were a question of their salvation . |
| 2 | But then he supposed , it was a question of what one was used to : artificialities struck a stranger so much more strongly . |
| 3 | It was a question of which faction would win , that which was at least potentially pro-English and Protestant , or that which wanted to maintain the status quo , pro-French and Catholic . |
| 4 | If either one of us wanted to sleep with other people then that should be OK and it was a question of something we could work out and that would not necessarily break the relationship even if in fact it actually did . |
| 5 | Next day it was a question of who would stay with Amiss , playing his first Test of the summer . |
| 6 | It was a question of who would lose her nerve , and Marie could see that Jenna was not about to lose hers . |
| 7 | And then it was a question of who was to conduct the piece . |
| 8 | They knew that they needed us and it was a question of our integrity and our goodwill . |