Example sentences of "[be] also a matter [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Whether the image of an ice cream cone or a hamburger is good or bad is not too big an issue but when it comes to nuclear weapons and political events which affect not only the happiness of countless people but which are also a matter of life and death , does it help to avoid value judgements ?
2 They are also a matter of political economy , in the sense that some measures best represent some socioeconomic systems while they discriminate against , perhaps by undervaluing the products of , other socio-economic systems or classes of people within a system .
3 But they are also a matter of economic necessity , as Europe competes against other countries , particularly in the Pacific Basin , who are already investing substantially in the skills of their rapidly growing and younger population .
4 The power station is also a matter of miles from the Lilstock bombing range in the Bristol Channel , where aircraft can be watched from the coast as they wheel and circle in the sky before a fiery flash and a splash of water shows that they have hit their ‘ target ’ .
5 I believe that this is as much a matter of teaching style as of a correct single method ( it is also a matter of the ‘ ear ’ and sensitivity to language of individual pupils ) .
6 This may be something intuitive , but it is also a matter of visual ‘ rightness ’ .
7 The VAT rate to be applied to works of art is also a matter of debate .
8 Eating is also a matter of habit and social activity and may have cultural or religious significance .
9 This may be caused to some extent by the general abstractness of the language ; but it is also a matter of the kinds of syntactic presentation and complexity that James favours : ( i ) Just as he seems to avoid calling a spade a spade , so James seems to avoid putting first things first .
10 Like policing , it is also a matter of flair , of the ability to be in the right place at the right time .
11 More likely , it is also a matter of picking up Conservative habits in a Conservative environment .
12 It is also a matter of degree ; the difference is perhaps fairly slight and will vary between individuals .
13 ‘ There is also a matter of sheer weariness .
14 Fourthly , control is not just a matter of identifying progress , it is also a matter of putting right what may have gone wrong .
15 ( 4 ) This de-differentiation of signifier and referent is not just a matter of every-day life being experienced as a spatio-temporal configuration of signifiers , it is also a matter of the content of properly cultural objects themselves .
16 It is also a matter of money , but I would argue that money plays a lesser part than the necessary will and the understanding of those other factors .
17 The rigidity in tone and approach of the syllabuses and materials is also a matter for concern .
18 How it started is also a matter for conjecture , but Thomas ‘ Weston ’ Young , a notorious local character , was the first man to run the course .
19 The precise nature of the temple 's relationship with the town is also a matter for speculation .
20 Modernization at the local level was also a matter of patience :
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