Example sentences of "be a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says they 're a matter for the politicians . |
| 2 | What Amanda was wearing underneath had once been a matter of passionate interest to Don . |
| 3 | In fact the extent to which this happens , and to which aid itself directly finances consumption , for instance paying the salaries of local staff , has been a matter of controversy among economists . |
| 4 | For him it would simply have been a matter of bringing the girl along , telling my mother she was coming with them and paying her handsomely for the hardship occasioned . ’ |
| 5 | The nature and degree of insanity which will afford a defence to a criminal charge has from time to time been a matter of considerable discussion . |
| 6 | ‘ It got to the point where they were jumping on the bonnet and it would have been a matter of time before they ran over my roof . ’ |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher 's style of government was a major factor in bringing about her fall ; but why now when it had been a matter of controversy throughout her premiership ? |
| 8 | But then , faith and goodness have never been a matter of intellect . |
| 9 | The whole question of the ideal size for a public library authority has been a matter of some controversy in Britain since the publication of the McColvin report in 1943 . |
| 10 | So what you 're saying is that Cabinet government in the eighties has been a matter of trench warfare with exchanges conducted in the shape of mortar fire . |
| 11 | The nature of that development , however , has been a matter of some dispute . |
| 12 | Until now this has not been a matter of overwhelming importance because there was provision for appeals to the LEA against the governors ' findings . |
| 13 | The extent to which such an understanding is justified has been a matter of some debate , not only at the local level , but in terms of national politics , and even politics within the EC . |
| 14 | FOR FAR too long , glasses have been a matter of seeing well rather than looking good . |
| 15 | The question of where they were to camp had been a matter of debate during the 1930's , so it seems it is not only the horse trading which is being revived . |
| 16 | The incorporation of the Convention into the domestic law of the United Kingdom has been a matter of debate for some years now and is probably not far off . |
| 17 | She could not tell whether it had been a matter of minutes or several hours . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's been a matter of trying to provide the equipment to match the increase , ’ said Tom Salway , the company 's financial director . |
| 19 | Of course Wyvis Hall is mine , it 's always been a matter of fact it would be mine . |
| 20 | For the rest of us , it has been a matter of being lucky enough to live near a decent State school . |
| 21 | Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument . |
| 22 | Whether to reclaim or reject this term has been a matter of some debate in Black communities . ) |
| 23 | From Lesley Wittle to Zeebrugge , it has always been a matter of hours before the first risqué punchline filters in . |
| 24 | The effects of observers ' values and predispositions on their perceptions , descriptions , and analyses of ethnographic reality is , of course , an issue that has long been a matter of explicit concern to anthropologists . |
| 25 | Cheddleton Chairman Mr Phillip Oldfield commented : ‘ We have had far more requests from railways for use of the engine than we imagined we would have , it 's been a matter of accepting what we feel is the best offer . |
| 26 | The RPR wants to increase decentralisation , which , it claims , has hitherto largely been a matter of spending more on the regions , rather than of devolving decision-making power . |
| 27 | For them this has been a matter of necessity . |
| 28 | The question of the appropriateness of nursery curricula in particular and other pre-school opportunities in general has been a matter for debate for a number of years ( Tizard 1974 ) . |
| 29 | For example , the relationship between education and economic need — which had for long been a matter of concern in Britain and the object of telling comparisons with Germany and the USA — was never fundamentally tackled [ Robbins , 1963 ] . |
| 30 | In America landfill standards have generally been a matter for individual states . |