Example sentences of "[be] a matter of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , it has been a matter of concern to the DES that an authority could promote advanced courses secure in the knowledge that , once in operation , the major proportion of the cost would be chargeable against the pool . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend is aware that junior hospital doctors ' hours have been a matter of concern for many years . |
| 3 | 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 ] . |
| 4 | I know that my hon. Friend is aware that the waiting list for treatment of coronary disease has been a matter of concern in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | These have been a matter of regret for many , including the commercially minded judge . |
| 6 | Also like Sidonius he found a career in the Church , although this seems to have been a matter of choice at a relatively early age , whereas Sidonius became bishop after a major secular career , without any obvious preparation . |
| 7 | Whereas in London and in England generally , it had been a matter of principle from the start that Monotypes should be worked by male union labour , " in Edinburgh , the men do not seem to have come forward to learn the Monotype , even in response to invitations from the employers . |
| 8 | In Marxist thought and practice this relation is posed as one between class and party , and it has been a matter of controversy since the end of the nineteenth century , expressed in the most diverse forms , extending from Michels ' reflections upon the ‘ iron law of oligarchy ’ to Lenin 's conception of the Bolshevik Party , theoretically elaborated by Lukács . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | With regard to the contingency contingency is something which has often been a matter of debate within this council . |
| 14 | as if to confirm her pedestrian turn of mind , Miss Logan at this point revealed that it had been a matter of curiosity to her since childhood how the Ark had succeeded in resting upon the top of a mountain . |
| 15 | about the validity of certificates are a matter of construction of the agreements under which the certificates are to be given , and not issues that can be determined with the assistance of evidence from expert witnesses . |
| 16 | But landing safely in torrential rain , with a squally and unpredictable wind , can only be a matter of luck for the most skilled pilot . |
| 17 | It should be a matter of judgement for local authorities to what degrees they are indebted , because they do have to pay the interest , by and large from the er , from the money they raise on erm , on on council tenants , and and from other income . |
| 18 | Yes we could do so it would be a matter of judgement for the er er for the Home Secretary how far to take it and he would have to balance the likelihood of er other countries all ratifying and the inconvenience to those taking part in the election here er if er there is some uncertainty to the end and maybe having to revert to the current constituencies , er I hope and expect that these matters will be settled in the next few weeks . |
| 19 | This must be a matter of concern for any group advocating a right to divert taxes on moral grounds , if only because of the ‘ floodgates ’ argument which it is likely to provoke in response . |
| 20 | Since money had long since ceased to be a matter of concern to Wendell Harvey , he never stinted on spending it . |
| 21 | ‘ We have seen five consecutive months of serious decline in the European market and it has to be a matter of concern to all motor manufacturers . ’ |
| 22 | How the ensuing scrap will affect the DP 1999 's grander cousins , the Virage and Vantage , must be a matter of concern at Newport Pagnell . |
| 23 | It will be a matter of surprise for us if there were no fatal injuries . |
| 24 | This seems to be a matter of level of attention . |
| 25 | The point here is that if cultural modernity is to be understood in terms of the separation and even the transcendence or ‘ aura ’ of aesthetic realism , then post-modernity would be a matter of transgression of the boundaries that separate the aesthetic from other cultural practices and from the social itself . |
| 26 | ‘ I think it would rather be a matter of relinquishment of the claim . |
| 27 | Growth may be a matter of achievement for the executives . |
| 28 | The extent to which it could have been foreseen and thus pre-empted by a more alert administration , which tried to foresee coming trends , seems to be a matter of disagreement among prison administrators , critics and researchers in many jurisdictions . |
| 29 | But even in the nineteenth century , the drawing-room ballads and theatre tunes ‘ of the bourgeoisie ’ were heard and reproduced by many workers , just as ‘ art ’ music was regaled to them by brass bands and in promenade concerts ; while ownership of ‘ folk ’ songs would be a matter of dispute between ‘ peasants ’ , industrial workers , petty bourgeois writers and artisans , and patrician collectors . |
| 30 | Another concern of the Sports Council is the length of time and expense of training teachers — and this subject will be a matter of priority during our own Trainers ' Conference Weekend . |