Example sentences of "[noun sg] was not [art] matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 2 | Affluence was not a matter of gold-plated bath taps or Daimlers or tooth-brushes or mink-handled beer can openers — though these were available — it was a matter of 531 competing brands of coffee or 249 brands of washing powder on the American market , whose only raison d'être was that a change of packaging and advertising ( New Wonder Ingredient ! ) gained them shelf space in the supermarkets until the next brand came along . |
| 3 | Therefore , despite the fact that a little over a year had passed since the Report had been received , he suggested that the interval between publication and the debate was not a matter for regret . |
| 4 | Rejection for whatever reason was not a matter which Artai would easily forgive . |
| 5 | [ L ] iberty was not a matter only of national independence , or of constitutional democracy , or of freedom of thought and religion … |
| 6 | Galileo would protest that the earth 's motion was not a matter of faith . |
| 7 | Links between nuclear power and the incidence of cancer was not a matter of specific concern in that review . |
| 8 | There was some discussion as to hardship , but that could cut both ways according to whether a large or small part was surrendered , so that hardship was not a matter which could be taken into account . |
| 9 | Twice Round The Daffodils was ostensibly a more serious subject — about life in a TB sanatorium and caused a modicum of controversy among people who thought that tuberculosis was not a matter for ‘ Carry On ’ style laughs . |
| 10 | Anti-semitism was not a matter only of concern to Jews ; all Social Democrats must campaign against it — or leave the party . |
| 11 | So his lack of faith was not a matter of failing to straddle an impossible credibility gap , but of baulking at a simple step of trust on the evidence of inescapable reasons . |
| 12 | ‘ In my work I am involved in life and death situations so , on the scale of things , I decided that losing an election was not a matter for heartbreak . ’ |
| 13 | In contrast , the national curriculum was not a matter in which government sought to address teachers individually and directly . |
| 14 | Resistance was not a matter of patriotic feeling but of calculation , of patriotic responsibility . |
| 15 | ’ For the Hebrew , to know the time was not a matter of knowing the date , it was a matter of knowing what kind of time it might be . |