Example sentences of "[was/were] not just a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not just a matter of handling gate-money and paying the players . |
| 2 | In Glasgow fighting between fans was not just a matter for juveniles . |
| 3 | Politics , of course , was not just a matter of party or creed , but how many Right-On points were scored for being black or female . |
| 4 | Britain 's importance was not just a matter of the political prestige gained during the war . |
| 5 | For some of the writers this point was taken much further : it was not just a matter of unacknowledged ideological leanings ; the causal-corrective stance came to be portrayed as a fundamentally misguided and distorting approach to the study of crime . |
| 6 | But being a gentleman in England was not just a matter of giving orders ; it required considerable wealth , spent lavishly and in a way that commanded respect . |
| 7 | This was not just a matter of helping a company and a colony in trouble ; imports were easy to tax , governments found that luxury products were particularly satisfying because their sales were not depressed by high import duties , and tobacco paid duty at a shilling a pound or about 100 per cent of the wholesale price . |
| 8 | This was not just a matter of revival of basic industries in previously depressed areas . |
| 9 | El-Gharbi seemed to feel under no pressure at all to reduce his asking figure , and Owen felt that this was not just a matter of negotiating tactics . |
| 10 | The underlying question , however , was not just a matter of views . |
| 11 | The underlying question , however , was not just a matter of views , but the feeling that Edinburgh 's primary symbol — one of history , endurance and nationhood — would be diminished by speculative offices . |