Example sentences of "be a question of [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was therefore always going to be a question of how many goals 'Mill were going to score . |
| 2 | I believe he 'll get them , and — Hirst take note — it 's a question of when , not if , Francis wins his first trophy . |
| 3 | That should go through , but er it 's a question of when it 's going to be though . |
| 4 | It 's a question of just choosing and what you are saying is that you can increase you payback , if I could put it that way , by choosing numbers which are for whatever reason less popular with some people , simply because the payback is larger on those days . |
| 5 | I mean Carole said earlier , it 's a question of eventually making your mind up that you want to do something about it , but then professionals are maybe there to assist . |
| 6 | Wher it 's a question of where you sort of harness them really though is n't it ? |
| 7 | It 's a question of not being discouraged and persevering until suddenly a drawing looks like you hope , of seeing the possibility in something , in a line , and thinking ‘ Oh quick , I must n't change that . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a question of how to get the cream to float on top of the coffee . ’ |
| 9 | Yes well I suppose it 's a question of how much a correspondence course actually costs . |
| 10 | If she made her estate more than a hundred and fifty thousand pounds there 'd be some tax payable , so it 's a question of how much you 've got and both estates have got that exemption of a hundred and fifty thousand pounds . |
| 11 | It 's a question of how cle the ri should those rivers be ? |
| 12 | Erm so it 's a question of how one can best do it , but initially it would be er the onus would go on the individual to use the the spaces not designated as short stay . |
| 13 | It 's a question of how you dance round them I suspect rather than the actual pole . |
| 14 | There 's a question of how much force you use and how much persuasion you use . |
| 15 | And I think that 's where the problems emerge , that they 're not doing anything , I think , quite often different to the sort of behaviour one might find elsewhere , but there 's a question of how , as an institution , you regulate the behaviour that 's acceptable within your own walls . |
| 16 | The impartial observation able to be made is that , in both cases , it is a question of where the clubs go from here and too early to jump to any conclusions . |
| 17 | So it is a question of not allowing someone who commits a summary offence to ‘ escape liability ’ for an indictable offence . |
| 18 | It is a question of simply following the coast down until we actually catch sight of the ship itself . ’ |
| 19 | Essentially this is a question of how the ‘ inside ’ articulates with the ‘ outside ’ . |
| 20 | After Aarau , it really is a question of how far , how soon . |
| 21 | There are lots of things to attack the Conservatives on and it is a question of how that is actually done . |
| 22 | Not only have I used whisky instead of the brandy usually specified in pork and liver pâté recipes , which is a question of only about two , but two important , tablespoons to 1½ lb. of the mixture , but I have resorted also to rum ( white rum is especially useful in the kitchen ) and to gin for the same purpose , and the results have been excellent . |
| 23 | We had a valuable property , and it was a question of not being rowed out . ’ |
| 24 | The script gave one a hint of what they were all about , but after that it was a question of backwards and forwards passing of sketches , ideas on backs of envelopes , bits of paper until ultimately we came down to this pepper-pot shape which Ray then had to translate into something which could be manipulated and made to work — which he did brilliantly . |
| 25 | One moment halfway up the straight it looked as if Eddery might have cut it too fine ; the next it was a question of how far he would win by , for this burst of speed was so decisive that it made the top horses in Europe look one-paced . |
| 26 | It was a question of how he believed he could best attain his major political purposes . |
| 27 | It was a question of how to give them what they wanted . |
| 28 | After that , it was a question of how many . |