Example sentences of "it is [adv] a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | The masts may seem unsightly to those unused to them , but I am sure it is simply a matter of getting accustomed . |
| 2 | Once the pursuit is on , it is simply a matter of whether the killer will start to tire before it manages to reach its victim . |
| 3 | So it is with time , It is simply a matter of where you stand ! ’ |
| 4 | In one sense it is simply a matter of keeping the value far ahead of the cost . |
| 5 | It is simply a matter of reasonable human dignity . |
| 6 | It is simply a matter of maintaining communication in the family unit . |
| 7 | Admittedly he has some reservations even about free-range farming such as the need for castration , transportation and slaughtering techniques but , as Francis and Norman point out ( 1978 : 516 ) , since Singer himself thinks that much of this suffering could be eliminated , it is simply a matter of working to bring these improvements about . |
| 8 | It is simply a matter of business . ’ |
| 9 | This is not an area about which one can be dogmatic : it is simply a matter of opening up students ' minds to the need for some care in the matter of selection of learnable language . |
| 10 | It is simply a matter of which is the more useful description . |
| 11 | The Government have a fine record on increasing benefits in line with prices every year , but I have a particular point to raise with my right hon. Friend , although it is principally a matter for the Treasury . |
| 12 | It is likewise a matter of unsettled controversy how far the kinds of neuronal mechanisms identified in Aplysia 's non-associative learning could apply to learning in general . |
| 13 | It is thus a matter for pride that some of the most eminent of the first anthropologists were really ‘ philanthropologists ’ , men of the moral calibre of Thomas F. Buxton ( 1786–1845 ) and Thomas Hodgkin ( 1798–1866 ) . |
| 14 | It is largely a matter of cost . |
| 15 | You can occasionally pick up such things at local auctions , but it is largely a matter of searching until you find the right one at the right price . |
| 16 | Like the difference between phrase-book French and fluent speech , it is largely a matter of hard work , learning and regular application . |
| 17 | All that had its 1930s precursors , such as the early fiction of George Orwell and Graham Greene ; and in an open letter to Elizabeth Bowen , written several years before the Movement was ever heard of , Greene had remarked that the novelist has a simple duty to tell the truth and to get it right : ‘ By truth I mean accuracy — it is largely a matter of style ’ . |
| 18 | But as we have seen , the ordinary shares may shade off imperceptibly into preference , for , when the latter confer a substantial right of participation in income or capital , or a fortiori both , it is largely a matter of taste whether they are designated ‘ preference ’ or ‘ preferred ordinary ’ shares . |
| 19 | It is largely a matter of economics and much hinges on the current price of energy . |
| 20 | And it is partly a matter of organising paragraphs — how , for example , to organise a comparison . |
| 21 | And it is partly a matter of knowing where to find help : how to find examples and how to work out all the possibilities of a classification . |
| 22 | It is partly a matter of personalities , but only partly . |
| 23 | As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman . |
| 24 | It is surely a matter for concern , however , that manufacturers fail to make any mention of this problem in their manuals . |
| 25 | It is surely a matter of degree whether the goods are " ordinarily " supplied for private use , but s12(3) of UCTA 1977 provides that the onus is upon the supplier to prove that the buyer is not a consumer . |
| 26 | It is probably a matter of degree of accommodation : the more you accommodate an idea the more committed you become to an acceptance of its validity . |
| 27 | I believe that this is as much a matter of teaching style as of a correct single method ( it is also a matter of the ‘ ear ’ and sensitivity to language of individual pupils ) . |
| 28 | This may be something intuitive , but it is also a matter of visual ‘ rightness ’ . |
| 29 | This may be caused to some extent by the general abstractness of the language ; but it is also a matter of the kinds of syntactic presentation and complexity that James favours : ( i ) Just as he seems to avoid calling a spade a spade , so James seems to avoid putting first things first . |
| 30 | Like policing , it is also a matter of flair , of the ability to be in the right place at the right time . |