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 | Even now for a Pakistani , Indian or Bangladeshi woman waiting to join her husband in Britain it is not a matter of getting a ticket and boarding a plane . |
| 13 | It is NOT a matter of having a ‘ split personality ’ . |
| 14 | There is nothing unique about this ; men are compelled by law to do it in almost every English village , and it is not a matter of one ghost or two , but a whole rout of them — quiet chaps in cowls , roaring boys in ruffs , ladies in farthingales . |
| 15 | All the people that he painted that Ehrenburg knew resembled their portraits : ‘ What is extraordinary is that Modigliani 's portraits resemble each other ; it is not a matter of an assumed style or some superficial trick of painting , but of the artist 's view of the world … |
| 16 | It is not a matter of showing that he is entitled to have authority , but that he has it , that he is in authority , with all the consequences which follow from this fact . |
| 17 | This time it is not a matter of rate-capping and ‘ the cuts ’ , though they no doubt played a part , but of decisions to recast teacher training . |
| 18 | That is , it is not a matter of switching them off , but of whether they should be switched on either initially or again after suitable tests have been carried out . |
| 19 | In the case of the NHS , it is not a matter of disbelief : it is more a matter of different interpretations of the faith . |
| 20 | In this case it is not a matter of constructing a trust ex nihilo , since one is already involved . |
| 21 | The answer to this is ‘ yes and no , : it is a matter of intention , but it is not a matter of a special law of trusts . |
| 22 | You are entitled to some help , it is not a matter into which pride should enter . |
| 23 | It is not a matter which has a simple linguistic definition . |
| 24 | I personally regret it , as you know ; but it is not a matter solely for myself , but for the young people under my care . |
| 25 | The courts have repeatedly stressed that the making of an order is discretionary ; it is not a matter of right , something to which a litigant is entitled ex debito justitiae . |
| 26 | But Bellarmine had a reply at the ready : ‘ For if it is not a matter of faith from the point of view of the subject matter , it is on the part of those who have spoken . ’ |
| 27 | In those cases the report is not in relation to the grant or refusal of an advance so that even if negligently prepared it is not a matter of complaint within paragraph 3 of Part II to Schedule 12 . |
| 28 | Although it is not a matter for me , I would hope and expect that Parliament would be similarly sensitive to the need to refrain from trespassing upon the province of the courts . |
| 29 | Therefore I know that it is not a matter of you using good sense in rejecting advances from young men because you would soon be parted from them . |
| 30 | ‘ It is not a matter of habit this time , ’ replied Antony . |