Example sentences of "can be a matter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neutrality , however , can be a matter of degree . |
| 2 | PERSONNEL POWER THE FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD Ensuring that employees do not compromise computer security can be a matter of putting appropriate personnel procedures in place |
| 3 | The growing independence of their children , at each successive stage , can be a matter of concern rather than joy for those who over-commit and over-identify their lives with the nurturing of dependent children . |
| 4 | This can be a matter of seconds but some children have been known to squirm or resist for as long as 30 minutes . |
| 5 | It can be a matter of good timing — and timing as well as luck plays a part in working with nationals . |
| 6 | McIlvanney says that Stein , who worked as a miner until he was 27 , ‘ understood that having a talent for sport can be a matter of luck , not merit . |
| 7 | Whether pressure from MPs was crucial can be a matter of doubt . |
| 8 | The journey to school can be a matter of daily terror in some areas . |
| 9 | The best evidence that the victim — the person towards whom the threats , abuses or insults were directed — did believe that he was about to be subjected to immediate violence would come from the mouth of the victim himself , but it is not necessary to produce a bystander as a witness in court to prove the point ; it can be a matter for inference from the narrative of events presented to the court . |