Example sentences of "be not [adv] a matter of " in BNC.
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| 1 | These changes are not just a matter of following technological devlopments , but reflect the way businesses are changing . |
| 2 | Social roles , therefore , are not just a matter of the way people can be observed to behave ( in the usual run of things ) but concern the way it is thought that people ought to behave . |
| 3 | It is accepted that such activities are not merely a matter of skill , but questions are asked about how far the ‘ knowledge ’ in such fields is capable of being explicated and taught in an explicit rather than tacit , intuitive or mimetic manner , or how far one can develop standard or consensual criteria for judging performance . |
| 4 | We can see also , as between the Godwinians and Bloomsbury , that the external relations of such formations are not only a matter of internally defined intentions , but of the actual and possible relations of the whole social order . |
| 5 | Unlike the articles of association , the shareholders ' agreement is not normally a matter of public record . |
| 6 | In so far as I understand this view , and it is not yet a matter of close textual criticism of a published account , I find it difficult to connect the commonsense properties of consciousness ( vague as they may be ) , with the notions of repair and debugging ( fundamental as those are to any account of intelligent mechanisms ) . |
| 7 | And exercise is not just a matter of jogging or sport — it can mean other enjoyable activities like dancing , swimming and walking . |
| 8 | Dostoevsky 's groping backwards past Crime and Punishment towards Notes from Underground is not just a matter of arriving at Stavrogin . |
| 9 | It is not just a matter of the tens of thousands who have streamed out of the country in recent weeks , via Budapest , Prague and Warsaw . |
| 10 | ( In fact , there is carbohydrate craving , so it is not just a matter of apathy about cooking . ) |
| 11 | It is not an easy task — and it is not just a matter of buying the vaccines . |
| 12 | Every health minister faces the same central problem : it is not just a matter of putting right the deficiencies of the past ; you also need to keep up with the ever-increasing demands of the present . |
| 13 | The cultural onslaught is not just a matter of intonation . |
| 14 | The cultural onslaught is not just a matter of intonation . |
| 15 | ( But charitable ) support is not just a matter of writing cheques ; there is also a great potential to give in kind . |
| 16 | This is not just a matter of terminology . |
| 17 | An individual 's performance is not just a matter of concern between manager and subordinate . |
| 18 | It is not just a matter of making laws . |
| 19 | That progression is not just a matter of fashion : it reflects quite profound movements in society and its values . |
| 20 | It is not just a matter of learning new acronyms ( a formidable enough task ) but appreciating differences in meanings and expectations rooted in its characteristics , without being captured by them . |
| 21 | Support for firms is not just a matter of marginal servicing , nor should it be property-led or based on the notion of any jobs at any price . |
| 22 | Contrary to much public opinion , good education is not just a matter of dispensing facts and theories . |
| 23 | It is an activity concerned with meaning ’ ( Kennedy , 1984 , p. 146 ) ; ‘ Reading is not just a matter of transfer of information from the print to the reader 's mind , there is also an active contribution from the reader 's store of knowledge . |
| 24 | And exercise is not just a matter of jogging or sport — it can mean other enjoyable activities like dancing , swimming and walking . |
| 25 | So the use of varied connectives is not just a matter of stylistic preference ; it is also a mark of consideration for the reader . |
| 26 | This lacuna may be of interest in trying to establish the circumstances , or complex of circumstances , required if an ice age is to occur … assuming , of course , that the neat spacing of the others is not just a matter of chance . |
| 27 | In Grice 's theory , logic in conversation is not just a matter of explicit surface connections between utterances . |
| 28 | In the present climate it is not just a matter of professional duty to stay engaged with the possibility of change : it makes better sense . |
| 29 | This is not just a matter of people telling lies . |
| 30 | Moreover , it is not just a matter of explaining comparative failure . |