Example sentences of "only a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that only a matter of confidence . |
| 2 | And even then it was only a matter of sandwiches or pickled eggs . |
| 3 | Then it is only a matter of banking the glider over until the feature is just below the wing-tip , steadying the glider and pressing the shutter . |
| 4 | It was only a matter of time before a competitor sprang on the market . |
| 5 | But the group is convinced that it is only a matter of time before someone discovers superconducting semiconductors that will work at the economically viable temperatures of liquid nitrogen . |
| 6 | Those who follow this sort of thing will tell you that yesterday 's recapitalisation of Ross Consumer Electronics was only a matter of time . |
| 7 | If it were only a matter of alcohol , would a body care ? |
| 8 | It is only a matter of time before somebody decides to rubbish the whole global warming theory out of sheer desperation at finding a new angle . |
| 9 | This is not only a matter of familiarity but of the connected conditions of relaxation and self-confidence . |
| 10 | You can find other good things too , even if it is only a matter of degrees . |
| 11 | In the current , probably mistaken assumption that reunification is only a matter of weeks or months away it is often forgotten that a united Germany as such existed for only around 75 years , between 1870 and 1945 , from Bismarck 's ascendancy to Hitler 's descent into suicide and defeat . |
| 12 | She could hardly say , ‘ I 've just been told that I 'm pregnant again , ’ because it was only a matter of a week or two . |
| 13 | Hodge and Parker commanded the midfield , Crosby and Rice , strongly supported by Laws and Pearce , drove forward on the flanks and it seemed only a matter of time before the right sort of cross reached Chapman or Clough . |
| 14 | With luck it may be only a matter of time . |
| 15 | One each in one of the decade 's continuing stories , the rivalry between Lyle and Faldo , but it was only a matter of months before Lyle made it 2-1 . |
| 16 | The Attlee administration , and Ernest Bevin in particular , believed it was only a matter of time before the British economy would recover . |
| 17 | Party leaders in many republics have been openly demanding one : it seems only a matter of time before the president offers them what they are asking for . |
| 18 | The distribution of work between the divisions of that court is only a matter of convenience ; the Queen 's Bench Division can never say ‘ here a matter of Equity is involved ; we can not decide it ’ , or the Chancery Division ‘ this is a question of Common Law ; you ought to have gone to a Common Law Court ’ . |
| 19 | It was only a matter of time before the ultimate blonde bombshells of designer fashion and pop joined forces . |
| 20 | I took a breath and pulled myself hand over hand down the curtain , seeking to find the bottom of it with my feet : and there was indeed a gap between the bottom edge of the curtain and the mud , but only a matter of inches , and there was clutter down there , unidentifiable , pressing against the barrier , trying to get past it . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , with the queen now in France , and in view of the relative skills of dowager and regent , it was only a matter of time before Arran was eased out of office . |
| 22 | From Gmünd eastwards to Horn and south to Krems was only a matter of a couple of hours through some lovely , fertile valleys , brilliantly green in their spring foliage . |
| 23 | The language , though , is gratingly anachronistic — no one has actually said ‘ hopefully ’ yet , but I fear it is only a matter of time . |
| 24 | With this increasingly active role which Highlander was playing in the civil rights movement , it was only a matter of time until the reactionary extremism , which the blacks had long been fighting against , began to be directed at Highlander itself . |
| 25 | It was only a matter of getting back into Mr Randolph 's house and getting the rest of the money . |
| 26 | It was only a matter of time before somebody thought of seeding Antarctic atmosphere to plug up the ozone hole . |
| 27 | He can not understand that he is waiting only a matter of moments before his desire will be satisfied . |
| 28 | As things stand , it is probably only a matter of time before the site finds itself in the hands of property speculators , a sad fate for what was one of the largest mills on the Painswick Stream . |
| 29 | The way that the school deals with these situations is not only a matter of effective communications but one of marketing . |
| 30 | It was only a matter of minutes before they heard an eruption in the tap room . |