Example sentences of "simply a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recovery is simply a matter of relaxing the backward pressure on the stick and using the controls quite normally to bring the wings level and to ease out of the dive . |
| 2 | Cambridge English represented the former : Richards and Leavis wanted an evaluative criticism , because they did not believe that literature was simply a matter of disinterested individual response ; it was an index to the condition of civilization , which made judgements imperative . |
| 3 | It was not , Hogg insisted , simply a matter of stricter refereeing . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not simply a matter of buying a spool and catching millions of fish , ’ Chilton said , ‘ but the more skilful and forward-thinking anglers are developing its use all the time . |
| 5 | To a foreign correspondent covering the British election for a foreign audience , whether a party leader appears energetic or decisive is simply a matter of objective reporting : a perception . |
| 6 | It was not simply a matter of exporting enough to pay for necessary imports , as contemporary economic propaganda often suggested . |
| 7 | For example , the law of supply and demand , as it operated in nineteenth-century England , he argues , was not simply a matter of eternal logic , nor were such rights as that of private property self-evident truths , but rather they were the product of particular historical circumstances . |
| 8 | For him the reworking of familiar images is not simply a matter of drawing attention to the way in which mass-reproduction numbs the optic nerves , by shocking the spectator with a moustached Mona Lisa , but rather , using a peculiar blend of both iconoclasm and a sort of wry homage , of investigating the power of certain images , particularly those which have national resonance . |
| 9 | But this is , he says , simply a matter of probability . |
| 10 | It was not , for them , simply a matter of supposing that what held true in some cases would hold in all , but of their coming to see a particular case as an instance of an intuitively recognizable universal truth . |
| 11 | Though all our knowledge ‘ is in the senses or derived from them ’ , it is not always simply a matter of sensory information . |
| 12 | Such uniformities and regularities are not part of an independent material world , but simply a matter of what ideas God excites in our minds . |
| 13 | This was now ; there was a reason for everything ; it was simply a matter of courage and patience . |
| 14 | At the last fence Crisp , though he walloped the gorse into the air , still held a substantial lead , but Red Rum — with twenty-three pounds less on his back — was charging along now , and it was simply a matter of whether Crisp could survive the desperately long run to the winning post . |
| 15 | Now it was simply a matter of whether the embarrassment of a Foinavon victory could be headed off , but he was thirty lengths in the lead turning away from the Canal Turn and showed no signs of giving up . |
| 16 | Yet it was not simply a matter of proposing ; the policy was soon enough carried out . |
| 17 | The masts may seem unsightly to those unused to them , but I am sure it is simply a matter of getting accustomed . |
| 18 | This is the really important point , it is not simply a matter of getting the information onto film , it must then be used to bring about a change . |
| 19 | Charging the batteries is simply a matter of pushing the pack into a holder attached to the charger . |
| 20 | Therefore , I can no longer be allowed to escape criticism and analysis of my theistic views on the grounds that they are simply a matter of personal experience . |
| 21 | The problem with these abandoned buildings is rarely simply a matter of finance . |
| 22 | Like many people , he believed controlling the spasticity was simply a matter of trying harder . |
| 23 | It is not simply a matter of the harm done by passive smoking but it is an accepted fact that the children of smokers are far more likely to adopt the habit themselves . |
| 24 | It is not simply a matter of firing a dozen or so casters into the swim every few minutes ; it is a case of knowing just when to step up the feed , when to slow it down , and when to cease feeding altogether . |
| 25 | Reference may be made to the National Code of Local Government Conduct , para. 3 ( Appendix D , post , p. 105 ) although it has to be said that that paragraph is not , in the author 's view , well drafted since it fails to indicate with sufficient clarity the difference between disclosing personal pecuniary interests ( failure to comply being a serious criminal offence ) and disclosing other interests ( which is simply a matter of prudence , but involves no breach of law ) . |
| 26 | It is not just a coincidence , nor is it simply a matter of ‘ preferred newspeak ’ that the ‘ local financial management ’ ( LFM ) of the pilot projects of the mid-1980s has become the ‘ Local Management of Schools ( LMS ) required by legislation . |
| 27 | Some saw it as simply a matter of making the books balance , an additional chore or responsibility in an already busy schedule . |
| 28 | It suggests , surely that the job of curriculum management is not simply a matter of trying to insert new ideas into old systems as rapidly and painlessly as possible , but has a number of levels or dimensions , for example : |
| 29 | Exercise can also lower the setpoint , ‘ and it is not simply a matter of burning more calories or raising the metabolism ’ . |
| 30 | 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 . |