Example sentences of "entirely a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenneth Branagh 's own performance — correct , passionless , all intelligence - will be entirely a matter of taste . ’ |
| 2 | The thriller element is entirely a matter of cliche . |
| 3 | ‘ Whether they ( the abnormalities ) really played any significant part in the fate of this baby , kept without nourishment or antibiotics and given dihydrocodeine in doses slightly more than twice the average fatal level for adults , is entirely a matter of opinion . ’ |
| 4 | The exact number to be allowed was entirely a matter for the constable who ‘ must be left to take such steps as on the evidence before him he thinks are proper ’ . |
| 5 | If age discrimination was entirely a matter of individual attitudes it could be more easily tackled . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's almost entirely a matter for management , ’ says Martin Taylor , deputy chairman of Hanson , the industrial conglomerate and one of Britain 's biggest companies . |
| 7 | The presidential year does cost the individual money ; if it is decided that one 's partner goes to dinners then this comes out of the individual 's pocket and is not subsidised , at least in my case , by anyone else , and it is entirely a matter of personal choice as to how this part of the arrangements is made . |
| 8 | In both cases the problem of strength and weakness is almost entirely a matter of surface smoothness . |
| 9 | Since Mr Morton and Mr Langsam are the sole shareholders , it was entirely a matter for them whether the profits were distributed as dividend or salary . |
| 10 | Once comedy was given the incentive to develop it soon leapt ahead of the dramatic film : suddenly there emerged a handful of geniuses and this was not entirely a matter of chance . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , this attitude was probably not entirely a matter of hubris since the Treasury may well have had genuine doubts as to the potential effectiveness of planning [ Brittan , 1971 ] . |
| 12 | The intrinsic nature of a thing is the whole detailed character which it would share with anything else exactly like it , so far as that character is entirely a matter of what the thing is like , so to speak , within its own boundaries , while its intrinsic properties are the various discriminable elements of its intrinsic nature . |
| 13 | The type of headings and the colour of paper is entirely a matter of choice and a decision of the management . |
| 14 | But his actions were perhaps not entirely a matter of cynical expediency . |
| 15 | It appears that under the Act of 1980 the content of that policy was entirely a matter for the governors , subject of course to the requirements of section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
| 16 | It is entirely a matter for the society whether it selects one of its own employees or instructs an independent firm . |
| 17 | It must remain entirely a matter for the discretion of the prosecuting authorities as to whether they are in a position to and are prepared to give an assurance . |
| 18 | As to the other matters , in my view the Secretary of State 's decision not to alter the review date having considered the petition was one which was entirely a matter for the exercise of his discretion . |
| 19 | Legitimacy , then , is almost entirely a matter of sentiment . |
| 20 | So long as they do not transgress their statutory powers , their decisions are entirely a matter for them , and — in the case of local authorities — for the majority of the elected representatives ; subject , however , to one important proviso . |
| 21 | I told him it was entirely a matter for him to decide : that the Labour Party was my client and I would proceed on its instructions . |
| 22 | But this is entirely a matter for him and his legal advisors . ’ |
| 23 | There is no fixed retirement age for employees , that is entirely a matter of policy for each employer , but the policy must be the same retirement age for men and women in the same jobs . |
| 24 | How and where you set up your Storage Directories is entirely a matter of personal preference ( and system restrictions ! ) , but we would make two VERY strong recommendations , as follows : |
| 25 | But his actions were perhaps not entirely a matter of cynical expediency . |
| 26 | The fact that religion wo n't just go away — that it is a phenomenon to be explained — has led those influenced by positivism to explain religion as entirely a matter of social and cultural conditioning and outward show : basically religion is a kind of cultural dressing-up game . |
| 27 | This is entirely a matter of their personal skill and judgment . |
| 28 | It seems to be saying this is entirely a matter for the profession . |
| 29 | How long that takes is entirely a matter for the legal proceedings in Ireland.It 's dependent on them . |