Example sentences of "partly a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus partly a matter of chance which cells end up in either of these two positions . |
| 2 | Most people prefer the total look to be soft and natural without some of the extravagances and hard colours of younger-style make-up , but that is partly a matter of personal taste and overall style . |
| 3 | This is partly a matter of winning and keeping customers . |
| 4 | The rules by which the game is played are known to all in advance but the result of the game is partly a matter of skill and partly of chance . |
| 5 | Some feminists argue that biology 's conservatism about gender is at least partly a matter of lack of feminist will . |
| 6 | This is partly a matter of technology — more paper mills need to be built with the capacity to take old paper instead of new pulp . |
| 7 | This is partly a matter of religious faith concerning the world to come . |
| 8 | Differences in perception of feudal obligation were partly a matter of simple distance . |
| 9 | For , as we have seen , interpretation is involved in the description of facts ( including the results of tests ) and hence the consistency of prediction with fact is partly a matter of how we choose to read it . |
| 10 | Again , this was partly a matter of generation . |
| 11 | This is partly a matter of the distinction between ways of understanding the abstract character of a system and actual history already identified in a quotation from Gramsci . |
| 12 | Being part of a disciplinary community is partly a matter of following a set of rules ; stepping outside the conventions of the discourse invites opprobrium , if not downright excommunication . |
| 13 | Ultimately , what counts as rationality is partly a matter of where one stands , and what intellectual position one is taking up . |
| 14 | Now , though , I am saying that being reasonable is partly a matter of falling in with the conventions — in time and place — of an intellectual form of life or culture ; and this surely raises the spectre of relativism . |
| 15 | On the analysis offered here , rationality is partly a matter of engaging in a dialogue with others in an appropriate way . |
| 16 | Their relative importance was partly a matter of administrative procedures , but perhaps even more of the personality and political connections of their respective holders . |
| 17 | The similarity , such as it is , is partly a matter of form , partly a matter of function , and partly a matter of what is " said " in symbolic performance and how it is said . |
| 18 | The similarity , such as it is , is partly a matter of form , partly a matter of function , and partly a matter of what is " said " in symbolic performance and how it is said . |
| 19 | The similarity , such as it is , is partly a matter of form , partly a matter of function , and partly a matter of what is " said " in symbolic performance and how it is said . |
| 20 | This is partly a question of attitude , partly a matter of training . |
| 21 | That he appeared to treat it philosophically , as he had accepted and dealt with the reversal in Ireland , the death of the Lady Emma , the restlessness on his southern borders , was therefore partly a matter of pride , but also the mark of what had become his nature . |
| 22 | And one of the features of the current policy is that affordable supply is partly a matter to be negotiated and it 's very important that it 's negotiated out of the general er supply made by private sector builders . |
| 23 | Making a will was partly a question of fashion and prestige , partly a matter of providing for children who were still minors . |
| 24 | This is partly a matter of writing appropriate sentences , for example , so that you can distinguish your point of view in debate from someone else 's . |
| 25 | And it is partly a matter of organising paragraphs — how , for example , to organise a comparison . |
| 26 | And it is partly a matter of knowing where to find help : how to find examples and how to work out all the possibilities of a classification . |
| 27 | To solve this you have to make it clear what genre of writing you are working in ( which is partly a matter of the overall register you establish ) ; the technical terms will then be understood according to the conventions of that genre . |
| 28 | The discharge of the basic obligations under the contract , relating to delivery , passing of risk and property , and payment , are partly a matter for negotiation between the parties ( although the SGA provides guidelines ) but must also be looked at in relation to s 3 of the UCTA , with its restrictions on clauses excluding liability for breach . |
| 29 | It is partly a matter of personalities , but only partly . |
| 30 | I think history can be so many different things to different people , and it 's partly a matter of the way in which you are taught , it 's partly a matter of what you 're taught . |