Example sentences of "be not a question of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a question of whether it is better or worse to remain a virgin or a bachelor , he wrote , but rather of bringing the terror to the surface . |
| 2 | This is not a question of instinct — culture is learned , not inbred , and does not refer to basic human needs . |
| 3 | It is not a question of loathing — rather sanguine hatred following the dive in the share price , ’ said one analyst . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not a question of money . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not a question of blackmail , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Sometimes human intervention is not a question of changing the environment , but of seeking to prevent its change . |
| 7 | ‘ Homework ’ for the stroke or head-injured patient is not a question of ‘ doing exercises ’ . |
| 8 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 9 | ‘ It is not a question of races but of ideals . ’ |
| 10 | It is not a question of you and I. Others are involved . |
| 11 | The plan ‘ is designed to create disorder and to impede the smooth transfer of power , so it is not a question of democracy , ’ Li said in his annual work report at the opening session of Congress in Peking . |
| 12 | In so far as meaning is a problem for semiotics it is not a question of discovering ‘ hidden meanings ’ but one of the structure of signifiers that communicate a meaning accepted by participants . |
| 13 | He told NME : ‘ This is not a question of a lobby trying to dismantle the independent chart , it 's a matter of an established clique actively obstructing the creation of a chart . ’ |
| 14 | For the male spadefoot toad , unlike the males of many other species , it is not a question of how many females he can mate with , but whether he can mate with any at all . |
| 15 | In an interview with The Art Newspaper published in May 1991 ( no.8 , p.6 ) Korolev explained : ‘ I anticipate that we must play an active role in the international art market ; it is not a question of looting the country , but of a normal integration into the world-wide process of cultural development ’ . |
| 16 | It is not a question of showing that such an allegation misinterprets or simplifies Hegel 's texts . |
| 17 | Here it is not a question of suggesting that Hegel is somehow answerable for the excesses of capitalism or even socialism in the past two hundred years : rather what is at stake is the argument that the dominant force of opposition to capitalism , Marxism , as a body of knowledge itself remains complicit with , and even extends , the system to which it is opposed . |
| 18 | Friedman and Rosenman ( 1974 ) suggest that it is not a question of getting rid of Type-A behaviour , rather that we should learn to manage it . |
| 19 | It is not a question of whether feminists have something against ‘ men ’ . |
| 20 | Except in the case of the stallion deliberately herding his mares , this is not a question of dominance or bullying . |
| 21 | This is not a question of whether the project can be funded indefinitely so much as a question of whether the initiatives in particular schools can maintain momentum once the project grant has been spent . |
| 22 | For them the library essentially is the college and contains it ; it is not a question of libraries being placed in departments , but of departments being regarded as essential facets of and often included within , the library . |
| 23 | It is not a question of setting these two up as irreconcilable enemies , trying to make one a hero and the other a villain , for both have an invaluable contribution to make to the understanding of language , and both ultimately need each other . |
| 24 | It is not a question of disciplines and their boundaries being ‘ natural ’ or ‘ artificial ’ , but rather that ( inevitably perhaps ) our conceptions of knowledge become overly reified in their institutional and professional structures and we need to be reminded of their fluidity within the whole epistemological space . |
| 25 | ‘ The meaning of an ordinary word of the English language is not a question of law . |
| 26 | This is not a question of the degree of intelligence or education of the adult concerned . |
| 27 | ‘ Beauty is not a question of need . |
| 28 | What I am aiming against is the indistinct mutter ; it is not a question of regional idiom , which is often charming . |
| 29 | This is not a question of adhering to the structure of the source text for the sake of preserving form . |
| 30 | To him , the new spirit in portraiture is not a question of money : ‘ I had probably one of the wealthiest people in the country finally admit , ‘ With all that I have , I ca n't buy good taste ’ . ’ |