Example sentences of "very [adv] a matter [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The settlement process is very much a matter of bargaining , and it is bargaining of a difficult and expensive character .
2 The early use of X-rays and radium for the treatment of cancer was very much a matter of trial and error .
3 It was very much a matter of life and death as far as the industry was concerned .
4 It is , however , very much a matter of judgement how far it is desirable to pursue coverage at all costs .
5 The level required is very much a matter of experience .
6 Drucker outlines the variety of innovative activity , arguing that ‘ innovation is work rather than genius ’ and very much a matter of discipline .
7 The underlying approach was still remarkably uncritical and very much a matter of assertion and appeal to reason , the message couched in fairly bland terms and over-reliant on a concept of progress from a philistine past .
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