Example sentences of "matter of [noun sg] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This concern could , however , be easily met if it were made clear that fines would only be recommended by the OFT as a matter of course where a company had evidently breached one of the prohibitions . |
| 2 | In the swing between extremes , it can seem almost a matter of chance whether a man bursts out in self-reproach or in righteous indignation , in suicide or in murder . |
| 3 | A respondent from a large practice took the pragmatic view that it was only a matter of time before a computer fraud took place on a scale which made the current level of claims pale into insignificance , making the introduction of a cap imperative . |
| 4 | It was only a matter of time before a competitor sprang on the market . |
| 5 | It is surely only a matter of time before a tray falls from his hands on to a lady or gentleman 's lap . |
| 6 | Coastguards fear it is only a matter of time before a sightseer is injured in the hazardous scramble down rocks onto the ship 's deck . |
| 7 | It is only a matter of time before a tragedy occurs . ’ |