Example sentences of "is [adv] a matter [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Implicit in this stance is a conception that criminal law enforcement is properly a matter of compulsion , which leads , inexorably it seems , to a conclusion that regulation has failed . |
| 2 | Slimming is basically a matter of vanity . |
| 3 | Yes I mean I acknowledge that that is rightly a matter for investigation establishment through the local plan system . |
| 4 | So it is especially a matter for satisfaction that the signatories nevertheless provided a chapter in support of the specified objective . |
| 5 | At half speed , guitar tones are mutated into bass frequencies and can become dull and difficult to hear ( the main problem with the Akai U4 ) but when dealing with a digital signal , it is merely a matter of mathematics to ‘ slow ’ a signal down . |
| 6 | Mr Barzani says the fall of Saddam Hussein is merely a matter of time . |
| 7 | Perhaps however it is only a matter of degree . |
| 8 | As I pointed out earlier , even those scientists who are most eager to assure us that the difference between man and other animals is only a matter of degree always conduct their experiments in a way which implies that the observer is quite different in kind from what he observes . |
| 9 | The distribution of work between the divisions of that court is only a matter of convenience ; the Queen 's Bench Division can never say ‘ here a matter of Equity is involved ; we can not decide it ’ , or the Chancery Division ‘ this is a question of Common Law ; you ought to have gone to a Common Law Court ’ . |
| 10 | But the group is convinced that it is only a matter of time before someone discovers superconducting semiconductors that will work at the economically viable temperatures of liquid nitrogen . |
| 11 | It is only a matter of time before somebody decides to rubbish the whole global warming theory out of sheer desperation at finding a new angle . |
| 12 | The language , though , is gratingly anachronistic — no one has actually said ‘ hopefully ’ yet , but I fear it is only a matter of time . |
| 13 | Such a move is only a matter of time , but the time-scale will vary considerably from authority to authority depending on the phasing-in of their delegation schemes and the speed at which they restructure the various service departments to meet the new role which has to be created within the strategy and time-scale set down by the legislation . |
| 14 | He remembered the old adage from his studies , ‘ If a problem exists then a logical solution must also exist It is only a matter of time before you find it ’ . |
| 15 | With this area desensitized , it is only a matter of time before the sensitivity of faith 's communication is also numbed . |
| 16 | It is only a matter of time before we can decode them fully . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is interesting to note that stereo sound is already featured on some video recorders and camcorders , and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it becomes standard as for sound recorders . |
| 19 | And bankers UBS Phillips and Drew predicted : ‘ It is only a matter of time before the Chancellor 's strategy falls completely apart . ’ |
| 20 | But many experts think it is only a matter of time before Chancellor Norman Lamont is forced to raise them . |
| 21 | However , the policy of equal treatment is now firmly on the agenda and it is only a matter of time before men and women will be entitled to their State pension at the same age . |
| 22 | Moreover O'Connell believes that the commoditisation of the computer hardware industry means it is only a matter of time before software becomes a commodity too . |
| 23 | Whilst other object players such as Objectivity Inc and Object Design Inc are successfully licensing persistent language products to majors like Microsoft Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc ( UX No 405 ) , it is only a matter of time , Andrews argues , before they no longer need the services of third parties . |
| 24 | The Adobe technology is to be integrated with those components of SunSoft 's X11/NeWS Network-extensible Windowing System and SunPic 's NewsPrint system that can still offer specific advantages to Sun users , but Ybarra concurs with other observers who argue that in light of the deal there is now little future for either of them as they exist now and that a name change is only a matter of time . |
| 25 | It is only a matter of time before a Test-playing country will break with tradition and send a note — Sorry , visiting sick aunt , entire country unavailable ! |
| 26 | Indeed many builders feel that UK exclusion will hinder the transfer of construction workers throughout the EC and that it is only a matter of time before , say , a German worker brings a case to the European courts on the basis of discrimination in employment rights when working in the UK . |
| 27 | I said , ‘ It is only a matter of time , tuan , but maybe the time is not quite yet . ’ |
| 28 | But I would say that I think it is only a matter of time before we , as a nation , produce a very good black golfer . " |
| 29 | It is only a matter of time before RTV reaches the current quality of PLV . |
| 30 | The fact that even companies with strong sporting images , such as BMW , have now decided to enter the UK 's fledgling diesel market is another indication that it is only a matter of time before there is a diesel option of every car currently on sale in petrol guise . |