Example sentences of "was not a matter of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In support of his argument , Mr. Coghlan relied on Cozens v. Brutus [ 1973 ] A.C. 854 , a case in which it was held in the House of Lords that the meaning of the word ‘ insulting ’ used in section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 was not a matter of law but a matter of fact . |
| 2 | Galileo would protest that the earth 's motion was not a matter of faith . |
| 3 | This was not a matter of excuse , but a statement of fact . |
| 4 | That was not a matter of dispute . |
| 5 | He knew that Wolfgang 's old affection for Aloysia was not quite dead ( even though she was now married ) , and indeed Wolfgang had recently confessed as much — he truly had loved her , and even now she was not a matter of indifference to him . |
| 6 | Sex in Miranda 's experience was n't a matter of spectacle , but of darkness and touch , magnified by her senses ' usually exacerbated state , the extremes of the night , of smoking and drinking and hunger and tiredness , and she was a blind swimmer through walls of warm water , and knew nothing of the practice and technique of the models in the pictures crammed edge to edge in the shop . |
| 7 | It was n't a matter of money — four hundred would n't break him — it was the risk of finding that he 'd been duped and made a fool of that made Carson wary . |
| 8 | ‘ Actually , Dickinson told me that it almost certainly was n't a matter of luck , ’ Peacock said . |
| 9 | Otherwise , she 'd have gone after him , told him it was n't a matter of right or wrong , it was a matter of when he 'd admit he was an arrogant , overbearing liar . |
| 10 | Because it was injustice ; he knew it was n't a matter of talent . |