Example sentences of "this [was/were] [not/n't] [adv] [art] matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not just a matter of helping a company and a colony in trouble ; imports were easy to tax , governments found that luxury products were particularly satisfying because their sales were not depressed by high import duties , and tobacco paid duty at a shilling a pound or about 100 per cent of the wholesale price . |
| 2 | This was not just a matter of revival of basic industries in previously depressed areas . |
| 3 | El-Gharbi seemed to feel under no pressure at all to reduce his asking figure , and Owen felt that this was not just a matter of negotiating tactics . |
| 4 | This was not only a matter of pride but was also done to conform to the old City by-law which called for the cleansing of pavements by 3 p.m. each day . |
| 5 | This was not only a matter of saying yes to petitioners and having the resources to say yes often , although Gloucester was well placed in this respect . |
| 6 | This was not only a matter of saying yes to petitioners and having the resources to say yes often , although Gloucester was well placed in this respect . |
| 7 | Once comedy was given the incentive to develop it soon leapt ahead of the dramatic film : suddenly there emerged a handful of geniuses and this was not entirely a matter of chance . |