Example sentences of "matter of [adj] [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend also to overlook the fact that changes in these factors are gradual - a matter of small steps rather than sudden leaps or dramatic disjunctions . |
| 2 | A few women make it despite the system and then become vaunted as a great example of personal initiative and drive , thus suggesting that employment is a matter of personal ability rather than an economic and political issue . |
| 3 | The right to use a lavatory will take effect as a legal easement ( Miller v Emcer Products Ltd [ 1956 ] Ch 304 ) as will a right to use a washroom ( Heywood v Mallalieu ( 1883 ) 25 Ch D 357 ) ; but a right to a supply of hot water is a matter of personal contract rather than an easement ( Regis Property Co Ltd v Redman [ 1956 ] 2 QB 612 ) . |
| 4 | The Great Chain of Being has here become a matter of moral variety rather than biological species variety , but it is quite plain where Locke would have wanted to place himself . |
| 5 | Erm that has been a matter of serious discussion here and I know with some of the local authorities , and the fact of the matter is sir that we feel that if we look at the agricultural land quality of this county , if you were to have a criteria based policy which included the requirement that strategic sites should avoid good quality agricultural land erm you have n't got a policy at all because this is a county which has mostly its territory covered by good quality agricultural land especially in those parts of this county where strategic development might be expected to actually happen . |
| 6 | It 's only a diff er it 's a matter of two feet here and |
| 7 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 8 | There is , inevitably to the extent that central government funding is involved , ultimate central government responsibility for such enterprises , but this is a matter of organisational preference rather than of constitutional dictate . |
| 9 | This presents the situation as a matter of territorial competence rather than treaty law . |
| 10 | But panslavism had little practical effect on policy : it was a matter of popular mood rather than of official ideology . |