Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 2 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 3 | The outstretched arms of the great statue of Christ overlooking Rio no longer appear to the inhabitants of the favelas below to be open in benediction or welcome ; in this city of violence , insecurity and ravaged humanity , it appears to be rather a gesture of resignation and despair . |
| 4 | What appeared to be merely an area of shrinkage on the edge of the village has , therefore , turned out to be very important in the history of settlement in the area — a small independent hamlet with its own church which was eventually abandoned . |
| 5 | In some cases this might be literally a matter of life and death . |
| 6 | The idea that speech coding in memory may be only a subset of motor memory processes , including sign language behaviour , opens up a new possibility for psychological research . |
| 7 | ‘ On receipt of this letter , do n't write to me any more ; it will be only a waste of time . |
| 8 | The lack of liquid refreshment during a two hour meeting could be seen as a lack of courtesy and , if this occurs again , it is suggested that a tactful reference to the need for a drink be made during the meeting — the result may be only a glass of water , but that is better than nothing ! |
| 9 | Suffering happens , is not chosen , is a ‘ misfortune ’ ; shall we say that , since by nature attention quickens only as a function of the organism striving towards its goals , the optimum of internal and external stimulation to awareness can be only a matter of chance ? |
| 10 | With luck it may be only a matter of time . |
| 11 | So it looks as though hpGRF and hypothalamic GRF are the same thing in these species , and it should be only a matter of time before it is from the hypothalamus as well . |
| 12 | All that has happened in tokamaks has been consistent with the 1970 view , formulated by Lev Artsimovich , that achieving the conditions required for thermonuclear ignition in tokamaks would be only a matter of time and of larger machines and the development of ways of heating the plasma . |
| 13 | And it was easy to believe that the evidence for test-tube fusion was fairly solid , good enough that it would be only a matter of time before it was proven definitively , especially with the BYU people already claiming to have some independent evidence . |
| 14 | It can be only a matter of time before stories of patients being denied care because of lack of resources are in the headlines . |
| 15 | Now that good double blind studies have proved its worth — which Kay chooses to ignore — the technique is becoming increasingly available under the NHS , and it can be only a matter of time before his conversion is assured . |
| 16 | It seems to be only a matter of time before sufficient urification is achieved routinely to permit the full range of diagnosis based on the polymerase chain reaction as above . |
| 17 | If such secret missives were sealed personally by him it might be only a matter of time before Wolsey 's enemies at court and parliament began to point the accusing finger in his direction . |
| 18 | It ought to be only a matter of time before the brothers are forced to sell the company . |
| 19 | At the age of 26 , it could be only a matter of time before Falconer completes the full set of international honours . |
| 20 | At the age of 26 , it could be only a matter of time before Falconer completes the full set of international honours . |
| 21 | It may be only a matter of time before goals trigger outbreaks of mass aerobics and the odd square dance . |
| 22 | However , where the charge had been well laid before the magistrate , on its face bringing itself within his jurisdiction , any error would be only an error within jurisdiction . |
| 23 | Kenneth Branagh 's own performance — correct , passionless , all intelligence - will be entirely a matter of taste . ’ |
| 24 | The public softening of Turkey 's attitude towards the Kurds may , in the end , be less a change in policy than recognition of the difficulties in controlling what happens across the border in northern Iraq . |
| 25 | The modern novel should be largely a work of reference ’ ( 1939:25 , cit . |
| 26 | I mean , it could be just a piece of grass that cut him . |
| 27 | That both planets should be suffering ice ages simultaneously may , of course , be just a matter of coincidence ; but it seems more likely that there is a common cause . |
| 28 | Whether your baby grows up to be right or left-handed may not be just a matter of chance or heredity . |
| 29 | With Walsh then skimming the bar with a spectacular overhead shot , it seemed to be just a matter of time before Tottenham would score . |
| 30 | ‘ It would seem to be just a matter of time before the man 's identified . ’ |