Example sentences of "[adj] a matter of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is this a matter of division between a pro-government side and an anti-government one . |
| 2 | Besides , if Derek continues to drink , at best he probably has a year left to live and at worst a matter of months . ’ |
| 3 | It 's all a matter of driver ability and confidence . |
| 4 | Perhaps it 's all a matter of style . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all a matter of judgement , son . |
| 6 | It is all a matter of acclimatisation ... and practice . |
| 7 | It 's all a matter of luck , I suppose . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You see — it 's all a matter of luck . ’ |
| 9 | Anyway , if I could just erm describe how I managed to get there in the first place , which was all a matter of luck I suppose as much as anything erm I went to the East Anglian schools for erm blind and deaf children at Gorleston on Sea from nineteen twenty eight to nineteen thirty six , erm , in those days erm education for the er disabled er continued until sixteen . |
| 10 | Value for money became the watchword , explains Derek Kelly , a turkey breeder for over 40 years : ‘ It was all a matter of price per pound . ’ |
| 11 | It seems to be all a matter of priorities , of what is most important to people and how they choose to use their time . |
| 12 | It is all a matter of degree . |
| 13 | It is all a matter of degree . |
| 14 | There is no sharp dividing-line between academic or professional courses on the one hand and general ones on the other ; indeed some of the broader courses involving several disciplines which have been mentioned already may well be thought of as general — it is all a matter of degree . |
| 15 | It is all a matter of degree , of course , and much may depend on what communications have in fact passed between the persons concerned . |
| 16 | It 's all a matter of degree of hunger . |
| 17 | It was all a matter of trust . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's all a matter of survival , and right now I intend to concentrate on surviving this disaster . |
| 19 | You think it is all a matter of love and loving , of care and caring … |
| 20 | Although Hertfordshire distinguished between tutor-librarians ( whose job was primarily educational ) and " college librarians " , whose job was supposed to be entirely administrative , many felt that such distinctions were meaningless or misleading ; it was all a matter of proportion , and nobody ( it was argued ) working in a college library could avoid at some stage taking part in the educational process . |
| 21 | It 's all a matter of experimentation — something a unique setup like this positively encourages , since it sounds like no other bass . |
| 22 | It 's all a matter of principle ! ) . |
| 23 | It 's all a matter of Pelicans , you see … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's all a matter of mixing and matching , ’ she says . |
| 25 | Deciding which achievement was the most remarkable is all a matter of taste . |
| 26 | It is all a matter of taste , and more importantly , a matter of how an aroma makes you feel . |
| 27 | It was all a matter of taste , really . |
| 28 | It 's all a matter of design . |
| 29 | Anyway , it 's all a matter of department politics . |
| 30 | Sound is all a matter of vibration transmitted through the air from some object . |