Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [art] matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reference may be made to the National Code of Local Government Conduct , para. 3 ( Appendix D , post , p. 105 ) although it has to be said that that paragraph is not , in the author 's view , well drafted since it fails to indicate with sufficient clarity the difference between disclosing personal pecuniary interests ( failure to comply being a serious criminal offence ) and disclosing other interests ( which is simply a matter of prudence , but involves no breach of law ) . |
| 2 | The reason for this , according to the attitudinist , is the distinction between belief , which sets out to represent how things are , and attitude , which is rather a matter of how one wishes ( not merely idly , but in a way which can produce appropriate action ) them to be . |
| 3 | To solve this you have to make it clear what genre of writing you are working in ( which is partly a matter of the overall register you establish ) ; the technical terms will then be understood according to the conventions of that genre . |
| 4 | There is , however , a very important subsidiary question which is still a matter of controversy . |
| 5 | An amount which is still a matter for pride , if tinged with apprehension at the increasing number of unnecessary restrictions . |
| 6 | That could not be said of " value " in this case which is essentially a matter of opinion . |
| 7 | But realism itself is just a matter of convention ; for some people it is the defamiliarized codes which seem realistic , whereas for others it is the traditional devices which convey a sense of reality , and no one device is inherently more realistic than another . |
| 8 | Thus discussion lessons can often give the impression that everything is just a matter of opinion — there need be no rigour , for " it 's all subjective anyway " . |
| 9 | ‘ There is also a matter of sheer weariness . |
| 10 | There is also the matter of who should provide the money . |
| 11 | There is also the matter of the baby ( das Baby ) . |
| 12 | The masts may seem unsightly to those unused to them , but I am sure it is simply a matter of getting accustomed . |
| 13 | Once the pursuit is on , it is simply a matter of whether the killer will start to tire before it manages to reach its victim . |
| 14 | So it is with time , It is simply a matter of where you stand ! ’ |
| 15 | In one sense it is simply a matter of keeping the value far ahead of the cost . |
| 16 | It is simply a matter of reasonable human dignity . |
| 17 | It is simply a matter of maintaining communication in the family unit . |
| 18 | Admittedly he has some reservations even about free-range farming such as the need for castration , transportation and slaughtering techniques but , as Francis and Norman point out ( 1978 : 516 ) , since Singer himself thinks that much of this suffering could be eliminated , it is simply a matter of working to bring these improvements about . |
| 19 | It is simply a matter of business . ’ |
| 20 | This is not an area about which one can be dogmatic : it is simply a matter of opening up students ' minds to the need for some care in the matter of selection of learnable language . |
| 21 | It is simply a matter of which is the more useful description . |
| 22 | The Government have a fine record on increasing benefits in line with prices every year , but I have a particular point to raise with my right hon. Friend , although it is principally a matter for the Treasury . |
| 23 | It is likewise a matter of unsettled controversy how far the kinds of neuronal mechanisms identified in Aplysia 's non-associative learning could apply to learning in general . |
| 24 | It is thus a matter for pride that some of the most eminent of the first anthropologists were really ‘ philanthropologists ’ , men of the moral calibre of Thomas F. Buxton ( 1786–1845 ) and Thomas Hodgkin ( 1798–1866 ) . |
| 25 | It is largely a matter of cost . |
| 26 | You can occasionally pick up such things at local auctions , but it is largely a matter of searching until you find the right one at the right price . |
| 27 | Like the difference between phrase-book French and fluent speech , it is largely a matter of hard work , learning and regular application . |
| 28 | All that had its 1930s precursors , such as the early fiction of George Orwell and Graham Greene ; and in an open letter to Elizabeth Bowen , written several years before the Movement was ever heard of , Greene had remarked that the novelist has a simple duty to tell the truth and to get it right : ‘ By truth I mean accuracy — it is largely a matter of style ’ . |
| 29 | But as we have seen , the ordinary shares may shade off imperceptibly into preference , for , when the latter confer a substantial right of participation in income or capital , or a fortiori both , it is largely a matter of taste whether they are designated ‘ preference ’ or ‘ preferred ordinary ’ shares . |
| 30 | It is largely a matter of economics and much hinges on the current price of energy . |