Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a question [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is undeniably some truth in that but , when you look in any detail at Montgomerie 's so-called failures since he won the Scandinavian Masters in 1991 , it has more often than not been less a question of his losing the tournament than of someone else winning it . |
| 2 | Pansy 's chemistry lessons are mainly a question of lobbing stuff out of the cupboard into a crucible and trying to get an explosion going . |
| 3 | We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments . |
| 4 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 5 | Now , if child survival were simply a question of affluence as you might think it was , there 's no way you could explain these figures . |
| 6 | I think one must concentrate on marriage being essentially a question of mutual love and respect for each other … |
| 7 | But for the young , it is rather a question of the scales falling from their eyes , and having nothing to believe in any more . |
| 8 | It 's mostly a question of wanting to do so ! |
| 9 | ‘ We definitely played differently from Leeds and it 's only a question of him getting used to us and our ways . |
| 10 | ‘ We definitely played differently from Leeds and it 's only a question of him getting used to us and our ways . |
| 11 | I think it 's only a question of taking it out turning it round and screwing it back in again . |
| 12 | Well , er the C B I and other bodies are pressing for them to come down at once , er John Major has said it 's only a question of time . |
| 13 | It 's merely a question of altering your foundation to match your skin colour . |
| 14 | It is basically a question of ‘ balance ’ , in that the salesperson must judge the individual circumstances and ‘ tailor ’ the demonstration accordingly . |
| 15 | Cast out by his flock , who fail to persuade him that life is merely a question of survival , Jonathan continues to pursue excellence in flight , and eventually discovers the unlimited potential of being . |
| 16 | This is merely a question of research . |
| 17 | He has a great advantage , for seldom need anything be done to alter its physical features : it is merely a question of dressing it with suitable plants . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's basically a question of budgets ’ , said director Robert T. Buck . |
| 19 | And it is only a question of time before cholera , raging in northern Brazil , reaches Rio . |
| 20 | I do n't think it 's entirely a question of direct pressure on the part of the dealers . |
| 21 | Benjamin remarked , tellingly , that it is less a question of what a man 's beliefs are than the kind of man those beliefs make of him . |
| 22 | It is less a question of efficiency or cleanliness than a refusal to let past and present blur together . |
| 23 | It is just a question of sitting down with people like Roy Evans and taking it from there . ’ |
| 24 | It is just a question of knowing when to use it : not , I would think , for food , or , usually , cosmetics ; but illustration appears to be more successful than photography for fashion , and it can clearly be used for most other types of product . |
| 25 | Allowing for the differences in stance has far more chance of success : then it is just a question of deciding which way the ball will fly from certain lies . |
| 26 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
| 27 | It 's just a question of finding the right people to bring in and form a fashion-design group . |
| 28 | It 's just a question of getting the damn thing on the screen . ’ |
| 29 | In 1988 , he received a death threat at his home with a skull and cross-bones reading , ‘ It 's just a question of time and opportunity , but we 'll get you . ’ |
| 30 | We spoke about getting together , but it 's the same old problem — like with Brendan , it 's just a question of when . |