Example sentences of "[adv] not [art] matter [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one point he talks of the extension over time of ‘ a personality ’ rather than of ‘ a person ’ , and might have said that , even if the general knew what he did as a boy , it could be nothing to him , no part of his adult conception of himself , and so not a matter for guilt or blame . |
| 2 | This serves as an introduction to Part II , and more particularly as a prelude to Chapter 6 , because it deals with the subject of fiction itself : something which is strictly not a matter of style , but which is presupposed by the study of style in fiction writing . |
| 3 | Knowledge is again not a matter of understanding pollution control technology or the biological or chemical processes involved in water purification ; such knowledge is taken for granted . |
| 4 | The defining of the subject English is in this view primarily not a matter of language but of non-linguistic content . |
| 5 | However , some risks may simply be unacceptable and therefore not a matter for compromise or optimisation . |