Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument . |
| 2 | For the rest of us , it has been a matter of being lucky enough to live near a decent State school . |
| 3 | It has been a matter of controversy whether the non-associative kinds of learning are really learning at all , and if so , whether they do not really take place by the same general mechanisms as associative learning . |
| 4 | Third , it has been a matter of concern to the DES that an authority could promote advanced courses secure in the knowledge that , once in operation , the major proportion of the cost would be chargeable against the pool . |
| 5 | In Marxist thought and practice this relation is posed as one between class and party , and it has been a matter of controversy since the end of the nineteenth century , expressed in the most diverse forms , extending from Michels ' reflections upon the ‘ iron law of oligarchy ’ to Lenin 's conception of the Bolshevik Party , theoretically elaborated by Lukács . |
| 6 | It has been a matter of debate because there are those in the council who feel that if you put in a contingency provision it will be spent whether it 's needed or not . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher 's style of government was a major factor in bringing about her fall ; but why now when it had been a matter of controversy throughout her premiership ? |
| 8 | She could not tell whether it had been a matter of minutes or several hours . |
| 9 | Perhaps it had been a matter of legal or political expediency . |
| 10 | Whereas in London and in England generally , it had been a matter of principle from the start that Monotypes should be worked by male union labour , " in Edinburgh , the men do not seem to have come forward to learn the Monotype , even in response to invitations from the employers . |
| 11 | as if to confirm her pedestrian turn of mind , Miss Logan at this point revealed that it had been a matter of curiosity to her since childhood how the Ark had succeeded in resting upon the top of a mountain . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been a matter of trying to provide the equipment to match the increase , ’ said Tom Salway , the company 's financial director . |
| 13 | Cheddleton Chairman Mr Phillip Oldfield commented : ‘ We have had far more requests from railways for use of the engine than we imagined we would have , it 's been a matter of accepting what we feel is the best offer . |
| 14 | ’ It 's been a matter of judicious use of a shoe horn , ’ said one insurance broker . |