Example sentences of "be not a question [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is not a question with an answer , for all these ‘ realities ’ are illusions in the wider sense .
2 It is not a question of whether it is better or worse to remain a virgin or a bachelor , he wrote , but rather of bringing the terror to the surface .
3 This is not a question of instinct — culture is learned , not inbred , and does not refer to basic human needs .
4 It is not a question of loathing — rather sanguine hatred following the dive in the share price , ’ said one analyst .
5 ‘ It is not a question of money .
6 ‘ It is not a question of blackmail , ’ he said .
7 Sometimes human intervention is not a question of changing the environment , but of seeking to prevent its change .
8 ‘ Homework ’ for the stroke or head-injured patient is not a question of ‘ doing exercises ’ .
9 It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking .
10 ‘ It is not a question of races but of ideals . ’
11 It is not a question of you and I. Others are involved .
12 The plan ‘ is designed to create disorder and to impede the smooth transfer of power , so it is not a question of democracy , ’ Li said in his annual work report at the opening session of Congress in Peking .
13 In so far as meaning is a problem for semiotics it is not a question of discovering ‘ hidden meanings ’ but one of the structure of signifiers that communicate a meaning accepted by participants .
14 He told NME : ‘ This is not a question of a lobby trying to dismantle the independent chart , it 's a matter of an established clique actively obstructing the creation of a chart . ’
15 For the male spadefoot toad , unlike the males of many other species , it is not a question of how many females he can mate with , but whether he can mate with any at all .
16 In an interview with The Art Newspaper published in May 1991 ( no.8 , p.6 ) Korolev explained : ‘ I anticipate that we must play an active role in the international art market ; it is not a question of looting the country , but of a normal integration into the world-wide process of cultural development ’ .
17 It is not a question of showing that such an allegation misinterprets or simplifies Hegel 's texts .
18 Here it is not a question of suggesting that Hegel is somehow answerable for the excesses of capitalism or even socialism in the past two hundred years : rather what is at stake is the argument that the dominant force of opposition to capitalism , Marxism , as a body of knowledge itself remains complicit with , and even extends , the system to which it is opposed .
19 Friedman and Rosenman ( 1974 ) suggest that it is not a question of getting rid of Type-A behaviour , rather that we should learn to manage it .
20 It is not a question of whether feminists have something against ‘ men ’ .
21 Except in the case of the stallion deliberately herding his mares , this is not a question of dominance or bullying .
22 This is not a question of whether the project can be funded indefinitely so much as a question of whether the initiatives in particular schools can maintain momentum once the project grant has been spent .
23 For them the library essentially is the college and contains it ; it is not a question of libraries being placed in departments , but of departments being regarded as essential facets of and often included within , the library .
24 It is not a question of setting these two up as irreconcilable enemies , trying to make one a hero and the other a villain , for both have an invaluable contribution to make to the understanding of language , and both ultimately need each other .
25 It is not a question of disciplines and their boundaries being ‘ natural ’ or ‘ artificial ’ , but rather that ( inevitably perhaps ) our conceptions of knowledge become overly reified in their institutional and professional structures and we need to be reminded of their fluidity within the whole epistemological space .
26 ‘ The meaning of an ordinary word of the English language is not a question of law .
27 This is not a question of the degree of intelligence or education of the adult concerned .
28 ‘ Beauty is not a question of need .
29 What I am aiming against is the indistinct mutter ; it is not a question of regional idiom , which is often charming .
30 This is not a question of adhering to the structure of the source text for the sake of preserving form .
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