Example sentences of "much a matter [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early use of X-rays and radium for the treatment of cancer was very much a matter of trial and error . |
| 2 | The level required is very much a matter of experience . |
| 3 | ‘ The settlement process is very much a matter of bargaining , and it is bargaining of a difficult and expensive character . |
| 4 | This is not so much a matter of transaction costs as of the unpredictability of offer and counter-offer : it moves economics into the realm of game theory , where efficient outcomes can not be taken for granted ( see box ) . |
| 5 | It was very much a matter of life and death as far as the industry was concerned . |
| 6 | I believe that this is as much a matter of teaching style as of a correct single method ( it is also a matter of the ‘ ear ’ and sensitivity to language of individual pupils ) . |
| 7 | It is , however , very much a matter of judgement how far it is desirable to pursue coverage at all costs . |
| 8 | It is therefore important , when we look at the problem of making the National Curriculum work to the benefit of the children in our schools , to recognise that effective management is as much a matter of attitude as of technique . |
| 9 | The status of general courses is thus as much a matter of context and clientele as content , and seems likely to change only if the latter change . |
| 10 | It had become so much a matter of routine that when she answered he came close to putting the phone down before he realized that all he 'd heard was , ‘ Hello . ’ |
| 11 | Personally , I am not in favour of mammoth jail sentences except for the deserving few — and that 's not so much a matter of punishment as a means of keeping society free from their future depredations . |
| 12 | The underlying approach was still remarkably uncritical and very much a matter of assertion and appeal to reason , the message couched in fairly bland terms and over-reliant on a concept of progress from a philistine past . |
| 13 | Drucker outlines the variety of innovative activity , arguing that ‘ innovation is work rather than genius ’ and very much a matter of discipline . |