Example sentences of "[be] [art] matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What on earth can be the matter with me ? ’ he cried again like a man utterly lost . |
| 2 | But the greatest dilemma would be the matter of how small a fish is eligible for weighing in ? |
| 3 | They jumped down and ran to see what could be the matter with him . |
| 4 | There will also be the matter of a marriage licence . ’ |
| 5 | it would be the matter that would have been raised at our board meeting and relayed on |
| 6 | . Girls looked at Sally curiously , whatever could be the matter with her she sounded so queer . |
| 7 | There may be a matter of principle here for some of those who wish their authors to be concealed : such authors should not sound like the characters they invent , any more than they should express opinions . |
| 8 | And a production should not just be a matter of getting a good notice and leaving it to go to seed slowly . |
| 9 | This means that in most cases it is more likely to be a matter of relaxing the forward pressure to allow the aircraft to level out rather than pulling it out with a positive backward pressure on the stick . |
| 10 | It will be a matter of making a good landing directly into wind , if that is possible , and of hoping for a minimum of damage to the glider . |
| 11 | But landing safely in torrential rain , with a squally and unpredictable wind , can only be a matter of luck for the most skilled pilot . |
| 12 | ‘ But without the resumption of a regular supply of red iron , it can only be a matter of time before these tragic people die . ’ |
| 13 | Exactly why he chose not to proceed will be a matter for debate in financial and footballing circles for some time . |
| 14 | Whether this lopsided record and Stewart 's stewardship is more than just coincidental will be a matter for the Test and County Cricket Board to discuss when his contract comes up again next April . |
| 15 | This will not be a matter of one-way giving , even though the suburban church has most of the material resources . |
| 16 | Whether then Berlin became the national capital would be a matter for the German people to decide . |
| 17 | The West Germans believe that the PFLP-GC was not involved in the bombing , even though Talb 's links with it appear to be a matter of record . |
| 18 | Then it will be a matter of finding the best returns , taking advantage of the already fierce competition between banks and building societies . |
| 19 | But whether she plays well appears to be a matter of chance . |
| 20 | It would only be a matter of ti me before the pubs , the little grocer and the dry-cleaner 's were replaced by some establishment selling something on which an enormous mark-up could be obtained . |
| 21 | It will be a matter of surprise for us if there were no fatal injuries . |
| 22 | It is open to the obvious objection that it focuses on an outcome which may be a matter of pure chance : if such driving happens not to result in death , the charge will merely be drunken driving . |
| 23 | Need it be a matter of wonder , when we see her capable of such restraint in general , that she should retire within herself and exercise that control we find her continually exerting over all her thoughts and actions the more energetically at a time when she is taught that a stray thought of desire would be impurity and its fruition pollution . |
| 24 | Only the defeat of Britain — now widely presumed to be a matter of course — stood in the way , it seemed , of that final victory , and the intoxication of the triumph over the French mingled with a widespread desire , whipped up by almost hysterical anti-British hate propaganda , for the total destruction of Britain . |
| 25 | Now , as Scotland 's religious and political position came to be a matter of major concern to France and England , they fully grabbed the chance to enter the world of European politics , and to behave like those who already inhabited it . |
| 26 | GLENYS KINNOCK said in Scotland during the week : ‘ I think abortion has to be a matter of individual conscience . |
| 27 | Asked whether , if the Tories lost the vote , the Queen would call for Mr Kinnock to form a government , Mr Heseltine said : ‘ That would be a matter for the Royal prerogative . ’ |
| 28 | It sounds a desperate measure ; but if it 's happening in California , it can only be a matter of months before it takes off here . |
| 29 | A higher proportion of the CSW team 's notional ‘ elderly ’ time was devoted to work with people not yet clients , or ‘ not exactly ’ clients ( whether they were regarded as open cases or not seemed to be a matter of chance ) . |
| 30 | Should this be achieved , the frequently cited fear of many parents of not being able to look after their children when they are old would cease to be a matter of concern . |