Example sentences of "not [prep] a matter [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This includes training , using varieties resistant to certain pests , forecasting and biological control , using pesticides only in response to problems , not as a matter of course . |
| 2 | It is noteworthy that at this time ( when secularised education was patronised by nearly all the governments of Europe including those that were nominally Catholic ) this query was dealt with as a matter of discipline by the Congregation of propaganda , and not as a matter of doctrine by the Congregation of the Inquisition . |
| 3 | Generalizing is a matter of saying what else things identified by the same concept have in common , not as a matter of logic but as a matter of fact . |
| 4 | The power to grant injunctions , which now arises under section 37 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , is a discretionary power , which should not as a matter of principle be fettered by rules . |
| 5 | The Act does not as a matter of law preclude a court from holding that an action for negligence lies in favour of a person who could formerly have brought an action based on loss of services but in view of the current law on economic loss it seems most unlikely that such a development will occur . |
| 6 | And , indeed , this must be done , not as a matter of sympathy with Ireland , but as a demand made in the interest of the English proletariat . |
| 7 | ‘ But not as a matter of influence as such . |
| 8 | A reserve of justice remained with the King , and so those who could not get relief in the King 's ordinary courts might , with some hope of success , petition the King and his Council for redress , if not as a matter of right at least as a favour . |
| 9 | When appropriate , members of the family can pray for each other , not as a matter of form , but as a genuine response to Christ 's centrality and reality in the life of the family . |
| 10 | But I simply want to make the the point of planning principle that you do n't as a matter of approach walk away from constrained sites and say , ah well we do n't like that because there 's some constraint , we 'll go and we 'll reallocate an another piece of land somewhere else , and er that 'll come forward more easily . |
| 11 | ‘ No , I did n't as a matter of fact . |
| 12 | He has n't as a matter of fact |