Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] such matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little self-reflection about such matters may be even more important for some men than improving sexual techniques … |
| 2 | Final responsibility for such matters as deciding on the suitability of foster homes was devolved to twelve regional committees formed to coincide with the boundaries of the government-designated defence areas . |
| 3 | May I ask you , Mr. Speaker , to seek some way to force , make , persuade or otherwise cajole the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who has responsibility for such matters to make a statement to the House ? |
| 4 | I have received no request for a statement , but the hon. Gentleman 's point of order will have been heard by those Ministers with responsibility for such matters . |
| 5 | I wish that it were possible to bring more of those who are responsible for them to justice , but , as my hon. Friend knows , because he makes a close study of such matters , it is often impossible for the police to identify those who are responsible . |
| 6 | Helping the older individual deal with such matters is therefore within the competence of the counsellor . |
| 7 | What I should have said was that there was no serious dispute among professionals of quality who had any discernment in such matters . |
| 8 | In the light of what the Minister said and the undoubted expertise of the Royal Air Force in such matters , will he undertake that that expertise and high public regard will not be lightly thrown away ? |
| 9 | Messrs. A. R. Brakspear , J. C. Walker and J. F. Cooper ( the fifth of his family in succession to hold the office of Town Clerk ) were appointed as Trustees , their role being a legal necessity which required them to act as designated signatories of the Club in such matters as Land Conveyances , Water Board Agreements , etc . |
| 10 | He himself had received letters from all over England , seeking his advice on questions of conscience , and found that it was unsatisfactory for Anglicans to have to rely on Roman Catholic literature for guidance in such matters . |
| 11 | Thus it is currently carrying out an environmental audit which will guide its policies in future on such matters as the use of energy , water purification , and fertilisers . |
| 12 | We gained ready access to heads ' thinking on such matters , especially in the sample schools . |
| 13 | The laird there himself , a brother of Netherby the chief , gave them God-speed most civilly , once across , the fact that they were Scots invading English soil seemingly holding no significance for him , Borderers keeping an open mind on such matters . |
| 14 | Wensley ( 1981 ) says that management must decide how much effort should be exerted on CAPM compared to the strategic analysis of competitive advantage , but the position adopted here is that the two concepts are related and that effort on one ought to improve understanding of the other , even if little research on such matters has yet been performed . |
| 15 | I am a stranger to such matters . |
| 16 | Learning diaries are being used increasingly by such bodies as the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) and by professional bodies such as HCIMA who are seeking to credit prior learning in support of such matters as |
| 17 | All kinds of infrastructure are being provided , both through the expenditure of public moneys under programmes organised by , for instance , the Department of the Environment and the Department of Transport , and through the provision of large amounts of private-sector capital in the case of such matters as telecommunications infrastructure . |
| 18 | AIB had just the man for this task — an engineering inspector with more experience of such matters than any other I have met . |
| 19 | If the hon. Gentleman thinks that that is odd it merely shows that , in common with the hon. Member for Livingston , he has had no experience of such matters . |
| 20 | There were also difficulties for staff who undertook priority work for such matters as public enquiries , and required access at times when the Registry was closed , eg at lunchtime and hours outside the normal working day . |
| 21 | In the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Law Merchant , apart from maritime law and prize law ( see p. 40 ) , was absorbed into the Common Law ; thus the law of such matters as Bills of Exchange came to be part of the law of the land , and came to have a specially English character . |
| 22 | In part leading to such research , in part stemming from it , radical changes in the public attitude towards such matters have taken place in the last quarter-century . |
| 23 | If the publication of such matter has not incurred penalties under the law it should not be excluded from libraries on any moral , political , religious or racial ground alone , to satisfy any sectional interest . |
| 24 | President Nixon , whose grasp of such matters was immortalized on tape in ‘ Well , I do n't give a [ expletive deleted ] about the lira ’ ( quoted Williamson , 1977 , p. 175 ) , responded on 15 August 1971 by suspending indefinitely the convertibility of the dollar into gold . |
| 25 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 26 | The importance of the law in such matters is in creating a centre of power which makes it possible to enforce moral duties . |
| 27 | They adhere to Judaic law in such matters as circumcision , observance of the Sabbath and dietary restrictions . |
| 28 | Haines was a strange mixture , a man with a romantic vision for the future of the first conquest of Queen Victoria 's reign , a skilful politician amongst Arabs but not amongst his fellow-countrymen , with a sailor 's practicality in such matters as building a town but not in administration . |
| 29 | The lack of enthusiasm for social expenditure in the Treasury produced a remarkable lack of foresight in such matters . |
| 30 | This must and inevitably will change as society develops in its outlook on such matters . |