Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a matter [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal adviser said that any factual errors would be put right as a matter of course and if there was a professional disagreement they could perhaps discuss how to change the wording of the report . |
| 2 | ‘ Because you are in your thirties , I will arrange for you to have an amniocentesis test , but only as a matter of course . ’ |
| 3 | On behalf of the Crown it was contended that the law did not recognise any such general principle as was involved in the primary submission for Woolwich , that the facts of the case did not meet the established principles governing the restitution of sums paid under duress , and that the revenue were never under any obligation to make any repayment and did so only as a matter of grace . |
| 4 | Now , Woolwich having won that litigation , the revenue asserts that it was never under any obligation to repay the money , and that it in fact repaid it only as a matter of grace . |
| 5 | If it 's something like that erm , all will go back and check that erm the researcher in as a matter of course , a couple of months and make sure |
| 6 | Any essential communication should be sent in writing and all letters of acceptance should be sent in as a matter of urgency . |
| 7 | because of the way it tends to bind many poorer consumers into using just one type of credit ( considerably more costly than non-collection types ) more or less as a matter of course . |
| 8 | Mr and Mr , quite rightly as a matter of fact , suggest that er most of the employment development over the last ten years has taken place on the north side of York . |
| 9 | So as a matter of fact we can we can actually fulfil their requirement . |
| 10 | On the evidence of what was seen at Goodison Park , neither side has any outstanding strengths or glaring weaknesses and the whole puzzling equation simply comes down to a matter of confidence . |
| 11 | Governments would have to give way more often to the opinions of back-benchers , and not force every measure through as a matter of confidence . |
| 12 | And rail watchdogs would like more improvements elsewhere as a matter of course . |
| 13 | Now , ’ Thiercelin took out notebook and pencil , ‘ just as a matter of routine , might I ask you to relate once again the circumstances of Herr Hamnett 's business with you ? ’ |
| 14 | But , if so , it will be just as a matter of fact . |
| 15 | We welcome people from every party , it does n't really matter which party , or even if they belong to no party , who are just committed to seeing a representative representation , seeing more women in there , because women in this country , just as a matter of fact , have a rather different experience from most men , and if you 're making a decision then you want there the people who have had a wide range of experience , who can bring that experience to bear on making the decision . |
| 16 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 17 | Now , just as a matter of interest , whilst I remember , how are we off for manuscript paper ? |
| 18 | Just as a matter of interest , what were you doing on Sunday ? ’ |
| 19 | Just as a matter of interest , would you have believed me if I 'd said that I 'd bumped into an old acquaintance near the museum ? ’ |
| 20 | For a few moments they moved in silence , then he said , ‘ Just as a matter of interest , why did you come to this party ? ’ |
| 21 | Could I ask Mr Chairman , just as a matter of interest , it 's first community care as much as I , , really , erm , what , what if any , erm , alteration will there be to the volunt to volunteers that continue at the moment , will |
| 22 | Just as a matter of interest I was gon na bring up onto the er planning minutes for the tenth of January but as I was n't allowed er The I had a phone call from the electricity board following the erm erm discussions that we had about the power supply on Road , they 'd received a follow up enquiry from the press , if you recall we expressed concern that we thought that secured following the harsh winter three years ago . |
| 23 | Just just as a matter of interest , Graham , I was looking at the er , the rates yesterday , cos I 've been paying my mortgage over ten ye , over the last eleven years , and erm , bearing in mind the premiums I 've been paying before my endowments would have been er , er , you 'd expect to be more recent , because I was er , young |
| 24 | Just as a matter of interest , how would that relate to the er , claim for the housewife , who had had a finger amputated . |
| 25 | And t' other week I were up there and I I was just asking woman just as a matter of interest love , I said , how much . |
| 26 | Just as a matter of curiosity , what 's your name ? ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |