Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a matter [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four elements here are open to criticism : ( 1 ) the term batteur de mesure had become discredited and much less used by 1790 , because of its association with the bad old days ; ( 2 ) the ‘ large stick ’ whatever its size in 1750 , got markedly smaller by 1790 ; ( 3 ) there was no unified body of opinion which attacked ‘ woodchopping ’ over the decades : in fact Rousseau 's text , and those of his epigones , aspired to make musico-political points in favour of Italian opera as much as about beating time ; ( 4 ) audible stick signals can not be said , at least after 1781 , to have ‘ co-ordinated ’ chorus and ballet , if that implies ‘ heard as a matter of course ’ ; the evidence shows that no audible signal was thereafter heard as a matter of course . |
| 2 | Four elements here are open to criticism : ( 1 ) the term batteur de mesure had become discredited and much less used by 1790 , because of its association with the bad old days ; ( 2 ) the ‘ large stick ’ whatever its size in 1750 , got markedly smaller by 1790 ; ( 3 ) there was no unified body of opinion which attacked ‘ woodchopping ’ over the decades : in fact Rousseau 's text , and those of his epigones , aspired to make musico-political points in favour of Italian opera as much as about beating time ; ( 4 ) audible stick signals can not be said , at least after 1781 , to have ‘ co-ordinated ’ chorus and ballet , if that implies ‘ heard as a matter of course ’ ; the evidence shows that no audible signal was thereafter heard as a matter of course . |
| 3 | Much of the information may be gathered as a matter of course . |
| 4 | Search at the police station should not be undertaken as a matter of routine but only where justified under Lindley v. Rutter . |
| 5 | C has become the de facto primary HLL now taught as a matter of course to all emerging electronics engineers and their education would be regarded as incomplete without it . |
| 6 | This matter , involving the liberty of the subject , was , of course , urgent and should have been listed as a matter of urgency . |
| 7 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
| 8 | They are not given as a matter of course to whoever applies . |
| 9 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 10 | The witness of an insult , or the victim of it , will feel that his dignity is impugned and regarded as a matter for contempt by the person whose conduct he witnesses . |
| 11 | Preparation for the latter may be regarded as a matter of self-training : it needs a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach to all aspects of planning , one which covers curriculum and assessment , teaching , management and organization , finance and resources . |
| 12 | But the question of the terms upon which an injunction may be granted to enforce , or to restrain the enforcement of , a law which is under challenge on Community law grounds , can not in my opinion necessarily be regarded as a matter of procedure for the national law where the imposition of the term under consideration is directed towards preserving rights which may arise under Community law . |
| 13 | It can not be regarded as a matter of indifference whether the unfilled portions of the world shall be peopled by Eastern races , by negroes , by Slavonic or other Eastern European peoples , by the Latin races , or by the races of Northern Europe . |
| 14 | For prestige is treated as a matter of life and death in Avelorn . |
| 15 | The argument is nonsense because it fails to take into account the way women are treated as a matter of course . |
| 16 | The paper will conclude with a plea for the situation to be addressed as a matter of urgency and the case to be presented to appropriate government agencies . |
| 17 | In their May 29 communiqué , ministers said that " we have agreed that a study of NATO command structures should be pursued as a matter of urgency with the aim of streamlining and adapting it to the new situation " . |
| 18 | When the organization is small , the people-orientation strong and the change-orientation marked , then a climate exists which allows all members of the organization to speak and have their ideas considered as a matter of course . |
| 19 | Additionally the following measures were agreed : ( i ) that a joint working party would be set up , charged with defining " political offences in the South African situation " and with advising on " mechanisms for dealing with the release of political prisoners and the granting of immunity " ; ( ii ) that " temporary immunity from prosecution for political offences " would be considered as a matter of urgency for the ANC 's NEC members and others , to enable them to return to the country without fear of prosecution ; ( iii ) that the government would " review existing security legislation to bring it into line with the new dynamic situation developing in South Africa in order to ensure normal and free political activities " ; ( iv ) that the government would work towards the lifting of the state of emergency ; ( v ) that efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC would be set up in order to curb violence and intimidation from whatever quarter . |
| 20 | He did n't want to talk about it , and muttered that he 'd resigned over a matter of principle concerning next year 's timetable . |
| 21 | The statement that ‘ Britain can not afford to go it alone ’ is usually presented as a matter of fact , as a point so strong as to be undebatable . |
| 22 | My concern is that when a child is tested for standard sexually transmitted disease , an HIV test is done as a matter of course without informed consent . |
| 23 | But certain things should be done as a matter of course . |
| 24 | Now unity can be guaranteed simply by using the same material from beginning to end , as is done as a matter of course in many fugues . |
| 25 | But further research was needed on climate change : ‘ Before we can translate this into practical policy and precise targets , there is a lot of work to be done as a matter of urgency . ’ |
| 26 | I think that really does lead us back to the starting point which is the County Council 's view that er er that comprehensive study needs to be done as a matter of urgency and steps are being taken to get that work moving very soon now . |
| 27 | Once changes in the classroom have been made and special items of furniture and equipment have been introduced , they usually come to be accepted as a matter of course and are regarded by pupils as ‘ how things are ’ . |
| 28 | Most of the men who wished to keep the age of consent at 12 and 13 accepted as a matter of course an outlook in which young girls from the working class were perceived to be easy sexual targets . |
| 29 | The conclusions drawn are that perforations should be shot with the biggest charges possible , large negative pressure differentials , and that there needs to be a high shot density ; also that the mud weight over-balance — that is , the degree of pressure maintained above the reservoir 's natural pressure — during drilling should be as low as possible ; and that losses of fluids and solids to the productive reservoirs should never be accepted as a matter of course . |
| 30 | This is very different from the United States where English was already the language of the thirteen original States ; as others joined the Union , English was accepted as a matter of course . |