Example sentences of "matter [Wh adv] [adj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Apart from some of the empirical problems mentioned earlier , a fundamental point is whether correlation , no matter how good it might be , proves causality .
2 She could n't afford to stay in a boarding-house , no matter how cheap it might be , so she 'd have to stay in the cottage .
3 She says the volunteers who answer the phone are prepared to deal any problem a child contacts them with , no matter how small it may seem .
4 No matter how legitimate it might be to define the scope of linguistics in this way ( and this is currently a controversial matter ) , it will not do for language pedagogy .
5 Otherwise fear of diversion will inhibit any change no matter how necessary it may be .
6 If this was jewellery , she could not possibly accept it , no matter how appropriate it might be for the gown she was wearing .
7 It is something of a family tendency to think everything is enormously exciting no matter how ordinary it might appear to others .
8 Weber actually recognized that the distinction between politics and administration can not withstand philosophical scrutiny : ‘ Every problem no matter how technical it might seem , can assume political significance and its solution can be decisively influenced by political considerations ’ ( Diamant , 1963 , p. 85 ) .
9 Please forward any information , no matter how insufficient it may seem to ‘ Greater broad backed bookworm enquiry ’ QPBC bookstall .
10 Make it absolutely clear , as I did , that you are prepared to fight back at any time of the day or night no matter how painful it may be ; and that you will keep on fighting until the day you finally beat them .
11 Prompt antibiotic treatment , aggressive resuscitation , and debridement of the surgical wound , no matter how clean it may appear on the surface , is essential for successful management .
12 ‘ Everyone should be particularly vigilant and report anything of a suspicious nature immediately , no matter how trivial it may appear to be , ’ said Beardall .
13 The climbing predator is in no position to start chasing after the cackling parent bird , no matter how tempting it may be .
14 Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own .
15 On the contrary , they would have the normal reason for disregarding any belief or information on that score : that the law is the law and must be followed , no matter how unpopular it might be in the present climate of political opinion .
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