Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a matter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since in the epi-classical period the differences between legacies and trusts persisted there is no reason to suppose that the publisher of Scaevola 's works would have used the terms interchangeably as a matter of deliberate policy . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At the heart of her case lies the claim that the merchant , like the monk , is not generous as a virtue but rather as a matter of " " calculated business policy " " , for the sake of appearing creditworthy : We may creaunce whil we have a name , But goldlees for to be , it is no game . |
| 4 | Intolerance is conceptualized basically as a matter of attitudes , and is said to be constituted by prejudice . |
| 5 | Another famous figure , Joan Mirö , initially praised by Breton as ‘ the most Surrealist ’ painter , later described his Surrealist phase as having lasted only for a matter of months . |
| 6 | After another six months I was asked to attend the physiotherapy department for treatment ; this did bring some relief , but only for a matter of hours . |
| 7 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 8 | ‘ Because you are in your thirties , I will arrange for you to have an amniocentesis test , but only as a matter of course . ’ |
| 9 | It persists only as a matter of ingrained habit , not ideology . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | Any essential communication should be sent in writing and all letters of acceptance should be sent in as a matter of urgency . |
| 14 | Like more orthodox Christians , the alchemists maintained that mankind had suffered a fall ; but this lapse from grace was not seen merely as a matter of original sin . |
| 15 | He was , perhaps , more powerfully so , and not merely as a matter of proximate generation but precisely because such strenuous efforts had been made to exclude him . |
| 16 | But quite clearly this is a more expensive use of beds in residential establishments , when people simply come in for a matter of days or week or two weeks , rather than coming in on a permanent basis . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I have proved this theory wrong to my own satisfaction having kept females together for a matter of years , in which time they were never mated . |
| 20 | What the doctor is saying is that he had to continue treatment , because it was right to do so as a matter of public policy . |
| 21 | So as a matter of fact we can we can actually fulfil their requirement . |
| 22 | All this will be sorted out , perhaps in a matter of hours … |
| 23 | From 936/1530 to well beyond the limits of the present study the office was held continuously by Ottoman scholars , a survey of whose careers suggests that if the office was not a mevleviyet from 936/1530 it was so from a matter of a very few years thereafter . |
| 24 | Certainly it was once hoped , particularly after the devastation of the last war , that modern architecture might with the aid of science and technology provide mankind with a wholly satisfying new environment — and do so in a matter of a few decades . |
| 25 | I bought something very quickly in the area where we had planned to buy before , and moved in in a matter of weeks , decorating the place with the help of my mum and dad and furnishing it with the family 's cast-offs and a sofa-bed which Nick gave me . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The speed of transmission varies from 6 minutes down to a matter of seconds per A4 page , depending on the type of fax machine used . |
| 28 | In the end it all comes down to a matter of priorities . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And rail watchdogs would like more improvements elsewhere as a matter of course . |