Example sentences of "have be [vb pp] [prep] a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Rutland was typical of agrarian society it would have been understood as a matter of course that most men were peasant farmers and smallholders ; indeed , husbandman was the commonest description there , followed by labourers and servants whose status was one of dependence , and landless peasants who did not conform to the stereotype of a society composed of small independent producers . |
| 2 | It is scarcely conceivable in the political climate of the time that the alternative would have been adopted as a matter of policy , but that it was avoided at the cost of serious reductions in the level of policing in much of the country suggests a conscious choice . |
| 3 | This matter , involving the liberty of the subject , was , of course , urgent and should have been listed as a matter of urgency . |
| 4 | If Kelly 's fall had happened on a racecourse , she would have been sidelined as a matter of course . |
| 5 | Japan has few natural resources of its own , and any threat to those it does have is seen as a matter of life and death to the Japanese people . |