Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , since there is really no limit to what it might be desirable to know about such matters , the sensible fieldworking anthropologist will recognize his limitations of resources , time and expertise . |
| 2 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan was well qualified to write about such matters . |
| 3 | When , in 1856 , Nikolai Pirogov began to write about educational matters in the press , the government responded by re-establishing the long-dead Academic Committee of the Ministry of Education . |
| 4 | As a boy , of course , I was not to know of such matters , such degradation , such humiliation and indignities . |
| 5 | However the accountability aspect of the appraisal scheme had produced reluctance on the part of many teachers to grapple with controversial matters such as this in the self-appraisal and led teachers into producing reports for a public audience . |
| 6 | It also recommends that excavations be coordinated at a national level , albeit at the same time as more powers are devolved to the regions , this decentralisation freeing the CSRS of its administrative and financial role and giving it the freedom to concentrate on scholarly matters , with — and this is a novelty — systematic recourse to the advice of outside experts . |
| 7 | In her present state of mind it was almost beyond her capabilities to concentrate on practical matters . |
| 8 | I do not want to concentrate on procedural matters , but , as the hon. Gentleman said , it is curious that the Bill has not been introduced by the Government , especially as the Nurses , Midwives and Health Visitors Bill has just completed its Committee stage . |
| 9 | If we are to improve our general education standards we must have funding for the system and an inspectorate able to comment on that matter . |
| 10 | It has never been the Royal Family 's policy to comment on private matters . |
| 11 | I 'd like to comment on this matter of the relationship between the western relief road and a possible inner northern relief road . |
| 12 | Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously . |
| 13 | It has been the long-standing practice under Governments of both parties not to comment on operational matters , and we do not intend to depart from that precedent . |
| 14 | The individual bourgeois who felt called upon to comment on public matters knew that a letter to The Times or the Neue Freie Presse would not merely reach a large part of his class and the decision makers , but , what was more important , that it would be printed on the strength of his standing as an individual . |
| 15 | Even if , in the end , we have to agree to differ on some matters , grievances should be discussed , not camouflaged . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person under investigation or any other person to produce at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified any specified documents which appear to the Director to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation or any documents of a specified description which appear to him so to relate ; and — ( a ) if any such documents are produced , the Director may — ( i ) take copies or extracts from them ; ( ii ) require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them ; ( b ) if any such documents are not produced , the Director may require the person who was required to produce them to state , to the best of his knowledge and belief , where they are . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) To require the person whose affairs are to be investigated ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) To require any other person ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 19 | It means ‘ to stand by decided matters . ’ ’ |
| 20 | He does not wish to talk about this matter . ’ |
| 21 | All of that was sorted out and agreed and that 's the way to progress in these matters . |
| 22 | well I do think I have , I have those points , erm , I do n't want to stop you Mr er , and I do repeat I 'm going to , I 'm going to rule on these matters and both parties have er , erm , will have certainly have full liberty to come back and , and deal with them , I just wanted to know in outline the present parties er to the future of these proceedings |
| 23 | Though it is now unfashionable to dwell on such matters , there is in sport an insistence upon physical supremacy and the partisanship of an elite , strength through enjoyment and the worship of the hero , the bond of uniform and nationalism , lying uneasily parallel to the appeal of those same traits in popular Fascism . |
| 24 | He hardly had time to dwell on such matters , however . |
| 25 | Dr Watson agreed to look into this matter and to contact Health & Safety . |
| 26 | I should be grateful if you would ask your enforcement officer to look into this matter . |
| 27 | ‘ If Cllr Murphy is aware of any specific incidence of malpractice or wrongdoing , he should detail the same in writing to either the chief executive or the independent consultants appointed to look into this matter , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Committees of enquiry can be set up ad hoc to look into particular matters , but a government can always prevent one being set up if it fears that the results may be embarrassing , since a majority of the Assemblée must vote for their creation . |
| 29 | A number of working groups have been set up by the Council to look at these matters , but the truth is that the whole curriculum approach is rendered horrendously difficult by the subject structure and by the inevitable fact that the various subject working party reports are coming on stream over a period of at least four to five years . |
| 30 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |