Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] be a matter " in BNC.

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1 Then there is a need for rules which legitimate the intervention of one state in the internal affairs of another where this is a matter of urgent humanity .
2 Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up .
3 And when it does we make it explicit that this is a matter of choice and consent .
4 If all is relative , then protest against racism , sexism and so forth is at root an arbitrary subjective one — why should n't somebody be racist if all is a matter of mere opinion or expediency ?
5 They might have gone higher but this is a matter of principle .
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