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 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | So as a matter of fact we can we can actually fulfil their requirement . |
| 19 | All this will be sorted out , perhaps in a matter of hours … |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And rail watchdogs would like more improvements elsewhere as a matter of course . |
| 23 | Domestic policy he tended , with a few exceptions such as social security ( where he would reprise his old refrain about the law of averages coming to the rescue of the millions ) , to regard largely as a matter of ‘ drains ’ . |
| 24 | Indeed , Franco envisaged the war largely as a matter of internal order , in which the Armed Forces played the role of policeman : " The defence of internal peace and order constitutes the sacred mission of a nation 's Armed Forces and this is the mission we have carried out . " |
| 25 | But , if so , it will be just as a matter of fact . |
| 26 | Now , ’ Thiercelin took out notebook and pencil , ‘ just as a matter of routine , might I ask you to relate once again the circumstances of Herr Hamnett 's business with you ? ’ |
| 27 | Now , just as a matter of interest , whilst I remember , how are we off for manuscript paper ? |
| 28 | Just as a matter of interest , what were you doing on Sunday ? ’ |
| 29 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 30 | Just as a matter of interest , would you have believed me if I 'd said that I 'd bumped into an old acquaintance near the museum ? ’ |