Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] a matter of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , dismissing both appeals , the tape recording of an interview was itself the primary exhibit , although as a matter of convenience it was usual for the prosecution , with the consent of the defence , to provide an abbreviated transcript of its contents for the use of the court and the jury . |
| 2 | As has been shown , analysis of NCTs main 1979 survey results demonstrates that in general poorer people , less well educated people , those in lower social classes , old people and women rather than men are less well informed about credit , and more likely to use a type of credit out of habit or convenience rather than as a matter of rational choice . |
| 3 | Governors were kept informed but as a decision of the headteachers rather than as a matter of right . |
| 4 | The exception to this approach was reflected in the willingness to cap institutional claims — an issue which on the whole was regarded as a strategic and tactical consideration in the relationship between the profession and the lending institutions , rather than as a matter of high principle . |
| 5 | The object of our scientific interest is these alterations themselves , not ( except as a matter of subsidiary , intermediate or even incidental interest ) the relationships governing prices and quantities in the equilibrium situation . |
| 6 | The benefit which the taxpayers in this case received was the placing of their children in surplus places at the college , if as a matter of discretion the college agreed to do so . |
| 7 | Causation in fact deals with the question of whether as a matter of fact the damage was caused by the breach of duty . |
| 8 | For the second question and answer we did n't even bother to load the camera , though as a matter of courtesy , we let him carry on bawling . |
| 9 | His people kept him monstrously short — ’ I ca n't wait till they discover the debts I 've made ; though as a matter of fact I can wait , it would be wiser too . ’ |
| 10 | I chose to speak for the motion rather than against , for as a matter of hard fact devolution was dead . |