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a matter of

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a matter of doing something
something that needs to be done Staying healthy as you age is often a matter of avoiding weight gain.
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a matter of something

an amount that can be measured The guards will react to an alarm call within a matter of minutes. We were off our course by a matter of ten to twenty miles to the west.
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Instead, it is a matter of compliance with applicable procedural principles, some codified in rules, but more often products of case law.
A Matter of Life and Death Rosemary Altea Tarcher c/o Penguin Publishing Group 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014-3658 9781585425332, $24.
 
 
 
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