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matter of time |
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a matter of time sure to happen at some time in the future. If she wins next year's congressional race, it seems only a matter of time before she ends up running for the Senate. Usage notes: usually used with only or just: It's just a matter of time before prices for the newest computer come down. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When he at last became a free man again, he said he believed he would hunt up a brisker seat of learning; the Heidelberg lectures might be good, but the opportunities of attending them were too rare, the educational process too slow; he said he had come to Europe with the idea that the acquirement of an education was only a matter of time, but if he had averaged the Heidelberg system correctly, it was rather a matter of eternity. If not yet of her world, he knew now that his becoming so would be hereafter purely a matter of time. After that the senior partnership was only a matter of time. |
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