From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishas a matter of somethingas a matter of somethingbecause of a particular belief or quality He invited her as a matter of courtesy. As a matter of fairness, he should be allowed to give his version of events. → matter
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as a matter of something• Governors were kept informed but as a decision of the headteachers rather than as a matter of right.• Before the Act the courts had, as a matter of sentencing practice, isolated two different types of affray.• They have agreed to look into the pensioner's plight as a matter of urgency if Miss Early gets in touch.• Ford executives are reluctant to say as matter of corporate policy.• He hit the deck, moulding himself into the shadow as a matter of conditioned reflex.• So, as a matter of fact, did Ted Tollner.• In the Court of Appeal the majority held that, as a matter of construction, the clause did not apply.• Beauty mainly torments us, as a matter of fact. 