matter of convenience
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmatterandconvenience
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matter
noun
uk/ˈmæt.ər/us/ˈmæt̬.ɚ/
a situation or subject that is being dealt with ...
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convenience
noun
uk/kənˈviː.ni.əns/us/kənˈviː.ni.əns/
the state of ...
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(Definition ofmatterandconveniencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Patients with prostate cancer were selected as amatterofconvenienceand because they have well-documented decision-making challenges ahead of them (8;14;22;25).
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I chose to set my zero of wellbeing at the level of a constantly neutral life, but that was arbitrary - amatterofconvenienceonly.
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The two-part structuring of the book is at best amatterofconvenience.
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Creation of volunteer programmes for seniors is thus amatterofconvenience.
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The connection between the two approaches reduces their choice to amatterofconvenience.
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Partly these were amatterofconvenience, avoiding linguistic differences or the need to recruit foreign factors.
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Further, extended-family living arrangements are often amatterofconvenience, and the composition of these homes can change frequently.
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As amatterofconvenience, biodiversity loss is usually quantified in terms of the rate of loss of species diversity.
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We stress, however, that it is not a requirement, just amatterofconvenience. 14.
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It is purely amatterofconveniencewhether we do it at one go or from time to time.
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But in this case it is amatterofconvenienceand general structure.
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It was done as amatterofconvenience.
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The exchange of personnel now being made is simply amatterofconvenienceand does not make any change in policy.
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I have indicated that we are doing that, and it then becomes amatterofconvenience.
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Partly, as has been candidly explained, it was amatterofconvenience.
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This is amatterofconveniencefor the better conduct of agriculture in general.
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This produces a reaction from the judiciary that something should be done as amatterofconvenienceto reform the whole system.
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It is a smallmatterofconvenienceand efficiency.
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That might have been done on principle, but it might also have been amatterofconvenience.
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This is not a matter of principles; it is amatterofconvenience.
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