matter of necessity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmatterandnecessity
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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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necessity
noun
uk/nəˈses.ə.ti/us/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofmatterandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Like the dog who has rightness of will naturally, the angel who wills rightly as amatterofnecessityis neither just nor unjust.
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The latter shows religion to exist not only as a matter of contingent fact but, rather, as amatterofnecessity.
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As amatterofnecessitythe council has frozen all non-salary and contractual budgets for the last three years.
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I for one am absolutely with him on the need, as amatterofnecessity, to make the maternity grant non-contributory.
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As amatterofnecessitythe need does not exist and as a matter of practicality it will not work.
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I should presume it is amatterofnecessityinstead of strict financial purity.
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The issue is interesting, because a public-private partnership is amatterofnecessityrather than choice.
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Nowadays it is amatterofnecessityto all except the very poorest.
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This enlarging on the financial side of the question is not a matter of parsimony or acquisitiveness, but it is amatterofnecessity.
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I am happy to support this report which recognizes that developing a strategy to deal with tax fraud is amatterofnecessity.
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Much more can be done when it becomes amatterofnecessity.
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Another area is the operation of the labour market and how it is changing as amatterofnecessity.
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It can be amatterofnecessityor an accident of history.
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This is not a matter of choice; it is amatterofnecessityfor the community; these are services for the community.
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Often they work as amatterofnecessity.
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It had to be done as amatterofnecessityfor the wage-earner, who had to be put on pay-as-you-earn.
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People should not be driven as amatterofnecessity, rather than of choice, into residential care, which may not be in their interests.
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It is almost amatterofnecessity, and in the course of time these landless men will be provided for.
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It is amatterofnecessity.
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