degenerate matter

Nixon said defending the two islands was “a matter of principle.”

I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!

I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.

“And the matter of the will was all disposed of by the probate judge today, I hear,” said the judge, his hand on the door.

The first month I was here, when there were only five of us, it was quite another matter, but now the room is crowded every time.

Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.