what's the matter

The end of conventional childbirth might only be a matter of time.

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.

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

“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.