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  • Aquinas' discussion is so brief and matter-of- fact that its importance is easily lost.

    Matt J. Rossano: The Theological Dilemma Of Medieval Neuroscience Matt J. Rossano 2011

  • Brunick explains his approach quite matter-of- factly: “I thought of it the way you might think of running a national presidential campaign.

    Tribeca Film: Future of Film: Alternative Cinema Strikes Back Tribeca Film 2012

  • Aquinas' discussion is so brief and matter-of- fact that its importance is easily lost.

    Matt J. Rossano: The Theological Dilemma Of Medieval Neuroscience Matt J. Rossano 2011

  • "She was really gorgeous and a really attractive 'girly girl,' but could sit down and talk about breaking a land-speed record or flying a war bird in a very matter-of fact-way," Ms. Wagstaff said.

    A Match for Men in the Skies Stephen Miller 2011

  • "Have you enough money?" he asked her matter-of factly.

    You Don't Take Names Ajay Nair 2010

  • "She hides," she said matter-of factly "I found her in the storage closet once, and just a couple of years ago, she hid out in one of the neighbor's cottages that had already been evacuated."

    Dolls Paul de Denus 2010

  • The book's brutality is sickening in places, yet each voice is distinct and matter-of fact, the imagery lucid, spare and uncompromising.

    First novels 2010

  • She swallowed back tears at the mere thought and went on in a matter-of - fact way: "But that was before I knew that you had all this -- 1 thought you were just a doctor."

    You Don't Take Names Ajay Nair 2010

  • The crackly voice, the clipped, matter-of fact delivery, the wry chuckle.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • "Will you be able to hold him with one arm?" she asked matter-of factly.

    Politics 101 2010

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