The phrase "a matter of underlying" is not complete and lacks clarity in written English.
It can be used when discussing fundamental issues or principles that support a particular situation or argument, but it needs additional context to be fully effective.
Example: "The conflict is really a matter of underlying economic disparities that have persisted for decades."
Alternatives: "a question of fundamental" or "an issue of basic".
Africa missed out on the Green Revolution that helped Asia on its way because, among other things, its soils often lack nutrients that Asian countries possess (it's a matter of the underlying geology of the two continents).
It is also a matter of how robust its underlying system is against perturbations [3].
Although the molecular mechanism underlying cytokinesis has been a matter of intense investigation, the molecular mechanism underlying YSL formation is only just beginning to be elucidated (Takesono et al., 2012).
This paper illustrated just some of the possible consequences that stem from the comforting but ultimately erroneous assumption that accounting for quality is a matter of capturing the preexisting and underlying essence of quality through the application of timeless and technical scientific principles.
The erasure of sexual difference enables a metaphysics of substance in which sexual identity is a matter of fixed and pre-determined being, of underlying essences or common properties, rather than a form of becoming and self-generation.
"As a matter of conviction, we believe in the fundamental, underlying historical reliability of the biblical record," Brown said.
Underlying causes are a matter of speculation.
Typically, MSR declines following acclimation of microbes to higher temperatures, although underlying mechanisms are a matter of debate.
If, however, evolution proceeds along a single pathway and yet that pathway is just one of a number of possible routes to a range of phenotypes with equivalent fitness, then determining the underlying causes becomes a matter of interest.
However, the precise mechanisms underlying PES are still a matter of debate [ 21].
