Sentence examples for mattered almost from inspiring English sources

In the Iowa caucus, expectations have historically mattered almost as much as actual results.

With a bit of luck (which Freud thought mattered almost as much as what happened in analysis), you might find yourself with someone like Leslie Farber.

Also, he grew up not only in a climate of loss, but in a world where utterance itself was closely watched and guarded, and where poetry, in all its purity and secret signs, mattered almost as much as prayer.

Although Gawker did a fine job of alerting its readers to what was going on as well as explaining why it mattered, almost nothing appeared on this for the rest of the day, with only a few minor outlets bothering to discuss it all (although those that did usually did so quite competently).

It may not be pretty, but it matters almost too much.

Emotion matters almost as much as policy, and candidates are scrambling to stand out.

For the appreciation of jazz, context matters almost as much as the quality of the playing.

We know family matters, we know friends matter, yet neighborhoods matter almost equally.

The "where" of Rose Live Music seemed to matter almost as much as the "what" of the music making.

As the political scientist Jonathan Bernstein notes, and as my research has found, performance relative to expectations can matter almost as much as the order of finish.

Cameron's negotiation, like his decision to call a referendum in the first place, matters almost entirely in relation to the internal politics of his party.