Sentence examples for matters means from inspiring English sources

Getting an entire column right — spelling matters — means 20 points.

(And the Dolans' control of the stock that matters means that only their opinions of Thomas matter).

That means an army of young hopefuls, eager for a job but ill-equipped to do one.Improving matters means ditching the outdated notion that education happens first and employment later, says Mona Mourshed of McKinsey.

The confluence of the recession and the losses from terrorism, among other matters, means that the city is bracing for a sharp decline in expected tax revenues -- about $1.3 billion less this fiscal year.

Administration officials say that Ms. Rice's choice of a colleague with expertise in trade and economic matters means that she realizes such issues will occupy much of her time, as they did Mr. Powell's, to his initial surprise.

Re "Conservatives' Focus on Fiscal Matters Means Few Care About a Gay Republican" (news analysis, Aug. 27): I have ambivalent feelings toward the news about Ken Mehlman, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, who recently announced that he was gay.

His point is taken: nothing ultimately, means anything, but in the moment, we forget that, and become convinced that inconsequential matters mean the world.

But he told Army Radio in Israel that a "policy of ambiguity" on security matters meant he would not comment directly on the allegations.

Schemes like Reading Matters mean that children in secondary school who need support with their reading are given it by other students further up in the school.

In Alam Buana, the almost total absence of the state agency in irrigation matters meant more room for the subak.

His explanation, his word, on this matter means as much as Roger Clemens's on family values.