Sentence examples for tangential matter from inspiring English sources

Given the volatile debates at the same time about practitioner remuneration, hospital control, and research funding, it is hardly surprising that even on an apparently tangential matter such as lay cancer education the Ministry wanted neither to offend the BECC or (much worse) the BMA, nor to cede any territory to them.

When doing fast research, do not allow yourself to be waylaid by interesting but tangential subject matter.

Musings about these and other tangential matters — would Solness have sported the quirky eyeglass frames that contemporary architects are said to favor?

Major battles were also shaping up on the tangential matters of when airports must begin screening bags for explosives and whether companies that make high-technology equipment should be protected from federal lawsuits.

With the quadrennial ritual of presidential debates now under way, the discussion has turned, as ever, to tangential matters like which candidate seems more statesmanlike and which one is more telegenic.

"This is not a tangential issue," Mr. Heidinger said.

Indeed, the investigation was not about some tangential issue.

And, health care was — at best — a tangential topic.

Frankel also faults Applebaum for not having written about matters tangential or irrelevant to the topic of this book — how Soviet colonization "might have been forestalled," for example — and for not speculating about "what methods of intervention for freedom" should be applied now in Cuba, North Korea, Syria or China.

Facebook's official response to the anger was odd, and strangely tangential to the matter at hand.

"At the same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends' negativity might lead people to avoid visiting Facebook". Facebook's official response to the anger was odd, and strangely tangential to the matter at hand.