By the end of the week he had picked up enough of the tongue to make himself understood for many basic matters.

To many Americans, the right to an abortion was a basic matter of private choice, a decision for the woman to make.

It's a basic matter of what's right and what's wrong.

The spirit, you might call it, is made up of energy, instead of basic matter like you and me.

"I shouldn't have to remind you of such basic matters."

The island's nascent Hindu revival is presently dealing with very basic matters.

It has a biblical reference, meaning the basic matter of what woman and man are made of.

"Issues like these only divert attention from basic educational matters."

A basic matter here is, of course, the fostering of relations with neighbours.

Therefore I think there are two basic matters which need to be tackled urgently.