matter of necessity

Example Sentences

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It was a matter of necessity, but he found that he was able to enrich the soil through his use of diverse cover crops.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

The Home Office and Department for Education had opposed the legal challenge, saying the use of hotels for unaccompanied children was lawful and "a matter of necessity".

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

Now that he was running for Senate, such contrition was a matter of necessity.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2020

It’s a matter of necessity, says Stephan von Dassel, mayor of Mitte district.

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2019

That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller