So we concluded that it was better to get the matter settled one way or the other.

Only with that matter settled would he be able to bend his mind to more important things.

The general anxiety was to see the matter settled quickly.

The President wants the matter settled one way or the other.

War may break any day now and the boys want the matter settled.

But by then, of course, the matter would have been pretty well settled, one way or the other.

With the matter settled, Kelly could only watch as the others set off.

With the matter settled, they began to climb toward the surface.

"We see this as a much faster way of having the matter settled," he said.

If that had been all, matters would have settled down.