Mattered in example sentence

But what he found was, these categories mattered, so when he later gave the subjects money, they would prefer to give the money to members of their own group than members of the other group.

More example sentences with word mattered

When oil was at stake, somehow, suddenly, things mattered.

They leveled that playing field and decided the anatomy that mattered was the commonality of anatomy, not the difference in anatomy, and that was a really radical thing to do.

You need to understand that in those places what really mattered was, firstly, the role of Tudman and Milosevic in coming to the agreement, and then the fact those men went, that the regional situation improved, that the European Union could offer Bosnia something extraordinary: the chance to be part of a new thing, a new club, a chance to join something bigger.

We know that's wrong, because we conducted two great natural experiments in the 20th century to see if geography mattered more than institutions.

All example sentences