1.   Alton said he was prepared to take the matter up with the Ministry of Health if necessary.

2.   As a result, some countries have taken matters into their own hands.

3.   Finally the women of Buntong Tiga can stand it no longer - they take matters into their own hands.

4.   I am going to take the matter up with the company to try to save the jobs for Worcester.

5.   Local people took matters into their own hands and hired their own security guards.

6.   She then took matters into her own hands.

7.   She was more than capable of taking matters into her own hands.

8.   Synthesizing any new protein molecule from scratch takes a matter of minutes.

9.   The city council took matters into its own hands and set a date for the meeting.

10.   The hospital manager has promised to take the matter up with the member of staff involved.