At least as a nation and a matter of policy.
As a matter of policy, they did not get involved in such things.
It does not seem a small thing now to have made art a matter of national policy.
"That clearly does not make any sense to us as a policy matter."
The choice should, I think, be a matter of policy.
That is where as a matter of policy we correct.
For America's law schools, this is a matter of educational policy.
But we say that as a matter of public policy, that's not the way the world works out there.
No longer was he to be a free agent in the matter of policy.
They were kept apart from her as a matter of policy.