The drama is the story of a detective forced to choose between personal and professional matters.

For the next few hours, she hoped to be thinking and speaking of nothing but professional matters.

"In the course of a friendly discussion on professional matters?"

"May we discuss a professional matter with you in front of others?"

Not only to see you, but I have a professional matter to discuss.

He had another job, a professional matter, to deal with.

This constituted an altogether more active management, which had to concern itself with professional matters.

It had to do with differences over professional matters.

I know little of your country - except professional matters, of course.

And she didn't just say things like that to make you feel good, not about professional matters.