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The fact that no one has stepped forward with a firsthand account of false accusation is immaterial because the em dash drama plays on existing anxieties.

"I don't know whether additional ships will be needed to remove everything or not, but to my mind that's largely immaterial," he said.

Local board acceptance is immaterial in California and normally handled as a point of information.

The play, about a fanciful tour guide of a dull and stately English country house who runs into conflict with a factually fastidious official at the historic property, was almost immaterial.

In court documents seen by BBC News, the lawyers asked for multiple amendments to Ms Mangroe's complaint, insisting certain paragraphs are "immaterial" and "scandalous".