Example sentences of "issue [adv] is [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Murder , manslaughter , and several other offences are discussed , and one recurrent issue here is whether English law responds proportionately to the different degrees of culpability manifested in cases where death is caused .
2 The issue here is whether provocation should remain a qualified defence to murder , and , if so , how far it should extend .
3 The issue here is whether the statistics on female crime provide an accurate picture of the actual extent of such crime .
4 Variations in the experience of kin support The issue here is whether variations in people 's experience of support within families can be attributed to personal and idiosyncratic factors , or whether those variations are related systematically to the position of the parties in economic and social structures .
5 The crucial issue here is whether or not the effluent is entering a watercourse which is used for water supply or amenity .
6 The issue here is whether the arts can be subsumed under the ‘ humanities ’ or whether they require their own heading , as being different in kind from other human phenomena .
7 What is in issue here is whether it should now be varied .
8 The issue then is whether it can be re-created in the place to which it has moved .
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