Example sentences of "issue [is] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second issue is the increase in concentration anticipated in relevant markets , which may be quite narrowly defined . |
| 2 | The final issue is the revision of Article 3(5) of the existing LFA Directive which is proposed for replacement by Article 32.2(b) in the draft Regulation . |
| 3 | The crucial issue is the locality principle . |
| 4 | The issue is the law . |
| 5 | The main underlying issue is the relationship between areas with different levels and stages of development . |
| 6 | For each writer , the problem at issue is the relationship between a social class and its members . |
| 7 | I I have to disagree with er Mr of , I think this criterion is crucially important and in fact what Peter has just said , reemphasises my view that er the important sub-regional and regional issue is the relationship between York and Leeds in this er under this criterion . |
| 8 | At issue is the FBI 's ability to wiretap in future … the FBI is not only asking the industry to dumb down existing software , it wants to prohibit it from developing new technologies that might interfere with the government 's ability to intercept various oral and electronic communications . ’ |
| 9 | Saddam Hussein , for his part , had again declared on Jan. 14 that " the Palestine issue is the crux of the confrontation " . |
| 10 | An important issue is the relevance of βγ- mediated stimulation of inositol phosphate formation to receptor-mediated transmembrane signalling in native plasma membranes and in intact cells . |
| 11 | At issue is the ownership of a collection of thirty early Cubist works — including sixteen Picassos , two Braques , two Derains and ten works by various Czech artists including Emil Filla — acquired before World War I by Vincenc Kramar , a Czech art historian , collector and former director of the National Gallery . |
| 12 | One further major issue is the question of whether the SAS will narrow the expectation gap . |
| 13 | The second issue is the question of the abolition or suspension of capital punishment . |
| 14 | Since one of the points at issue is the question of universality , the research will focus on the language of the emotions and the range of terms available in the vernacular to express them . |
| 15 | The key issue is the question of supply of goods and there is separate provision under s14 of TDA 1968 for services . |
| 16 | But ‘ green products ’ on their own do n't really touch the heart of the problem : at issue is the ideology of consumerism that pervades party politics of left , right and centre . |
| 17 | What is at issue is the way different uses of language realize the complementary relationship between linguistic resources and contextual factors . |
| 18 | That issue is the subject of debate , given the recent Office of Fair Trading report into British Gas . |
| 19 | A remaining issue is the shape of institutions that should be given the task of enforcing/applying competition law . |
| 20 | In the environmental movement the comparable issue is the rights of future generations of humans . |
| 21 | Directly linked to the tapwater issue is the EC 's proposal to control nitrates entering water liable to suffer from eutrophication ( see the discussion in Chapter 1 ) . |
| 22 | The second issue is the adjustment of Value Added Tax in EEC countries to around 15% , as well as the abolition of the considerably lower rate of 6% in a number of countries . |
| 23 | The crucial issue is the resourcing of community economic development ; therefore , we should be asking are the present resources adequate and fairly distributed ? |
| 24 | Another major issue is the cost implications of clozapine . |
| 25 | ( c ) What theme or general issue is the passage concerned with ? |
| 26 | What is at issue is the location of reproduction . |
| 27 | The point at issue is the significance of the phenomenon known as allometry . |
| 28 | It follows that the key issue is the extent to which there was ( or was believed to be ) a significant Soviet threat to those supplies , especially in southern Iran . |
| 29 | One unresolved issue is the extent to which price discriminatory practices can be taken as evidence of market dominance , since one view is that the authorities should only be concerned about such practices if the firm has a dominant position . |
| 30 | A major issue is the extent to which one can take account of the tendency among some people to say that all is well and that they are satisfied with their lot when , objectively , they are living in poverty and destitution . |