Example sentences of "issue [be] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The constitutional issue is at the top of Scots ’ minds because they are now making the direct link between Scotland 's lack of democracy and the theft of our water , the state of the economy and the injustice of Tory plans to tax heating and freeze the poor . ’ |
| 2 | The erm , any other areas that I 've drew particular attention as a , as a , key issue is on the matter of er legality and doing work for other bodies , which has been an issue here which er , as you may recall we mentioned that in the last two or three years . |
| 3 | I 'm , I 'm , I 'm , I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry Councillor , but you obviously have n't been listening to debate this morning , the issue is about the settlement that we have received . |
| 4 | A full discussion of that issue is beyond the scope of this book , but I would agree with those commentators who argue that its persistence tells us a great deal more about the present than the past . |
| 5 | A lengthy discussion of this issue is beyond the scope of this work but given its importance in relation to the socialist project I shall make some comments . |
| 6 | This issue is beyond the scope of this book and the interested reader is referred to papers by Studdert-Kennedy and Shankweiler ( 1970 ) , Shankweiler ( 1971 ) , Blumstein ( 1974 ) , Cutting ( 1974 ) , Darwin ( 1974 ) , Liberman ( 1974 ) , Berlin and MacNeill ( 1976 ) and Berlin ( 1977 ) . |
| 7 | The issue was at the centre of the talks between the UK Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , and Badran during Hurd 's visit to Jordan on May 30-31 , 1990 . |
| 8 | This issue was at the heart of the Report of the Layfield Committee on Local Government Finance ( Cmnd 6453 ) published in 1976 . |