Example sentences of "[adj] issue was [art] " in BNC.

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1 This issue was the subject of the previous chapter and will not be discussed here , except to identify the implications for management development .
2 A controversial issue was the future ownership of the assets of the PUWP ; a parliamentary commission had been set up shortly before the conference to investigate the extent to which such assets , valued by the party at some US$70,000,000 , should be forfeited as illegally acquired from the state .
3 Commenting on the possibility of German reunification , Worner said that a debate within the alliance on that issue was a matter of time , and that NATO was ready for eventual reunification if it was the expressed will of the German people .
4 Increasingly , the key domestic political issue was the forthcoming presidential election of 1992 .
5 The serious issue was the dispute over the proper amount of remuneration .
6 However , the national issue was a continuing line of sharp rocks for the frail craft of Social Democracy .
7 The key issue was the precise timing and stage at which the Irish government would enter such talks .
8 At the 13th congress of the Spanish Communist Party ( PCE ) in Madrid on Dec. 19-22 a key issue was the PCE 's future as an independent party within the United Left ( IU ) alliance .
9 Another key issue was the question of greater powers for Scotland .
10 Another major issue was the Soviet Union 's part in German unification .
11 The most important issue was the injustice and violence of the actual verdict .
12 The essential issue was the extent to which the procedural rules of the forum court could be used notwithstanding the Convention .
13 As in previous years the Cambodian issue was a major topic of discussion .
14 A particular issue was the application by a local hospital for NHS trust status [ for which see p. 38500 ] , which was opposed even by the Conservative candidate .
15 The more divisive issue was the old question of an election under united Coalition leadership .
16 It was hardly important for the election where , as in almost every other Northern Ireland election , the main issue was the constitution .
17 The main issue was the defence of Berwick town and port , without which King Edward could not risk a major advance into Scotland by land .
18 His main issue was the need to promote economic growth through free trade , free markets , less government spending , better education and a fair taxation system which outlawed market-distorting tax subsidies and investment shelters .
19 And even the Polish issue was a contingent one :
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