Example sentences of "[adj] issue was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Increasingly , the key domestic political issue was the forthcoming presidential election of 1992 . |
| 3 | The serious issue was the dispute over the proper amount of remuneration . |
| 4 | The key issue was the precise timing and stage at which the Irish government would enter such talks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Another key issue was the question of greater powers for Scotland . |
| 7 | Another major issue was the Soviet Union 's part in German unification . |
| 8 | The most important issue was the injustice and violence of the actual verdict . |
| 9 | The essential issue was the extent to which the procedural rules of the forum court could be used notwithstanding the Convention . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The more divisive issue was the old question of an election under united Coalition leadership . |
| 12 | It was hardly important for the election where , as in almost every other Northern Ireland election , the main issue was the constitution . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |