Example sentences of "issues [vb past] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Lesbian issues came to be taken seriously only when there were a number of lesbian volunteers ( and quite a few men supporting them too ) who were prepared to be loud-mouthed , difficult , overworked and sometimes thoroughly disliked within the organization .
2 To compound the difficulty , a skepticism concerning the propriety of scientific realism on astronomical issues continued to be fashionable among radical Protestants as well as conservative Catholics : So wrote John Milton in Paradise lost .
3 Since national expenditure reached 14 per cent of the prewar level in the first three-quarters of 1922 , huge currency issues had to be made to bridge the gap between income and expenditure .
4 For a hundred days the issues had to be argued out in front of a High Court judge , Mr Justice Parker .
5 The government has appeared deeply split on the issue , with Environment Secretary John Gummer earlier saying that economic and nuclear proliferation issues had to be considered .
6 public debate of important political issues tended to be stifled .
7 LEADERS of the 12 European Community nations yesterday added impetus to progress towards a single market in 1992 , while admitting that several important issues remained to be solved .
8 Oct. 1 had been the date set for signature of the accord , the main points of which had been agreed on Aug. 7 [ see p. 39039 ] , but on Sept. 29 Dhlakama announced that he would not sign as a number of issues remained to be resolved to his satisfaction .
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