Example sentences of "issue was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hardly important for the election where , as in almost every other Northern Ireland election , the main issue was the constitution . |
| 2 | Needless to say , the issue was the subject of regular battles across the floor of the Guildhall and in the Stormont House of Commons . |
| 3 | This issue was the subject of the previous chapter and will not be discussed here , except to identify the implications for management development . |
| 4 | Your August issue was the first of your magazines I have read in three years or so and what an improvement ! |
| 5 | At issue was the right of the state to sell forest land to British planters . |
| 6 | The serious issue was the dispute over the proper amount of remuneration . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The most important issue was the injustice and violence of the actual verdict . |
| 9 | While that struggle tended to centre on financial matters — the government 's commitment to effect reductions in public expenditure in opposition to local authority commitment to the enhancement of public services — what was at issue was the power of local authorities in relation to the power of central government . |
| 10 | What settled the issue was the rise of the pomeshchiks . |
| 11 | The essential issue was the extent to which the procedural rules of the forum court could be used notwithstanding the Convention . |
| 12 | The more divisive issue was the old question of an election under united Coalition leadership . |
| 13 | The point nominally at issue was the one which had spasmodically rent the Conservative Party for the past three decades — the tariff question . |
| 14 | part of what was at issue was the nature of ‘ theory ’ and ‘ explanation ’ themselves . |
| 15 | What was at issue was the future of cities themselves . |
| 16 | The issue was the identity of R's first assailant . |
| 17 | Amongst the points in issue was the question whether , if the appeal was validly brought , the court had jurisdiction to make an order for costs . |
| 18 | The issue was the right to ‘ strangers ’ consulage' , the duties payable by foreigners shipping goods under the protection of the English flag . |
| 19 | That January issue was the ‘ Revolutionary Oz ’ , complete with Quattrocchi on the Russian Revolution ; Widgery on the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara , who had been killed the previous October in the Bolivian jungle , and whose name Widgery and Oz spelt throughout as ‘ Geuvara ’ ; and even John Wilcock , whose ‘ Other scenes ’ reappeared in that issue , put in a piece on Regis Debray . |
| 20 | Even twelve months ago , the issue was the political flavour of the month , of real concern and anxiety only to a half , a handful of parliamentarians and a bar full of lobby correspondents . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The key campaign issue was the ALP 's competence in managing the country 's economy . |
| 23 | The key issue was the precise timing and stage at which the Irish government would enter such talks . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Another major issue was the Soviet Union 's part in German unification . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Increasingly , the key domestic political issue was the forthcoming presidential election of 1992 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Baker 's announcement was greeted with satisfaction by many Arab representatives who believed that the settlements issue was the major obstruction to progress on the peace process . |
| 30 | Another key issue was the question of greater powers for Scotland . |