Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over the issue " in BNC.
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| 1 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 2 | ‘ Health care is not extraneous , it 's a matter of life and death and it can not be cut , ’ Democratic Senator Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania told a rally outside the meeting in Philadelphia ; several suits against Unisys have been brought over the issue . |
| 3 | The dominance of economic terms of reference , to the possible detriment of clients , rather than matters of public service can also be seen over the issue of who was to be accepted as a member of the scheme . |
| 4 | It is true that the elections resulted in a House fairly evenly balanced between the two parties , but the fact that the elections came to be fought over the issue of the Church in Danger meant that those Tories who were returned were in no mood for compromise , with the result that the new House proved extremely difficult for the ministry to manage . |
| 5 | The government appears to be divided over the issue . |
| 6 | Cabinet and scientific opinion is split over the issue . |
| 7 | However , a resolution on implementation of the new election law was delayed over the issue of whether non-citizens resident in Estonia could vote or not . |
| 8 | The Moldovan Popular Front , which had backed Snegur , a former communist , was split over the issue of unification with Romania . |