Sentence examples for a basic issue is from inspiring English sources

A basic issue is the interference between the two aforementioned links.

Kathryn Schulz's review of "The Man Who Invented the Computer," by Jane Smiley, fails to address a basic issue: Is the book true, or at least consistent with the consensus about the development of the computer ("Binary Breakthrough," Nov. 28)?

On both levels — a city gauging the safety of its water supply and a homeowner weighing steps to keep a basement dry — the basic issue is finding ways to build into near-term investments and choices an appropriate consideration of long-term trends and worst-case scenarios.

"But the basic issue is that a lot of these properties are zoned for retail.

The basic issue is this: given an image on the screen, there are different things that need to happen to make it look better.

I think the basic issue is whether you can have a democracy without aggressive investigative reporting and I don't believe you can.

"The basic issue is that the U.S. is on an unsustainable fiscal track," says Dean Maki, the chief United States economist at Barclays Capital.

Whatever the answer, the more basic issue is whether it should be legal to place a bet on a sporting event.

The basic issue is efficacy, not legality.

The commercial potential of the Sinatra statue may be less obvious, but the basic issue is the same.

The basic issue is simple: Did George Osborne, the Conservative's brash spokesman for economic affairs, solicit an $80,000 donation from the fabulously rich Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska?