The phrase "address the big issue" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a significant problem or topic that needs attention or resolution.
Example: "In our meeting today, we need to address the big issue of budget cuts affecting our department."
Alternatives: "tackle the major concern" or "confront the primary problem."
I've heard lots of arguments for why affirmative action should cease, but few that address the big issue of disproportionality.
Not only does it not really address the big issue involving the Class C shares — that they perpetuate the co-founders' control — it also stretches the laws of corporate finance.
I knew I couldn't argue it in any way that made sense though, and I knew that the person I am on stage would sooner get caught up in the little details than address the big issue head-on.
Beyond parent and teacher collaboration we must address the big issue of tenure.
Film and television also rarely address the big issues in their fictions.
Ms Cooper, the shadow Home Secretary, used the interview to call on Labour to address the "big issues facing the country" such as tackling climate change - on which she set out her blueprint - rather than look inwards.
And the new deal does nothing to address the big issues that Mr. Obama and Mr. Boehner hoped to deal with in their failed "grand bargain" talks two weeks ago: booming entitlement spending and a tax code so complex that few defend it anymore.
But will the proposed independent panel, announced by Nick Clegg and chaired by Darra Singh, chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, provide any of the answers we are seeking to address the big issues around young people, policing, race relations, social and economic inequality and the impact of globalisation?
One way is for theatres to support writers who address the big issues of the day, in plays such as Chris Thompson's Albion recently at London's Bush theatre, Jack Thorne's Hope at the Royal Court, and John Hollingworth's Multitudes, coming soon to the Tricycle.
He believes all sectors need to work together to address the big issues, such as global warming.
We get so caught up in the "weirdness" of the situation that we don't really address the bigger issue: uneasy Americans flip out whether Mamma Madonna is a goddess or a bitch, and will criticize her if she's sexed up or completely desexualized.
