The phrase "an issue that bears" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a topic or problem that has significant relevance or importance.
Example: "This is an issue that bears serious consideration in our upcoming discussions."
Alternatives: "an issue that warrants" or "an issue that deserves".
Getting such Sunnis on side is an early challenge for whoever becomes Iraq's new leader.The question of America's withdrawalThe trickiest issue that bears upon the insurgency and on the ability of a new government to divide the rebels and draw some of them back on board is the question of American and foreign troops.
Finally, one further issue that bears mentioning is the status of various claims regarding linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity.
Another issue that bears substantially on the leukemia findings reported by both Hauptmann et al. (2003) and Beane Freeman et al. (2009) concerns the number of deaths in the cohort.
#NED 10.48am: Richard Hands has a pernickity point of order: "Could the Guardian WC Live Blog very kindly bring its unparalleled influence to bear on an issue that has been bugging the hell out of me since 14 June?
A most timely observation is that, at it's heart, this was a case about our Second Amendment right to bear arms, an issue that clearly has yet to be resolved.
The growth findings here also directly bear on an issue that has long interested students of parasitic castrator systems.
It helps to bring up some of the issues around older couples and divorce--issues that bear a lot more discussion and public debate.
He has bluntly denied charges against his credibility, and accused Labor of dragging up old issues that bore Australians.
This examination produced other examples of stories on transportation issues that bore troubling similarities to work earlier published by others.
Some feminists, notably Genevieve Lloyd, Susan Bordo, and Alison Jaggar, among many others, have challenged philosophy's privileging of mind over body and reason over emotion, issues that bear directly on the question of the status of animals.
