Sentence examples for basic issue is from inspiring English sources

The basic issue is efficacy, not legality.

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

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

Although her house is not slated for demolition under the school expansion option, she said: "The basic issue is the historic nature of the neighborhood.

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

For Ms. Novak, the basic issue was freedom of speech.

But in one of its briefs for Intel, the firm wrote that the basic issue was property rights.

It seemed the basic issue was the use of a Tibetan singing bowl.

That leaves two basic issues: is it safe and is it fun?

At the 13th rehearsal, fairly basic issues were still being discussed, like how to differentiate the sound and mood of one song from the next.