Sentence examples for gets at issue from inspiring English sources

Though he seemed to be preparing an insanity defense, Mr. Miller backed away from a statement to The Associated Press in which he called his client a "paranoid schizophrenic" who "gets at issue with people that she doesn't need to and obsesses on it," saying he had spoken out of turn.

In an interview in the journal The Believer, Mr. Levine says the show strives to get at issues in a more direct way than most plays.

At one informal lunch talk, Sven Beckert, a Harvard history professor, told the others he had decided to write a book about cotton to get at issues of global business.

It gets at the issue of what kind of community we see ourselves becoming".

It's an interesting question and gets at an issue I didn't have room to cover in the article.

"People have commented on this for many years, but this study gets at the issue from several angles".

Tracing his evolution, the film gets at larger issues — about imagination, relationships and laughter.

Oliver's plea was played for laughs, but it gets at a larger issue raised by the scandal.

JUST as a stopped clock will be right twice a day, sometimes even a silly piece of legislation gets at an important issue.

We do have an attrition problem in the army in particular, and we have to address that over time, and that gets at the quality issue.

RYAN LIZZA: This question gets at an important issue raised by the piece: how can we fairly write about the people who influence the candidates we cover?