Sentence examples for issue close from inspiring English sources

An effective ad campaign could dredge up submerged fears of immigrants and push the issue close to the top of people's concerns.

Why does it impose a ceiling on deposit rates, even as it allows banks to issue close substitutes at whatever yield they can get?

But Russia reportedly vetoed his appointment in February because of its opposition to his support for the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, an issue close to Russia's heart.

There is almost always a desire to educate and inform the benighted public about a moral issue close to the star's heart.

I heard on the grapevine that a child's easy access to the noncustodial parent was an issue close to his heart.

It is an issue close to Zapatero's heart - his paternal grandfather was executed by the Nationalist forces during the civil war.

I consider this issue closed.

After the mutual funds issue closed, Mr. Safian tore up the next issue completely.

President Bush might consider the Iraq-Niger nuclear issue closed, but that is not his choice.

So WHO is very clear on this issue: closing borders would make no difference.

We want this issue closed, not left as an open wound in both British and wider European politics.