Sentence examples for issue was over from inspiring English sources

"He told me the issue was over: 'We ought to get on with the vote, stop this meaningless pontification.' " When Mr. McCain campaigned for President Bush's re-election in 2004, Democrats accused him of hypocrisy.

"The whole issue was over a decade ago.

In these claims the issue was over whether disability meant they could move to smaller accommodation.

In this case, the issue was over palm oil, whose production in some places has led to the destruction of rain forests and increased greenhouse gas emissions.

Another issue was over how much authority the president would have, given the powerful influence of Robert N. Klein, the chairman of the board overseeing the institute.

A second issue was over continual visits by Japan's top leaders, including Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, a war memorial that China's Foreign Ministry had called "a symbol of militarism" that "honours Class A war criminals".

"This issue is over and done with.

"The issue is over, done, it's history".

It's almost as if the film is saying … the Iraq issue is over, and the nice guys won.

"Look, the teachers have worked out a plan to pay the money back, the issue is over," he said.

"This war has brought Iran and Hamas back together, and the debate over the Syrian issue is over," said Hamid-Reza Taraghi, who heads the international department of the influential Islamic Coalition Party.