Sentence examples for linchpin issue from inspiring English sources

"Tehran is within sight of a compromise on a linchpin issue.

There, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge declared cargo security to be "a linchpin issue".

The crucial issue, or the linchpin, for him was the notion of continuity.

But that issue was not the linchpin of this year's election.

"Syria is a strategic linchpin for dealing with Iran and the Palestinian issue.

But the governor, who has made the issue of fighting urban sprawl a linchpin of his administration, said making way for new residents in a state that does not take care of its natural resources would not make good economic sense.

Over the last two decades, and especially in the last 10 years, mandatory arrests have become a linchpin of the government's effort to address the issue; they are seen as a way to protect women, punish offenders, deter future violence and send a message that spousal abuse won't be tolerated.

In an unusual statement issued Tuesday, Mr. Ackermann said Deutsche Bank's linchpin sales and trading and corporate finance operations would be hit by the upheaval in the credit markets.