Sentence examples for looking for an issue from inspiring English sources

I was looking for an issue, and this one fell in my lap.

Pete V. Domenici, then a Republican senator from New Mexico, was looking for an issue to claim as his own.

The show featured a meeting of congressional Republican leaders, desperately looking for an issue on which to attack Obama.

For the past few months the Democrats have been desperately looking for an issue that might dent Mr Bush's astronomical popularity.

But now they're looking for an issue to build their agenda around because there's not a clear sense of what they stand for".

It is not clear to what extent Mr Bo's original aims in Chongqing were ideologically motivated, or whether he was just an opportunist looking for an issue as a springboard to greater power.

Cameron is unhappy that the summit looks certain to be dominated by the row between Russia and the rest of the G8 over Syria, but some campaigners think this may force the G8 to look for an issue, such as tax, on which they can agree, thus saving the meeting from being seen as a failure.

I'm usually looking for a single issue — a national or international issue — or, if there isn't one thing, maybe four or five issues I can string together from the week.

The pro-business Free Democrats, a party with a historic libertarian streak, has been looking for a winning issue to reinvigorate it after a series of electoral setbacks.

And if the opposition Social Democrats and Green party are still looking for a campaign issue, they need look no further.

Stephen A. Salmore, a political scientist with Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Republican campaign consultant, said Mr. Forrester's campaign clearly was looking for a new issue.