Sentence The word "nub" can be used in written English, but it typically has a very informal tone.
It is most commonly used to refer to a small part or point of something. For example you could say, "The nub of the issue is that we need to focus on sustainability."
That's the nub of everything that's wrong with this document, which is alarmingly intended to be a template for the UK house building industry, a means "to ensure we achieve high quality design," in the words of housing minister Brandon Lewis.
But the nub of the allegations is that it's within their work with young people – that they are allowing their political campaigning to influence the way they are delivering a council service.
Down by our feet is the melted and blackened nub of the hose which was in Terry's hands when Sharen pointed to the lava-like sky in horror.
However, let's get on with the nub of the argument – the point of the single market.
That would also appear to be the nub of the government policy to which he had just offered "in principle support".
This could not be more ironic, given that the removal of public space in the City is at the nub of the row between the protesters and the Corporation of London.
A canny gesture for Britain would be to appoint Jonathan Faull, a respected senior director-general, bagging the top post in the bureaucracy, secretary-general of the commission.The changing balance of powerThe nub of Britain's dilemma is the fact that the more Mr Cameron talks of leaving, the more toxic he becomes to his friends.
The nub is this: Mr Libby claimed to be "taken aback" to learn, from reporters, that Ms Plame worked for the CIA.
The money will be spent lowering the overall corporate tax rate, as well as providing a tax credit to companies that take on new workers in industries, both in manufacturing and services, that are losing jobs to outsourcing.This is the nub of Mr Kerry's vision, and it aims to play well in swing industrial states, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio, that have been losing jobs.
The Ottawa Citizen's headline, "One ruling, two solitudes", neatly summed up the different spins put on it by Mr Bouchard and the federal prime minister, Jean Chrétien.In this section It's Quebec, again The north-east: politics, water and poverty ReprintsThe nub of the ruling was that Quebec has no right to unilateral secession, under Canada's constitution or international law.
Such proposals, claimed Mr Straw, "represent the clearest admission yet that Iraq is not co-operating .Mr Blix agreed this week that Iraq's non-readiness to disarm remained the nub of the problem.
