Sentence examples for open the issue from inspiring English sources

Jafari said that the Kurdish parties had sought to open the issue of restoring Kirkuk -- an oil-rich northern city divided among Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens -- to Kurdish control but that his coalition had not agreed to consider the issue.

The court's decision, which clarifies state law on the matter, leaves open the issue of whether the casino, along the St .Lawrence River near the Canadian border, will be shuttered.

Recognizing this, President Bush warned China in November about "preserving the rights of Hong Kong citizens," and his administration and other Western governments put pressure on our executive branch to open the issue for public debate.

"We are hoping there will be a discussion even just to open the issue," says Aida Santos, managing director of Wedpro, the NGO that has helped the Amerasians form an advocacy group, United Philippine Amerasians.

I leave open the issue of Berkshire Hathaway as a stock.

They overwhelmingly do not want to open the issue," Dimitri Soudas, a spokesman for Mr Harper, said at the time.

[Theresa May] knows that the commission is not prepared to re-open the issue.

Yesterday there was no formal response from the cross-party committee, headed by senior Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin, but it is understood that at the next private meeting members are likely to re-open the issue and consider whether to hold another public evidence session, at which David Cameron or one of his staff could be asked to answer questions.

The ultimate goal is temptation — to entice the reader into opening the issue.

A source said she had wanted closure but the judge's comments had opened the issue up once more.

Then she opened the issue of 17 November and could hardly believe her eyes: not a single female face.