Sentence examples for overriding issue in from inspiring English sources

Kosovo was not the overriding issue in the recent election; corruption and economics probably swayed more votes.

To be sure, a core of deeply committed voters see abortion as the overriding issue in American politics.

"The lack of housing supply remains the overriding issue in the property market and its impact is changing the shape of housing tenure across the nation.

The overriding issue in this affluent, highly taxed suburb of 1.3 million people is the fiscal crisis that developed under the incumbent county executive, Thomas S. Gulotta.

Until Sept. 11, the overriding issue in the Republican primary had been public fascination with the wealth and spending of Michael Bloomberg.

The two sides said job security remained the overriding issue in the negotiations as management at Verizon, the nation's largest telephone company, pushed for greater freedom to lay off workers.

There probably aren't any overriding issues in your job contract, but reading over it before resigning will help you figure out if any of the fine print issues included in this agreement will impact your decision at all.

The N.F.L.'s ongoing contract struggle with its referees (not with its players — that happened last year) has received remarkable scrutiny, certainly more than the N.H.L.'s dispute, despite the fact that the overriding issue (money) is basically the same in both cases.

These are related and interlocked problems that boil down to a single overriding issue, namely the ability of people in the financial industry, and especially at the largest institutions, to take and hide excessive, unnecessary risk that benefits them and harms the public.

"Bill Curry could be talking about traffic in Fairfield County," an overriding issue there, said Edward L. Marcus, Connecticut's former Democratic Party chairman, "but that would be on Page 11, and the sniper would be on Page 1, and Iraq would be on Page 1".

A pow-wow with Kershaw, losing weight, a clean slate – none are insignificant factors in the most overriding issue with Puig.