Sentence examples for were an issue of from inspiring English sources

The preparations for the show were handled as if they were an issue of national secrecy.

Even before the phone-hacking scandal in Britain killed the News of the World, the company's newspapers were an issue of internal complaint.

Buybacks were an issue of concern, as were expansion plans in the retail bank and the impact of regulations on the investment bank.

We categorize the problem as though it were an issue of corporate social responsibility and as if we really believed women aren't good enough and need coddling or remedial help.

Again, I well recall the essentially naïve demands back in the 1980s that gay men should have the "right" to donate blood, as if this were an issue of civil rights and supposedly homophobic discrimination, rather than one of protecting the blood supply.

"It's an issue of balance.

This is an issue of sovereignty".

"This is an issue of grave concern.

It is an issue of reform.

Sometimes it's an issue of timing.

"It's an issue of volume".