overriding issue

collocation in English

meaningsofoverridingandissue

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overriding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈraɪ.dɪŋ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈraɪ.dɪŋ/
more important than ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofoverridingandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Politics, pre-election promises and the distribution of tax are all important, but theoverridingissuefacing us all is the state of the economy.
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There are certainly differences of opinion over what form that should take, but theoverridingissuewas settled—change had to be on the agenda.
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Anoverridingissueis the way in which the natural resources of the region are managed.
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Pay is not the only andoverridingissue.
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Theoverridingissueis the maintenance of what is widely recognised as the best search and rescue service in the world.
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It has said that the green belt is not anoverridingissuein the application.
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But there is anoverridingissue—our responsibility to end the urban squalor which millions of men, women and children have to suffer.
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My presence here is a direct result of a by-election which was fought last week, a by-election where housing became theoverridingissue.
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Theoverridingissueis how much is being saved towards a pension.
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First, there is theoverridingissueof who was to blame for the disaster.
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To my mind, that betrays an unbalanced perspective on theoverridingissueof justice as a whole.
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I hope that theoverridingissueof how we can adequately discuss these matters will not be overlooked.
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I agree that a balance needs to be struck and that theoverridingissueis the security of the wider community.
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Theoverridingissueof housing benefit has already been mentioned.
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But oneoverridingissuehas been mentioned time and time again—law and order.
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Please let us get away from always fighting elections with thatoverridingissue.
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Right from the start there seemed to my mind to be oneoverridingissue.
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Theoverridingissue, now that privatisation is contemplated, is to make sure that those real benefits are continued into the future and not diminished under the new regime.
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Obviously, better management can help but theoverridingissueis, and will be, the question of how services are to be improved and that will depend overwhelmingly on funding.
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Undoubtedly there are those who do not feel that political parties are putting forward what they believe to be theoverridingissue.
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