broad issue

collocation in English

meaningsofbroadandissue

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broad
adjective
uk
/brɔːd/us
/brɑːd/
very ...
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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 ofbroadandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbroad issue

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Most of the chapters focus on thebroadissueof women and modernity.
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Underlying this objection is abroadissueabout philosophy and its application to real life.
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Since almost all climate models anticipate substantial increases in precipitation in the face of green-house-gas induced warming, abroadissueis how the increased precipitation would be distributed.
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I am trying to deal with thebroadissue.
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That is thebroadissueon which conflict has arisen.
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On the importantbroadissue, we are grateful for her reply.
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The meetings were on thebroadissueof principle, not the detail.
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They all give rise to the samebroadissue.
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It relates to the emphasis on the value of ourbroadissuereports.
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We are not on thebroadissueof policy here.
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The first should inquire into thebroadissueof the requirement or otherwise in principle of the fast breeder reactor.
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We must all be aware, however, that this is abroadissuewhich does not solely concern financial legislation.
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We have to consider the perfectlybroadissue.
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I am raising this as abroadissue.
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Thebroadissuehere is how these people should be appointed.
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Thebroadissueis whether, in the context of the growing need to conserve fuel, our amendment goes far enough.
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On thebroadissue, this is a matter of very deep importance.
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It is, therefore, a little unwise to draw that special case into abroadissuecovering the 23½ million people in our working population.
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Onebroadissueover which a careful watch must be kept is the trend of the relationships between local and central government.
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The debate has covered a wide range of matters which arise over the verybroadissueof relations between developed and developing countries.
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