"You want to hold a review and you want to exclude the one big issue which should be right at the heart of that review."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"Because if you are talking about a teaching force of over 35,000 and you are saying 40 percent of those ones are untrained and unqualified, then it is a big issue."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Health care is a big issue for AARP members.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

"Absolutely I think that under different circumstances they could have turned it into a big issue in their relationship, and we could have seen mutual accusation and a lot of hysteria on both sides."

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

The lack of housing is also a big issue,partly because of the years of conflict, which have not given us a clear idea of how many homes have actually been destroyed in Afghanistan or badly damaged.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

"Obviously there is a bit of a spread between those two figures and it suggests the possibility of some political problems for the president if he should not take the military recommendation and that difference gets to be a big issue,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

But for people who have a difficult time controlling their movements, this little navigational issue can be a really big problem.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

"That's really the biggest issue. When there is really a big sudden fire, the time to evacuate is extremely limited and extremely dangerous.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

U.S.officials hope it can be convened before key big-power discussions of the Iranian nuclear issue begin in New York during the third week of this month, on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly session.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11