It helps to put an important issue back on the front burner.

这有助于把一个重要问题重新作为当务之急来对待。

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The issue was put to the vote.

这一问题被付诸表决。

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The issue is not the need for more houses but, as always, where to put them.

像以往一样，问题不是需要更多的住房，而是该如何安置这些住房。

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The chairman of the parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, Kim Howells,says the committee has looked into the issue and will continue to look at evidence put before it.

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But if the Tehran government chooses not to engage on the nuclear issue, that would put the United States in a stronger position to seek "other ways" of applying pressure on Iran.

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On January 12, the United States and its allies were finally able to put the issue to a vote at the UN Security Council.

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Lord Howe denied the legislation undermined the health secretary's ultimate accountability for the NHS but said he was willing to amend the bill to put the issue beyond doubt.

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He has now promised to put the issue to a referendum within two years of the next general election, assuming he wins it.

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