Sentences with phrase «nub of the issue»

The Christmas affair however really reflects the nub of the issue.

Instead, I am going to talk about «ritualized outward observance», since that seems to be the nub of the issue.

The nub of this issue is whether divine acceptance must be mediated verbally or whether it can be adequately mediated nonverbally through an interpersonal relationship.

It took our host Sunder Katwala, the Fabian Society's general secretary, to get to the nub of the issue and in turn throw some light on the «real» David Cameron.

Norman Tebbit still has the knack of getting to the nub of an issue with a soundbite designed to have maximum effect.

The nub of both issues is that the university faculty members running independent labs and competing for grants to support their research depend on graduate students and postdocs as highly skilled but low - paid labor to carry out the work.

This is the nub of the issue for booksellers.

So here lies the nub of the issue facing landlords on an individual basis, and the wider property and insolvency industries generally: the balancing exercise that is to be struck between protecting the value of the company in question on the one hand, and the apparent unfairness to landlords and other creditors (who often face a no win situation) on the other.

Georgina is recognised in Chambers and Partners for her prowess in investment matters and is praised by the legal industry directory for having the ability «to get to the nub of the issue very quickly».

Claire gets to the nub of the issue quickly, efficiently and with aplomb.

This of course is pure spin — and a very clunky attempt by Facebook to shift attention off the nub of the issue: Its own non-compliance with privacy laws outside its preferred legal jurisdictions.