Sentences with phrase «only issue at stake»

Since it's often assumed that the biblical status of same - sex relations is the only issue at stake, a «winner takes all» atmosphere is created.

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The Pope's choices not only show his sensitivity towards the world's peripheries and a certain pastoral approach, they also indicate a change concerning the pivotal issues at stake in this papacy.

This CNN article only contributes to the general public's ignorance regarding the issues at stake in reconciling theism and evolution.

This is a really tough question, if only because the issues at stake are incredibly complex.

In an emergency appeal filed Monday, a privacy rights group claimed a secret federal court improperly authorized the government to collect the electronic records, and said only the justices could resolve the statutory issues at stake.

Finally, we recommend dialogue as the only means to address all contentious issues at stake».

Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative party MP, told the Today programme's John Humphrys that «You don't split that coalition unless there is some fundamental issue of the national interest at stake and the only issue we're involved in this week is no issue of principle at all.

This is the ONLY rational solution to adopt if maintaining a safe global climate for the future is what is the most important issue at stake.

The court will only grant permission if the matters at stake in the arbitration are sufficiently important to the parties and the determination of the legal issue will significantly affect the parties» rights.

«I have found no case anywhere that deals with facts remotely like those at issue in this sordid affair, [leaving] what one can only hope is not an indelible impression that lawyers, even very prominent ones, will do almost anything to prevail if enough money is at stake and available for their use.»

Section 45 (1) of the Ontario Arbitration Act, 1991 provides that, if the arbitration agreement does not deal with appeals on questions of law, a party may appeal an award to the court on a question of law with leave, which the court shall grant only if it is satisfied that (a) the importance to the parties of the matters at stake in the arbitration justifies an appeal; and (b) determination of the question of law at issue will significantly affect the rights of the parties.

The Federation's opinion may not be the only defensible one available, but it is defensible, it's helpful on an issue where a great deal is at stake, changes to it have a real cost, and it's certainly better than nothing at all.

For anyone doubting the analysis, not only does Professor Sirer have extensive experience researching and writing about distributed systems, but he also expertly analyzed the notorious hack on the DAO last year which led to Ethereum's hard fork, so he clearly understands the issues at stake.

It is only if the issue at stake is an explanatory one, viz., «which comes first, laissez - faire behaviour controls or lack of affective involvement?»