(1) It is time to put down the sticks and stones and get down to the crux of the issue.

(2) This is where we get to the crux of the issue, because surely no one in their right mind wants strikes for the sake of it?

(3) So the crux of the matter is really that there is no such miracle cure.

(4) The crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed

(5) In a private conversation with Liam, he told me the crux of his issue.

(6) They both think in terms of a zero-sum game and this is the crux of the ongoing crisis.

(7) But they also report that the crux of the issue might be the date of her reporting of the deal.

(8) I think that what the crux of the issue here is that marriage is not just a label.

(9) I only know that easing access to the music that people want is the crux of the issue.

(10) The crux of the issue is this: is there no chance of a catastrophe, or a tiny chance?

(11) This is the crux of the matter; the answer will determine Europe's future for decades to come.

(12) This is not meant to be definitive, but to highlight the crux of the issue.

(13) The crux of the issue - it has wheels and can move, but since it doesn't have an engine or a license plate, is it classed as a vehicle?

(14) First, she was never charged with insider trading, which really was the crux of the issue.

(15) That process requires lots of energy, and how you generate that energy is the crux of the issue.

(16) It's not the sort of question I would have worried about before, but now it feels as though this is the crux of the matter.

(17) This trend may continue and therein lies the crux of the issue.

(18) And this is the crux of the issue, the reality which is so often unmentioned.

(19) This gets at the crux of the issue I am raising, and I want to fundamentally disagree.

(20) And as poignant as that analogy may be, it is not the crux of the matter.