vexed question

The vexed question has always been: Who should write the programs which control these machines?

I think Congress will pass it and settle the vexed question permanently.

She turned to go and find someone to settle the vexed question, but Jake stopped her.

And then there is the vexed question of memoir vs. novel.

Meaning in music has always been a vexed question.

I shall not turn to the vexed question of the national minimum wage.

Was the vexed question of extradition discussed at the Council?

And bearing this in mind we turn to the vexed question in point.

Do tomatoes add anything to the dish - and what about the vexed question of beans?

There are no objective answers to those vexed questions.

Until recently what was on the child's school record and whether parent or child could see it was a vexed question.

It's Burns Night tonight, and high time to answer a vexed question.

The vexed question of separatism - should Flanders go it alone?

All at once Theda was struck by the obvious solution to her own vexed question.

These are vexed questions that involve the whole community in Western societies: scientists, professionals, and the general public.

Knowing who we are as humans has been one of the great vexed questions, searched after and written about down the centuries.

We arrive at the vexed question of 'issue', which is something quite different from impression.

This brings up the vexed question of "price confusion".

"Which leaves us with the vexed question of Africa.

Finally, can we please sort out the vexed question of the seat of this Parliament once and for all?

The discussion opened with the (as it turned out) vexed question of politics in women's film-making.

It depends which way round you see history as happening, and this too is now an increasingly vexed question).

Beyond that, the book raises a vexed question: how do ambitious women balance work, marriage and motherhood?

Many people in the EU nowadays ask themselves the same vexed question every day: when will it hit me?

The Reports gave close attention to the vexed question of enclosures and commoners' rights in the forest.