crux of the matter
crux of the argument

And so we come to the crux of the matter.

Which brought him right around to crux of the matter again.

But not here, where the crux of the matter was.

For the nuclear programmes are the crux of the matter.

This in some ways is the crux of the matter.

Eating well may be at the crux of the matter.

The crux of the matter is that we must respect nature.

At the crux of the matter is housing and the economy.

In fact, that might actually be the crux of the matter.

The crux of the matter is that you are not free.

The crux of the matter is that this has got to be stopped.

But that was the real crux of the matter, when she came right down to it.

Remember that number; it is the crux of the matter.

I believe you've put your finger on the crux of the matter.

That, it seemed to him, was the real crux of the matter.

He didn't much care; that was the crux of the matter.

But "simply married to him" is the crux of the matter.

The real crux of the matter was finding out why her daughter felt the need to take drugs.

This is the crux of the matter on which I part company with my colleagues.

I believe that the crux of the matter at this time is the existence issue.

The crux of the matter is Canada's identity as a nation.

The crux of the matter is that the two sides no longer trust each other.

But that brings us back to the crux of the matter I wanted to talk to you about in the first place.

And that really is the crux of the matter — the financial system has seized up.

It would have been better to address the crux of the matter and I am sorry that the report has not done this.