I. noun
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a bitter conflict
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The stage is set for a bitter conflict with trade unions.
armed conflict (= a war )
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The President fears that armed conflict is possible.
class conflict
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This is the basis of class conflict in capitalist society.
conflicting accounts (= different accounts of the same event, that cannot both be true )
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There were conflicting accounts of what actually happened.
conflicting advice (= very different opinions about what you should do )
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I’ve asked several people, and they’ve all given me conflicting advice.
conflicting claims (= saying that different things are true )
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The reports contained conflicting claims of the number of people killed.
conflicting evidence (= pieces of evidence that support different conclusions )
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With so much conflicting evidence, it’s almost impossible to make a decision.
conflicting reports (= reports saying very different things )
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Conflicting reports continued to emerge from the area.
conflicting/opposing views (= completely different )
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There are conflicting views about the best way to teach reading.
ethnic violence/conflict (= fighting or trouble between different ethnic groups )
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Hundreds were killed and injured in the country’s worst outbreak of ethnic violence.
industrial conflict/dispute/unrest (= disagreement between workers and their employers )
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Last year 1.3 million workers took part in industrial disputes.
irreconcilable differences/conflicts
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The differences between the landowners and the conservationists were irreconcilable from the start.
mixed/conflicting emotions (= a mixture of very different feelings )
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She had mixed emotions about seeing him again.
potential conflict
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Funding is an area of potential conflict between the two departments.
resolve a dispute/conflict
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Negotiation is the only way to resolve the dispute.
settle a dispute/argument/conflict
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Every effort was made to settle the dispute, without success.
solve a dispute/conflict
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They have agreed to solve their disputes solely by peaceful means.
the ensuing battle/conflict/debate etc
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In the ensuing fighting, two students were killed.
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■ ADJECTIVE
armed
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It is in the context of armed conflict that many of the problems of third parties are brought into relief.
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In conclusion I will make some comments on the requisites for effective rules relating to the control of armed conflicts .
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This, as we have seen, is a rejection of the basic principles of the international humanitarian law of armed conflict .
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Continuing armed conflict Throughout April and May armed conflict continued.
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However, prolonged drought, and in Matebeleland armed conflict , have limited its effectiveness.
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These Protocols restated, and in several important respects developed, the laws of armed conflict .
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The agreement merely deferred armed conflict .
ethnic
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For it is an ethnic conflict , between peoples who see each other at close range.
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It may rip itself up with ethnic conflicts .
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Nabaa also reflects the legacy of ethnic conflict .
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This surge of humanity has disrupted land-holding patterns and economic relationships and engendered ethnic conflict .
industrial
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Chapter 6 deals with strikes and industrial conflict , an area where more specific hypothesis-testing via quantitative methods is possible.
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This brings us to consider the broader context of industrial conflict .
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The former was said to bring industrial conflict , the latter harmony.
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Thus it is possible to discern three main levels of causality in this model of industrial conflict .
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They had survived the trials of imperial retreat, economic decline, and industrial conflict , and remained cohesive and intact.
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The growth of unions and the serious industrial conflicts of the mid-1890s led the government into systematic intervention in labour relations.
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But industrial conflicts are not of this kind.
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The teachers' unions adopted a policy of industrial action and employed techniques appropriate to an industrial conflict .
internal
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Stage 2 - Storming. Internal conflict develops; members resist the task at the emotional level.
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When they first appear, internal rivalries and conflicts often seem a welcome alternative to the collective lethargy they have displaced.
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The organisation was complex and not without internal conflict .
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It would also reduce the amount of internal conflict we had within the organization.
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The internal conflicts caused by his strong Quaker beliefs and lack of prospects caused a breakdown when he was twenty-one.
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At times the internal class conflict will be open, sometimes it will be muted.
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But what happened in Jerusalem between 168 and 164 B.C. went beyond the ordinary internal conflicts of the Seleucid state.
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It is surrounded by states with internal conflicts and has received successive waves of refugees.
major
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The issue of Dissent survived as a major source of conflict .
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A force that can handle two major regional conflicts can be funded in several ways.
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At best in a major conflict it would give allies time to reach agreement on how to use nuclear weapons.
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The relationship between Pauline and Chloe then became a major source of conflict in the marriage.
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The Helsinki summit, arranged at very short notice, dealt almost exclusively with the specific issue of a major regional conflict .
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The problem with Orwell is that he could only think of class conflict in terms of major insurrectionary conflict.
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Hence, class conflict is viewed as inevitable and indeed as the only major source of conflict in capitalist society.
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Yet the major lines of conflict and political mobilization evident in liberal democracies often do not appear class-based.
military
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Nevertheless, national security issues and the incidence of military conflict remain highly significant.
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While the government-in-exile headed by Sawyer proposed to send representatives to Monrovia to discuss its peace plan, the military conflict continued.
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As stockpiles dwindled, the continuing impasse in negotiations rendered military conflict increasingly likely.
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How much does intelligence really matter-outside military conflict ?
political
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This is Gurr's full theoretical and comparative statement on the motivation for violent political conflict .
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Large political conflicts do take on informational overtones.
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In war, a Cabinet designed to manage political conflict finds itself instead directing armed force.
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There were, too, political conflicts .
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Where there has been serious political conflict , schoolgirls have often been involved in protests and boycotts.
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Social and political conflict at best is erroneous, and at worst contrived.
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Much of Barbarossa's continual political conflict was connected to administrative matters of this sort.
potential
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Various strategies are developed to handle potential conflicts that can not be overcome because people keep meeting each other.
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He recognised the potential conflict between the ideal of education as an instrument and that of education as self-development.
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Both failed to sell stock they owned after being warned of potential conflicts of interests.
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He shuddered at the thought of all the potential conflict situations ahead.
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Manifestations of ethnicity that are exclusive of others or that hold the potential to generate conflict tend to be avoided.
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Nor is this the only area in which the former chairman has left himself open to potential conflicts of interest.
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And in California, at least, officials have taken the potential for conflict very seriously.
regional
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It has also been severely affected by debt and regional conflicts .
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Neglect of these rights has, in severe cases, contributed to extremism, regional instability and conflict .
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Losses associated directly and indirectly with regional conflict between 1980 and 1988 are estimated at US$16 to 17 billion.
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A force that can handle two major regional conflicts can be funded in several ways.
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The potential for the fighting to spill over into a wider regional conflict has triggered a flurry of diplomatic activity.
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Other regional conflicts were immigrating, too.
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The Helsinki summit, arranged at very short notice, dealt almost exclusively with the specific issue of a major regional conflict .
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It is easy to get confused about the regional conflicts that have raged in the area.
social
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We are not now accustomed to associate democracy with such overt expressions of class hostility and social conflict .
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Forced equality is unwise because it disrupts the natural, cooperative hierarchy among groups and causes social conflict and unnatural change.
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These are new antagonisms which emerge as social conflict is diffused to more social relations.
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As this quote suggests, certain social issues or conflicts are never completely resolved; they are perennial.
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This will bring about both inner and social conflicts .
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Why, then, is social conflict rather than social harmony escalating?
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In any liberal democracy a mobilization of bias is cumulatively created by the outcomes of political and social conflicts .
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In the second century the religious and social conflicts became far more acute.
violent
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This is Gurr's full theoretical and comparative statement on the motivation for violent political conflict .
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There have been periodic violent boundary conflicts ever since.
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But the drama of a violent conflict that was caused partly by environmental factors has not had a spin-off effect for turtles.
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As long as Milosevic was firmly in control, it was thought, there was no risk of violent conflict .
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class
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In class societies this process will obviously be mediated primarily - though not exclusively - through class relationships and class conflict .
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Yet classes obviously existed; so did something that looked suspiciously like class conflict .
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There is, basically, a class conflict in which the owners hold most of the cards.
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The third crucial concept of the class approach is class conflict .
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The same applies to the subject of Section 10-4: the impact of special interest groups and class conflict .
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Another explained pentecostal growth in terms of urbanization or class conflict .
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Quite apart from the class conflict endemic in capitalism, the economic system itself is beset with instabilities.
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In other words, class conflict was limited.
resolution
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The money will be used to develop the work of the department in the field of conflict resolution and mediation.
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Airlines do train flight attendants in how to spot trouble in advance, and in conflict resolution .
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In such a case, some form of conflict resolution must be adopted to arrive at a solution.
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These include classes on parenting, self-esteem, conflict resolution and prep courses for the general education diploma exam.
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Since the Sherif study several researchers have followed up with studies of conflict resolution between groups.
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Experts said parents can ask schools to offer conflict resolution courses or peer mediation programs.
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The process of choosing a best rule is called conflict resolution .
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Subjects within international relations include war, interstate conflict resolution , international law, regional alliances, colonialism, and international organizations.
■ VERB
arise
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These distortions are the very essence of prejudice, and it is hardly surprising that conflict with Peter had arisen .
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When conflicts arise between perception and reasoning, the concrete operational child makes judgments based on reasoning.
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Both principles must, of course, coexist, and there is no blueprint for dealing with the conflicts when they arise .
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The subordinates acknowledged that some conflicts would inevitably arise , no matter how well the manager maintained the web of relationships.
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These difficulties are due to the conflicts that arise between both institutions that lay claim to democratic legitimacy.
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When conflicts arise between perception and thought, as in conservation problems, children using preoperational reasoning make judgments based on perception.
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Wilson dealt with the conflicts that arose in Orkney due to the activities of planners.
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They had agreed to avoid conflicts arising from involvement in political or interest groups.
arm
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Since then some 30m people have been killed in armed conflict .
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All these problems have been aggravated by mistaken national policies and armed conflicts .
avoid
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Governments are constantly striving to create equality thus avoiding conflict and hardship such as this Court ruling has done.
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I hope my work on the evolution of cooperation helps the world avoid conflict .
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Part of the art is to avoid creating a permanent conflict with a section of the community.
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Either action might be legitimate to avoid conflicts of interest.
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Can't say no. Avoid conflict .
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I was therefore a great deal more interested in avoiding conflict with Dad than I was in plumbing his psychology.
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I wanted to avoid an interethnic conflict .
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Initially, to avoid possible conflicts between duty and affection, I intended to set this book in a different church.
bring
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Devlin brought the conflict clause to the attention of his supervisor, Veronica Parker, then SunTran assistant manager.
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Designed for use off-road, their increasing numbers have brought them into conflict with ramblers and other groups using the countryside.
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Using his clipped voice and precise prose, he brings to life conflicts and tragedies from far-flung locations.
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Such invasions were seen as bringing about conflict , sometimes of an extremely violent nature.
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Revealing one's body brings into conflict a wish to show off with the desire to cover up.
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They can bring conflict into the open.
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The former was said to bring industrial conflict , the latter harmony.
cause
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You may not have noticed, but you cause a lot of conflict .
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These files not only occupy space, but also may wind up causing conflicts with other programs down the line.
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Setting a cost limit first, and then trying to tailor services to fit, causes only conflict and demoralisation.
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Forced equality is unwise because it disrupts the natural, cooperative hierarchy among groups and causes social conflict and unnatural change.
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This can cause misunderstanding and conflict when in later life they talk to one another.
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For a century or more both Parliament and the courts have been careful not to act soas to cause conflict between them.
create
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These changes have created conflicts and tensions such as between old and new technological trajectories and between national autonomy and international co-operation.
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That pull does not usually create as much immediate conflict for them.
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This can create a conflict of interest which needs careful management.
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Those who go in for character assassination create human conflicts and can easily end up as victims.
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Governments are constantly striving to create equality thus avoiding conflict and hardship such as this Court ruling has done.
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Naturally, adopting nontraditional patterns creates some conflict .
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Part of the art is to avoid creating a permanent conflict with a section of the community.
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Their mission, one student felt, is to create conflict .
end
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A negotiated agreement involving the removal of settlements will not end the conflict .
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It is the first of several accords that are expected to culminate in a peace treaty to formally end the Chiapas conflict .
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But the intrusion of politics did not begin or end with the superpower conflict .
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Once upon a time such a threat would have ended the conflict , but Old World codes no longer worked.
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Opinion polls show that many of them are prepared to sacrifice territory to end the conflict .
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Ghezali favors dialogue to end the conflict .
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She ended up in conflict with co-leader Terry Butler after being selected to join the force.
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In a leaderless group, a manager might step in to end the conflict and even offer a solution.
involve
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Most disputes were of this kind, involving traditional sources of conflict: land and water rights or personal injury.
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The United States was involved in these conflicts , sometimes as a mediator, always as a Supplier of arms.
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By 1837 he had ceased acting as a certifying surgeon, which involved some conflict of interest.
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It also found that she seemed to be involved in a conflict of interest.
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However, the relationship between central and local government involves both partnership and conflict .
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President Clinton argues that the Great Budget Standoff of 1995 involves a conflict not over dollars, but values.
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A decree in February banned the sale of weapons to countries involved in armed conflict .
resolve
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Most labour directors have resolved this conflict by operating as responsible managers rather than as worker agents perse.
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People have become used to employing violence as a means of resolving conflict or asserting power over others.
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The acquisition of presidential power by Liamine Zeroual in February 1994 did little to resolve this conflict .
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Instead, the company said it provides a variety of ways for employees to resolve conflicts and complaints.
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The absence of detailed case law has meant that there are no established rules to resolve conflicts .
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The court cases discussed indicate how judges have been resolving conflicts on these issues.
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Integration and collaboration are more effective ways to resolve this form of conflict .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be/feel conflicted (about sth)
sectarian violence/conflict/murder etc
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Church leaders hold crisis talks on wave of sectarian murders - see page 6.
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Military governance has not ended sectarian violence or brought a return of foreign investment.
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Nevertheless, the moves towards positive change are being frustrated both by threats from right-wing activists, and by sectarian conflicts.
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Southern states, usually less prone to sectarian violence, were also hit, with many deaths reported from Karnataka and Kerala.
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The sectarian violence of Northern Ireland is a different matter altogether.
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The ferry was packed with refugees fleeing sectarian violence in the Moluccas.
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They may reduce the risk of attack, but they can not prevent random sectarian murders.
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Tyrone on Aug. 5 and in Lisburn on Aug. 24, were also believed to be victims of the sectarian violence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a violent conflict
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Can this peace settlement bring an end to years of conflict ?
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serious political conflict
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The conflict began when early in December 1994.
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the conflict in the Middle East
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You've got nearly 2000 people here every day, so there are bound to be some conflicts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the intrusion of politics did not begin or end with the superpower conflict .
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Many of these matters are areas of conflict: conflict with parents, friends, school, or our inner selves.
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Other aspects to consider are charges, possible conflicts of interest, and efficiency in dealing and settlement.
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Since the end of the cold war there has been no one to fund conflicts in the Middle East.
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Social interactions were viewed as a source of cognitive conflict , thus disequilibration, and thus development.
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The court cases discussed indicate how judges have been resolving conflicts on these issues.
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The relationship between Pauline and Chloe then became a major source of conflict in the marriage.
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These signals may have been less predictive of the outcome because they occurred at higher frequencies at earlier stages in the conflicts.
II. verb
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■ NOUN
interest
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Water had to be continually directed, rivers deepened, dikes checked, canals dug, and conflicting interests reconciled.
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How does an organization go about achieving this harmonious blend of conflicting interests ?
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When conflicting political interests were involved, the supervisor would be forced, however reluctantly, to choose between them.
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Firstly there is the assumption that a settlement comprises individuals, groups and sub- groups who have conflicting interests and goals.
view
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We shall soon be knee-deep in conflicting legal views here.
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Attitudes expressed in the poll reflect a society with conflicting views of firearms.
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Defenders have advanced to a state of cognitive dissonance, an awareness that beliefs conflict with evidence.
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For those whose desires do not conflict with how they live, restraint has a kind of elegance.
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In other ways the activities of the councils tend to conflict with regional policy and weaken its effects.
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These orientations may combine with subject and parochial orientations, or they may conflict .