noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a storm of controversy
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His book raised a storm of controversy.
a subject of controversy (= a subject people disagree about strongly )
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Nuclear power is still the subject of considerable controversy.
fuel speculation/rumours/controversy etc
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Progress was slow, fueling concerns that the stadium would not be finished on time.
provoke debate/discussion/controversy
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A new book criticising Hollywood has provoked fierce debate in the US.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
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When he first became the candidate more than two years ago it caused considerable controversy .
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This book was the cause of considerable controversy when first published in the United Kingdom last year.
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The central section caused considerable controversy .
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The introduction of the community charge aroused considerable controversy around three main issues.
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This department was responsible for the eventual establishment of school clinics throughout the country, but only slowly and after considerable controversy .
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Despite considerable controversy , a Children Act was passed in 1975 based on these recommendations.
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Special education has been subject to considerable controversy for many years.
continuing
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For these reasons, the precise extent of the social cost of monopoly remains a subject of continuing controversy .
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On the other hand, it may change financial reporting practice because of what it represents in the continuing controversies about professional self-regulation.
current
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These may generate considerable opposition as the current controversy at Avebury suggests.
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The building's hall is still frequently a venue for those exercising their Nonconformist Consciences on current political controversies .
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Should unpublished data be included in meta-analyses? Current convictions and controversies .
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In this, Ken played a drama instructor caught up in the then current controversy over corporal punishment.
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The current focus of controversy is the implementation of the White Paper Working for patients.
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So I will evade current controversy and take a step back into history.
fierce
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And already it looks like stirring up fierce controversy .
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Accordingly, they have been the subject of intensive research and fierce controversy .
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The murder of anti-Soviet activists abroad would stir up fierce controversy at home.
great
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The greatest controversy concerns social science books screened to ensure that their version of history is acceptable to the government.
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There is a great deal of controversy over the merits of bleached and unbleached flour.
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While there was no doubt that Roosevelt would be the Democratic candidate that year, the choice of his running-mate caused greater controversy .
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Along with it was launched one of the great controversies in the history of science that continues even today.
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Whether that will arouse great controversy among any but the most convinced monarchists is doubtful.
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It is not untrue that where one finds the greatest controversy , there he will also find the least comprehension.
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This remains a point of great controversy .
late
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Funding delays are the latest controversy to surround the building, which used to be a busy shopping centre off Skinnergate.
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They might follow the latest controversy in the newspapers, but there is peace, and often lethargy, in their parishes.
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This bespoke greater intellectual confidence than was to be evident at later stages of controversy .
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With this latest controversy we can throw in political fund-raising, too.
major
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It is often suggested that the succession issue was a major source of controversy between Whigs and Tories.
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At the 1987 Labour Conference the issue of candidate selection proved to be a major source of controversy .
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A prominent figure in the major controversy that arose was Mrs Castle.
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A second major controversy concerns the possible width of the wavecut bench.
political
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Both these matters were deep in political controversy , the second in particular being strongly resisted by the police as well as by the Government.
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We were no longer merely the soldiers of a political controversy ....
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The political controversy over the Habre affair has been given a new lease of life.
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During the 1980s, the government of London again became a major matter of political controversy .
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The building's hall is still frequently a venue for those exercising their Nonconformist Consciences on current political controversies .
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Some issues are organized into political controversy and debate, while others are organized out.
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The Widdicombe Committee was appointed in 1985 at a time of high political controversy about the activities of certain local authorities.
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Echoes of political controversy are scattered over the literary productivity of the age.
public
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He did not, however, avoid later public controversy with Hunt's son, Thornton, on this matter.
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It is not altogether idle to speculate about what seems to be driving the private ambivalence and the public controversy .
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They published some details - and that's when the tapes in Britain were made public and the controversy erupted.
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Even as Hallinan moves to distance himself from high-profile public controversy , signs point to continued trouble ahead, politically speaking.
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At first glance, this rhetorical approach seems to direct the study of attitudes to that of public argument and controversy .
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Peter Green describes his intervention in one recent matter of urgent public controversy .
recent
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Introduction Prior to the recent controversy over the transfer of arms, little international attention was devoted to Sierra Leone.
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And there was the recent controversy over Brian Blades, implicated in the shooting of his cousin.
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An example of this can be taken from the recent contraception controversy in the Republic, which began in the 1960s.
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In more recent years the controversy has died down a little, although it has still not ceased.
religious
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The second half of the nineteenth century was a time of religious revival and controversy , especially in the Low Country.
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Energies which had gone into religious controversy were being devoted to trade and industry.
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They could be bound together by the belief, found in Bacon, that religious controversies were an impediment to science.
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Dering was a scholarly man, who maintained an informed interest in religious controversy and dabbled in literature.
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By focusing on the educational needs of the poor, the act avoided the religious controversy that killed its proposals under Kennedy.
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Besides seeking his help in religious controversies , the King made use of Andrewes' prodigious learning in other ways.
■ VERB
arouse
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Whether that will arouse great controversy among any but the most convinced monarchists is doubtful.
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Apart from Mary, however, black images are too rare to arouse much comment or controversy .
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The introduction of the community charge aroused considerable controversy around three main issues.
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It aroused as much controversy as any Alsop column up to that time.
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As might be expected, such a policy aroused enormous controversy and opposition, and was later modified.
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Political Pluralism and the Media Media analysis often arouses controversy , not just about the findings themselves but about their policy implications.
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The justification for Gloucester's assumption of power confused contemporaries and has continued to arouse controversy .
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What were the central features of this democracy, which aroused such controversy at the time, and still provokes debate today?
avoid
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He did not, however, avoid later public controversy with Hunt's son, Thornton, on this matter.
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So far, their scheme has avoided controversy .
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In some situations this can lead to deliberate fudging of issues soas to avoid controversy .
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On this subject as well as others, Cooley avoids raging controversies as an intellectual source.
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A systems approach to budgeting that focuses on the outcomes and objectives of government policy can not avoid controversy .
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Trying to avoid more controversy , the funds declined to say anything about Coles Myer.
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But certain teachers may lack the competence and expertise to avoid controversy completely.
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There was no way they could have avoided controversy .
become
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Understandably, I suppose, he did not want Reuters to become embroiled in controversy .
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Jerry Brown, which became the center of controversy because of its modernist style.
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Wilkinson himself became involved in the controversy when Batty made his way to the touchline to be substituted after a 38minute flare-up.
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The event has since become a controversy .
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Her frustration over the chaos that became the Cleveland controversy is palpable.
cause
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I think Jim Mason's viewpoint is also urging for cooperation with the environment but he may cause a bit of controversy .
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In one sense this should have caused no controversy .
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Since the book seemed to be one that would cause some controversy , she had better proceed with caution.
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But the speaker is not a wealthy man and could dip into campaign coffers, causing more controversy .
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When he first became the candidate more than two years ago it caused considerable controversy .
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This distinction causes some controversy and confusion.
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It is compatible with the canon of artistic detachment, but it can cause controversy .
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At all costs we must avoid appearing to want attention and to cause controversy .
continue
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Until a definition for asthma itself can be agreed the problem of defining attacks will continue to generate controversy .
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The justification for Gloucester's assumption of power confused contemporaries and has continued to arouse controversy .
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His acceptance of an honorary degree from the anti-Catholic Bob Jones University in 1999 continues to stir controversy .
create
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Not surprisingly, the building of branch lines and the provision of freight sidings never failed to create controversy .
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He could not do this with-out creating controversy , without startling the press from time to time.
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The move, disclosed by health chiefs, is likely to create controversy after the outcry over school league tables.
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But ironically, a storm that never materialized created the most controversy .
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No company, in my view, would dare to create a controversy by ruining the night sky.
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Even the first census, in 1790, created controversy .
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Kim Ku was ambitious for power and discerned the opportunities created by the controversy over trusteeship.
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Charles and Diana also created tabloid headlines and controversy .
end
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Even then there was no ending to the controversy over Hume's beliefs.
follow
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Some of these questions are confronted by the Supreme Court in the following controversy .
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They might follow the latest controversy in the newspapers, but there is peace, and often lethargy, in their parishes.
fuel
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His criticism will fuel controversy about the book on the island, where a film starring Nicolas Cage is being shot.
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The Hubble already has helped fuel a raging controversy over the true age of the universe.
generate
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The short list for the £20,000 prize, which will be awarded on November 28, has already generated a small controversy .
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Like all great ideas, it generated internal controversies .
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Until a definition for asthma itself can be agreed the problem of defining attacks will continue to generate controversy .
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The Alsop view inevitably generated controversy .
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This will inevitably generate heated controversy , fuelled by continuing confusion over the technologies.
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There would be many more such articles in the future, and many would generate substantial controversy .
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The length of the sentences generated a related controversy which was reported extensively by the press.
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Political contributions that would have been major scandals in the United States have generated only minor controversies .
involve
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Wilkinson himself became involved in the controversy when Batty made his way to the touchline to be substituted after a 38minute flare-up.
provoke
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Although these various sources of other income provide substantial sums of money, they only occasionally provoke political controversy .
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The poem is given here in its 1807 version, since this provoked the controversy over it.
spark
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But his romance with Karen has sparked controversy .
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Independent councillor Derek McVickers sparked controversy when he said he understood Albert Dryden's frustration at planning decisions.
stir
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And already it looks like stirring up fierce controversy .
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The dismissal of such people would stir up controversy the president would just as soon avoid.
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His remarks are nevertheless bound to stir controversy .
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When they stirred controversies , they were generally reported by the feature pages and gossip columns of newspapers.
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Male speaker Anybody with strong convictions that what he is doing is right is bound to stir up controversy .
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The course was moved to Reinhardt College in 1994, after complaints about its political overtones stirred a controversy at Kennesaw State.
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But his officials are stirring up their own controversy over social policy.
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But the role has put him at odds with the United States and stirred controversy in his own country.
surround
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Since then the future of Holly Park has been surrounded in controversy .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Controversy surrounds the TV show, which many consider to be racist, sexist, and homophobic.
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Dahl's letter to "The Times" provoked controversy .
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He resigned Tuesday after months of controversy .
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There has been a huge controversy over where to put the city's new sports stadium and who should build it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was in the International Amphitheatre, and there had been a big controversy about it.
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Rather than ending divisions in the Labour Party, the controversies of 1935 mark the beginning of a new period of prolonged disunity.
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Still, the press jumped on the pygmy owl angle, splashing headlines about the controversy across the top of both dailies.
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These issues are still the basis for debate and controversy .
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They react to the latest discoveries with blasé aplomb, remaining unruffled by theological controversy .
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Though angry, both sides quickly sought to defuse the controversy .