I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bitter debate/argument
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The country now faces a bitter debate over the issue.
a matter for debate/negotiation/discussion (= something to be debated/negotiated etc )
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How to solve the housing crisis is a matter for debate.
a subject of/for debate (= a subject people discuss and disagree about )
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The reason for the increased risk of cancer is still a subject of debate.
a topic of discussion/debate
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The issue is a topic of great debate in the record industry.
discuss/debate an issue
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They met to discuss the issue of working conditions at the factory.
discuss/debate the merits of sth (= discuss whether or not something is a good idea )
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They were discussing the merits of sending soldiers to the area.
furious debate/argument etc
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There was a furious row over the proposals.
hotly debated/disputed/denied etc
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The rumor has been hotly denied.
intense debate
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Abortion has become the subject of intense debate.
lively debate
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a lively debate on environmental issues
long-running dispute/battle/debate/feud etc
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She was involved in a long-running legal battle.
long-standing debate/dispute etc
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a long-standing feud between the two families
protracted negotiations/discussions/debate etc
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the expense of a protracted legal battle
provoke debate/discussion/controversy
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A new book criticising Hollywood has provoked fierce debate in the US.
reopen a case/question/debate etc
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attempts to reopen the issue of the power station’s future
room for doubt/debate/argument etc
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The evidence was clear, and there was little room for doubt.
spirited defence/debate/discussion etc
sterile argument/debate etc
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the increasingly sterile debate on political reform
the ensuing battle/conflict/debate etc
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In the ensuing fighting, two students were killed.
the focus of debate (= the thing which people are discussing )
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The strike became the focus of debate in the media.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
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Since the early 1960s, considerable debate has taken place in educational circles about the nature of history as a discipline.
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While Eckstrom and Bronson both supported Grijalva for board chairman, there was considerable debate over that position among the three Demos.
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There is, however, considerable debate as to the extent of change, and the reasons for it.
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This will involve a large number of managers, some further external help, and considerable debate .
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It also has been the subject of considerable historical debate .
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A flexible engineering system had been introduced after considerable debate about the worthwhileness of the investment.
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The salient causal processes in the creation of this deferential coalfield culture are the subject of considerable debate .
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There is considerable debate over the most appropriate index of deprivation in particular situations.
current
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Here we publish edited answers to some of the questions that are dominating the current political debate .
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The fundamental issue in the current debate is whether environmental lead causes intellectual impairment or behavioural disturbances in children.
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The current architectural debate has served to polarise popular opinion on modern architecture.
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The current education debate also seems to be pushing for a return to traditional teaching methods.
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Helfet: X100 stylist Current debate at Browns Lane has turned to the engine's power output.
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The current debate in the packaging industry concerns the environmental effects of polyvinyl chloride.
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In the current debate about Maastricht that policy is worthy of public and Government interest.
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Full scale reform of official secrets legislation is still very much a topic of current debate .
fierce
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Agreement was only reached following a fierce debate over the question of radioactive waste.
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These questions set off fierce debate among cleaning experts.
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This is a matter of fierce debate .
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As the deadline approached a fierce debate raged in the United States.
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The point is important, because conservation has recently become the subject of fierce debate .
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A fierce debate arose among those trying to respond to the unfavourable economic and social effects of occupation.
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But it was a long gestation, and a fierce debate still simmers about when and where the birth actually took place.
great
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But in this great debate one point is being missed.
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Now comes the great Medicaid debate .
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So just where does Bernard stand on the great guitar solo debate ?
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Like David and Goliath, two combatants have stood out from the academic armies engaged in the great demographic debate .
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There has been a great deal of debate about the collection and use of these.
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The great debates between Webster and Calhoun over slavery or the Gettysburg Address are simply impossible today.
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In both Britain and the United States there has been a great deal of debate on the question of police accountability.
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The great debate continues raging across the Sunshine State today.
heated
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There was heated debate , but by the casting vote of the chairman we got our grant.
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There was heated debate regarding the performance of number of ministers.
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After fifteen months of heated debate , Billingham was abandoned.
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Around such alternatives have views polarised in the heated debate over what the bill means for viewers.
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The establishment of these schools outside the local authority system is a matter of heated political debate .
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Indeed, this is an area of heated debate and it is quite difficult to tease out what is actually going on.
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But even wind power, as heated debates at various public enquiries have revealed, is not without its critics.
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This set off another heated debate .
intense
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The Thatcher government's policy, effected in the Broadcasting Act of 1990, provoked intense debate .
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His approach has incited even more intense debate among Democrats.
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These have been the subject of intense debate , with religious preferences sometimes intruding.
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How much money Simpson has is a matter of intense speculation and debate .
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Yellowstone was threatened in 1883-4 by a plan to allow mining, but the park was saved after an intense debate .
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The implications of this change have been the subject of intense debate since 1978.
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After weeks of intense inter-party debate , clauses relating to privatization had been omitted.
lively
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First, there must be a continuing and lively debate on ethical matters to ensure that ethical guidance is kept up-to-date.
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As others may have different theories a genuine desire to prove a point of view leads to some lively debate .
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The sections that follow represent an attempt to examine briefly some of the liveliest areas of debate .
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The conference produced some lively debate and occasionally some widely differing viewpoints.
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Needless to say, there is a continuous and lively debate about whose model is the best.
national
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But a national debate on architecture at this level is as banal as it is unhelpful.
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Whether or not the proposal is enacted, it may well set off a national debate .
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What began as a squabble has polarised into a national debate .
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The first state to publicly debate the issue of competition in public education, Minnesota triggered the national debate about choice.
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But if this national facility is needed, there should be a national debate about its location.
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Republicans, battered as they are in the public opinion polls, succeeded in dramatically transforming the terms of the national debate .
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At this point the debate over the civil rights bill merged into a wider national debate concerning the legitimacy of reverse discrimination.
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The abandonment of separate education, peculiarly enough, has occurred without any visible national debate .
ongoing
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Driving the process was the ongoing debate over what might be the very best face Lisa could put forth.
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An ongoing debate among those who ponder fashion has been whether dresses, suits and blouses can be considered art.
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Those on the other side of this ongoing debate fare little better.
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It also provides a way of showing economic research in action by sketching the ongoing debate .
open
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This concept is open to debate , in that at least some Ediacaran fossils can be compared with known metazoans.
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A resignation would force open the debate and make Dini keep his promise to quit, the Alliance argued.
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The actual number of words that are necessary is open to debate .
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In other words, they both have valid points, which is often the case in an open and honest debate .
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Democracy and open debate were inseparable.
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I am perfectly open to that debate .
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How that expectation is calculated is certainly open to debate and criticism.
parliamentary
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The parliamentary debate on the Report showed the Home Secretary adopting a two-pronged strategy in his response.
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The parliamentary debate has been deferred.
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They were subject to exhaustive parliamentary debate and, on occasion, referendum.
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A parliamentary debate on the issue might be the one thing to tear the coalition apart.
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An extraordinary parliamentary debate on July 22, however, endorsed the government's action.
political
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The fabric of political debate and mobilization is both narrower and wider.
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In past election years, differences over defense spending and foreign policy have been central to the political debate .
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Britain's poor economic performance has been the dominant theme of political debate and economic discourse since the 1950s.
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Sarah Benton discusses the paralysis of political debate on the Gulf in Britain.
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Not so in the United States, where the very definition of human existence is the bread and butter of political debate .
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Moreover, the reform process itself is part of the currency of political debate .
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Despite some good acting from the ensemble cast, the characters slip into the stereotypes needed to establish the political debate .
presidential
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And didn't it, in many ways, shape the whole presidential debate , raising causes that others feared to touch?
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The proposed vice presidential debate would be held in Hartford, Conn., on Oct. 2.
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The vice presidential debate is scheduled Oct. 2 in Hartford, Conn.
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We reached an impasse over the presidential debate in October.
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Dole, who is scheduled to speak last, decided to skip a presidential debate Saturday in South Carolina.
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It is unclear whether Perot will be allowed to participate in the three scheduled presidential debates , as he did last time.
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Funnier than the last presidential debate , but just barely.
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The threat was made after Bailey helped lead a demonstration last month at Gammage Auditorium before the Republican presidential primary debate .
public
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The agenda for public debate about defence issues is increasingly shaped by the activities of the Pentagon's biggest arms' suppliers.
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His eloquence is often out of place in public debates , where precision and clarity are preferred to brilliant imagination.
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Yet apart from a few scattered Tory voices, there is no public debate .
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He enters freely into public debate from his close attention to most subjects, but he is no Orator.
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Doubts over Bush's health, however, provoked renewed public debate over Quayle's competence.
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The rule thus dampens the vigor and limits the variety of public debate .
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The initial draft received many letters of comment from both camps and was followed up with a public debate in Glasgow.
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Ability to use the written and spoken word in order to enter into public debate .
recent
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The Opposition refused to answer that in the recent debate , and they have refused to answer it again today.
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Both the current reforms and other possible changes which have been suggested in recent debates of the health service will be examined.
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Electoral changes and their relationship to the political parties have been the subject of much recent analysis and debate .
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This was demonstrated clearly in the recent debates in Parliament.
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A recent ageism debate brought out some serious points.
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Though essentially traditionalist, the work shows a critical spirit and a lively interest in recent discoveries and debates .
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One area of recent debate concerns radon gas and its links to lung cancer.
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All these examples are speculative, but all have surfaced in the recent debate on higher education.
■ VERB
conduct
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The second part, Chapters 5-8, conducts the three debates catalogued in Figure 1.2.
contribute
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It doesn't contribute to any debate .
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This is far more intense a challenge than contributing to debates about strategy and design.
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To contribute to this debate , Coopers &038; Lybrand formed a working party to survey and examine interim reporting.
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Given the still exiguous literature of colour in art we can not expect to contribute to a running debate .
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I understand that other hon. Members wish to contribute to the debate before it concludes.
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We look forward to contributing to this debate .
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We believe that social anthropologists can contribute more to the debates , in both empirical and theoretical terms.
engage
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Instead, they say industry should engage in the debate to promote the life-saving benefits from testing treatments on animals.
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Very few environmentalists would choose to engage in a debate about the extent to which they had either succeeded or sold out.
heat
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He made parliament come alive with unscripted reports of the heated debates during the Suez debacle.
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The continuing, and heated , judicial debate on racial preference indicates that the ultimate outcome of this controversy remains in doubt.
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The capital gains tax controversy coincides with another heated national debate affecting white people.
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Even the slightest interface aspect could trigger a heated debate , with adherents of opposing solutions arguing with near-Jesuitical intensity.
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The issue was the subject of heated debate in a weekly morning caucus session.
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Reginald Tufts, whose fighting ability was frequently the topic of heated debate , hit me until I cried.
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Since 1980, a balanced-budget amendment has been the focus of heated debate in congressional committees and on the floor.
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No presidential policy is so controversial that it provokes heated debate .
provoke
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The Future Development of Auditing deserves to provoke a fundamental debate .
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A proposed resolution to oppose voucher plans and charter schools provoked a spirited debate on the convention floor.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall provokes a debate between the Professore and a Priest.
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No presidential policy is so controversial that it provokes heated debate .
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Doubts over Bush's health, however, provoked renewed public debate over Quayle's competence.
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This highly readable account deserves a wide audience and should provoke serious debate .
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The move provoked a prolonged debate about the pricing of audits.
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The Thatcher government's policy, effected in the Broadcasting Act of 1990, provoked intense debate .
reopen
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The cautious effort to reopen the debate was sparked by a controversial report from the United Nations Population Division this year.
spark
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This idea sparked off a debate that still continues.
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The arrival of the census form routinely sparks a bad-tempered debate about intrusiveness and unreasonable authority.
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It also sparked debate over the treatment of animals in science.
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The report sparked the first nationwide debate over whether low-calorie dieting was now outmoded.
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The controversies surrounding severe mental handicap which began in the early 1980s sparked off a national debate which continues today.
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The painting sparked a debate that finally led to Gross appearing in court last March.
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Attrition rates, for tanks and aircraft increased greatly, sparking off a debate about the implication of the new technologies.
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Putnam's article sparked enormous debate and soul-searching.
televise
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There have been a total of four nationally televised vice presidential debates since the format premiered in 1976 when Sen.
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Dole passed on participating in a televised debate last Friday in Dallas.
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It therefore should be stated quite firmly that televised presidential debates are extremely valuable.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heated argument/debate/discussion etc
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After a short heated argument, the inspector agreed to pay the costs in cash from his local station funds.
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After fifteen months of heated debate, Billingham was abandoned.
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It got off to a hairy start with several heated discussions about what a wild boar is.
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No presidential policy is so controversial that it provokes heated debate.
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Since 1980, a balanced-budget amendment has been the focus of heated debate in congressional committees and on the floor.
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There was heated argument at the meeting, with strongly differing views advanced.
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There was a heated argument between the two men which at length it fell to Branson to settle.
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Witnesses have already given descriptions of the pair who were seen having what appeared to be a heated argument.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The law was passed, after a long and sometimes angry debate .
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There will be a televised debate between those in favour of military action and those who are against.
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This matter has been the subject of intense public debate in recent weeks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For his part, Simpson said nothing Tuesday to fuel the debate over the verdicts.
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His jibe was greeted with howls of laughter as Mr Smith savaged Mr Major during the emergency debate on the economy.
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However, the House will have further opportunities during the debate to clarify that important point.
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On some issues he gave details of steps to settle the debate .
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The first question on foreign policy came 35 minutes into the debate .
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This stark view of what really matters has touched off a spirited debate and will occupy us in Chapter 5.
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Which is fine -- we enjoy a good debate in print, sensationalist punks that we are.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
hotly
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The effects of television on childhood socialisation have been hotly debated for more than three decades.
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Mackowiak says the causes, benefits and dangers of fever in humans are hotly debated among researchers.
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The significance of this long-term advantage is still being hotly debated .
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Fifty-two percent of California voters approved the hotly debated term-limits initiative in 1990.
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Whilst the consequences of these changes may be hotly debated , their marketing impact on business enterprises has been immense.
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Whether the abandoned innards, which are consumed by coyotes and ravens, harbor the disease is hotly debated .
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The significance of these changes has been hotly debated; these debates will be examined later in the chapter.
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A second hotly debated law set up the framework for a state Earthquake Authority.
how
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And doctors and governments alike are debating how to curb the excesses of drug promotion.
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Officials were still debating how to pay for the program.
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Changes in the occupational structure Sociologists from Marx and Weber onwards have debated how best to define social classes.
much
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While the evidence for the validity of the hypothesis is much debated , the evidence against it is almost non-existent.
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That claim has been challenged and much debated , but it seems to hold up.
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Probability is a very difficult notion, much debated by philosophers.
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What this was was much debated , particularly by the metropolitan bishops of Arles and Vienne.
over
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Several of the professors were internationally known figures who lectured to large audiences and engaged in public debates over controversial issues.
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A communications and technology policy initiative to engage the civil rights community in debates over emerging communications and technology policy.
still
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But the existence of a causal relationship is still debated .
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Officials were still debating how to pay for the program.
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The mechanism of action is still debated .
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The need for gastroscopic follow up of pernicious anaemia patients is therefore still debated .
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The role of endoscopic stenting for postoperative biliary strictures is still debated .
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Stalin's man-made famine killed millions; just how many millions is still debated .
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So much so, in fact, that they're still debating as they pull into a restaurant in the town.
■ NOUN
bill
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I readily acknowledge the need for time to debate the Bill in Committee.
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The Senate will debate the bill Monday and vote Tuesday on whether to override the filibuster.
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As we debate the Bill , the period of public consultation is only half way through.
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This year, the state Legislature spent months debating a bill that would have banned the teaching of evolution as fact.
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I am sure that they need the time to debate the Bill just as much as anyone else.
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The Louisiana legislature was debating a bill to outlaw virtually all abortions.
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I was trying to calculate the exact number of hours which the motion allows the Committee to spend debating the Bill .
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The issue of political asylum is, of course, being debated in relation to a Bill which is currently going through the House.
committee
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I was trying to calculate the exact number of hours which the motion allows the Committee to spend debating the Bill.
congress
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If the United states Navy had operated Sheffield, Congress would have openly debated the affair and heads would have rolled.
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The Congress debated a transitional structure for an interim government before the adoption of a new Constitution.
house
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The House debates a Bill on Second Reading and it is passed by chance rather than as a benefit of the arguments.
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The House began debating the measure Thursday, moving it ahead of several spending bills.
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Less than four years ago, the House debated the Second Reading of the poll tax bill.
issue
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At the very least, it would mean that the real issues are debated rather than the trivial detail of statistics and history.
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We were the platform where these issues were debated .
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No real political issues ever debated in the mass media?
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Hyde said he voted as he did so the issue could be debated in the House.
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The whole issue is to be debated as a conference in Luxembourg in September 1992.
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None the less, the issue is being debated .
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Indeed, many of my hon. Friends find it frustrating that regional issues are seldom debated in the House.
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It is the third Cabinet meeting this week at which this issue has been debated .
matter
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I hope that we will debate those matters again.
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None of them showed any interest, however, in debating the matter with her or with us.
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Will he find time to debate the matter ?
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When the House finally has a chance to debate the matter the Minister of State takes 40 minutes over his speech.
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I hope that there will be plenty of opportunity to debate those matters next week.
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I will bear her very much in mind when we debate the matter next week.
measure
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The House began debating the measure Thursday, moving it ahead of several spending bills.
merits
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It is not our intention here to debate the merits of these models, or their relation to the General Theory.
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He was mournfully re-enacting the conversation between two officials, as they debated the merits of revoking a pass-interference penalty.
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Without debating the relative merits of this policy, the facts exist.
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A lot of otherwise productive time is being wasted debating the merits of each game.
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This is a crucial element when debating the merits of improvements in the National Health Service or education.
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Within weeks after our arrival the managers of each department had begun to debate our relative merits .
motion
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To consider and, if thought fit, to pass Special Resolutions and to debate motions .
opportunity
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Therefore, the House would have the opportunity of debating any proposed changes to the scheme.
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A decision we do not, as employees, usually have an opportunity to debate or contribute to.
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I see no opportunity to debate it in Government time.
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I hope that there will be plenty of opportunity to debate those matters next week.
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I promise the House a full opportunity to debate the report from the Committee.
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It can be shown that individuals and groups welcome the opportunity to contribute to debate and to participate in policy making.
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I am sure that all hon. Members representing Northern Ireland constituencies will welcome the opportunity to debate the orders.
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What they did was to provide an opportunity to debate these issues, at the same time giving support to teachers.
parliament
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It is a matter which Parliament has yet to debate .
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It is men who sit in parliament , debating the laws which control a woman's destiny.
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Such an Order had to be laid before Parliament and was there debated on 6 December 1977.
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Yes: Parliament would debate inclusion of the Social Chapter later.
policy
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Personal insults and accusations swamped efforts to debate policies .
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But the courtroom is not the arena for debating issues of educational policy .
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Neither the new regional conferences nor the revived Labour League of Youth were allowed to debate national policy .
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Today the conference will debate the policy review reports Physical and Social Environment, including housing and transport.
politician
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Just possibly, the politicians might begin debating that as they campaign for November's mayoral election.
proposal
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Under their pressure Congress raised the limit to 115,000, and is debating a proposal to issue 200,000 H1B visas next year.
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I welcome the possibility of debating the proposals of the Opposition parties.
question
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This looks even more unconstitutional - but while the lawyers debate that question , the government could be holding the monetary line.
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We have recently debated environmental questions generally.
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These were the most hotly debated questions .
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But the Second International did debate two questions which Marx and Engels left unresolved.
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Thankfully, we can debate these questions in a time of peace, when the consequences of making a mistake are minimal.
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There will be time to debate these questions later.
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Participants debated sensitive questions about biology, race and science.
report
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Mr. Cryer Will the Lord President explain the priorities that he adopts in providing time for debating the reports ?
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I promise the House a full opportunity to debate the report from the Committee.
subject
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This is the first time that we have debated the subject in the House, which is a pity.
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As we have seen, this second chance to debate the subject of dissension within the community was also rejected.
time
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Thus they spent much of their time debating the validity of various evaluation procedures as potential responses.
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A lot of otherwise productive time is being wasted debating the merits of each game.
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I readily acknowledge the need for time to debate the Bill in Committee.
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Will he find time to debate the matter?
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It is a waste of time to debate issues which are already settled.
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I am sure that they need the time to debate the Bill just as much as anyone else.
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Mr. Cryer Will the Lord President explain the priorities that he adopts in providing time for debating the reports?
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The practical results will be felt by hundreds of millions who do not spend their time debating the theory of globalisation.
week
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That is why we shall introduce the Asylum Bill, which will be debated next week .
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Similar legislation is pending in the House, which plans to begin floor debate the week of March 18.
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What I have just related will look rather familiar to those who examine the Bill that we will debate next week .
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He will return to Florida for more debate prep later this week .
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The House will be invited to debate the outcome next week .
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I hope that there will be plenty of opportunity to debate those matters next week .
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I will bear her very much in mind when we debate the matter next week .
■ VERB
begin
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Similar legislation is pending in the House, which plans to begin floor debate the week of March 18.
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Just possibly, the politicians might begin debating that as they campaign for November's mayoral election.
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In response, regulators began to debate whether derivatives should be banned or reined in.
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The Senate began debating its version of the immigration bill on Monday.
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The House began debating the measure Thursday, moving it ahead of several spending bills.
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Within weeks after our arrival the managers of each department had begun to debate our relative merits.
continue
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They can continue to debate them all night, and even until the following morning, if they so desire.
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Aviation historians continue to debate what happened to her.
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Surely that question will continue to be debated for as long as there are children in schools and teachers there to teach them.
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Her exact literary status continues to be debated in academia.
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Legislators, medical ethicists and public health experts continue to debate limiting the use of such reproductive technologies.
open
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This theory is, however, open to debate .
spend
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We have spent three days debating the council tax.
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This year, the state Legislature spent months debating a bill that would have banned the teaching of evolution as fact.
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I was trying to calculate the exact number of hours which the motion allows the Committee to spend debating the Bill.
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The practical results will be felt by hundreds of millions who do not spend their time debating the theory of globalisation.
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Question: What do you get if you travel half way around the world and spend seven 19-hour days debating Amnesty's future?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Few areas of nutrition are more hotly debated than whether or not people should take vitamin supplements.
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The government clearly refuses to give us an opportunity to debate any longer.
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The matter will be debated by the General Assembly.
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The new law was debated in Parliament on 14 February.
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They had already debated where to go on vacation, Yosemite or Lake Tahoe.
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We debated whether to fly or go by train, finally deciding on the train.
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We were debating the best way to reach the river, when a passing ranger kindly pointed it out.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But later the deputies set the stage for possible compromise by agreeing to debate a referendum after all.
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He was mournfully re-enacting the conversation between two officials, as they debated the merits of revoking a pass-interference penalty.
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The Bundesbank central council will meet Thursday to debate interest-rate and monetary policy.
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They were no longer debating the rights of man at a Club for Equality and Reform.
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We have spent three days debating the council tax.
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Whilst the consequences of these changes may be hotly debated, their marketing impact on business enterprises has been immense.