noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
principled stand/opposition/objection etc
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He took a principled stand against the legislation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
conscientious
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This conflict is illustrated by the question of conscientious objection in war time.
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We have no conscientious objections or anything of that kind.
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A separate law allowing for conscientious objection and introducing alternative civilian service was also adopted.
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He also, at first, saw conscientious objection as a key to mobilizing opposition to the war itself.
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The argument rests on an analogy with the right of conscientious objection which is supported by Dworkin.
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When conscription was introduced, he could not plead a conscientious objection to war in general.
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Not the rights and wrongs of conscientious objection .
fundamental
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Some seek personal de-criminalisation and rehabilitation, others have a more fundamental objection to man-made laws and courts as such.
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A more fundamental objection has been that music-hall and vaudeville were essentially controlled by showmen who were of course entrepreneurs.
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There is a further fundamental objection , generally overlooked.
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Not that we had any fundamental objection to the children.
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The most fundamental objection is that the government could be ignoring its long-term obligation to manage the debt cheaply in favour of short-term gains.
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However, there is a more fundamental objection .
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As we shall see there are fundamental objections to accepting that this should always be so.
main
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The main objections to the tree-structure are as follows.
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But the main objection to classical foundationalism is that there are no infallible beliefs.
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It appears that Mrs Thatcher's main objection was the amount of public money involved.
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As he expected, he drew a blank, and found the main objection was the Founders' powers.
major
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Sometimes this results in a major objection being reduced to one which can easily be dealt with.
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This kind of amendment to traditional stratification analysis would still, of course, leave standing the major objections to it.
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Another major theoretical objection to compensation theory concerns the investment behaviour of firms.
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However, two major objections can be raised.
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The major objection to the percutaneous approach is the possibility of tumour dissemination in the track.
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The prescription was logical but totally unacceptable to the government, and there were two major objections to the Layfield proposals.
moral
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Aides had denied she had any moral objections but said she had longstanding private engagements to fulfil.
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He knew the sort of people he was addressing and he knew the sort of moral objections they found most satisfying.
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We make a big show of our moral objections , but what really puts us off are the technical ones.
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There were moral objections to children being blown out of sleep to death on a filthy street.
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Apart from any moral objections , researchers are scared that they will be deprived of fame and fortune by military secrecy.
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There were moral objections to house lizards being senselessly butchered by madmen.
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This is quite apart from any moral objections that might arise.
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And moral objections to people spending their lives shooting scag.
possible
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It is sometimes useful to consider quietly, in advance of the auction, possible objections and their answers.
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Delegate gains would be less significant for small states, leading to their possible objections to the proposal.
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To the simple call of justice, there are a number of possible objections .
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They adduce support for it mainly by removing misunderstandings and a few possible objections .
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The possible objections to this analysis, if that is not too strong a word, are many.
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A further possible objection to gradation is that it limits the sentencing powers of the judge.
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This deals with possible objections listeners may be formulating about the idea before they have a chance to raise them.
religious
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Sometimes there are often religious objections .
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For example, mandatory polio immunization of all school children has been upheld, despite the religious objections of some parents.
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Suitable for couples with religious objections to other methods.
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What if the family has religious objections ?
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Can a teacher refuse to follow the curriculum if the refusal is based on religious objections ?
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That depends on the state law. Religious objections have been raised by parents and students to various parts of the curriculum.
serious
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More immediately serious were the objections of de Montfort.
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I do not remember that anyone present raised a serious objection to any of the arrangements described by McFarlane.
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A second and more serious objection to this definition concerns the impossibility of completeness in another direction.
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A more serious objection to the handling of characters in ordinary dictionaries involves semantics.
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Romaine, Le Page and Tabouret-Keller and others have raised serious theoretical objections to the continuum hypothesis itself, as described above.
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But he does not regard the charge as a serious objection to his theory.
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But there's a more serious objection than that, you know.
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On the surface these seem to be very serious objections to the whole enterprise of analysing international relations by means of a general theory.
strong
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Assuming licensees and magistrates act sensibly in seeking and granting approval, I can not see any strong objection to this.
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The decision follows strong local objections at a public inquiry held at the end of 1991.
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This has provoked strong objections , mainly from military types and religious groups.
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The organisers have been granted a licence in the face of strong local objections .
■ VERB
based
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The case was tried on special demurrer, that is a demurrer based on specific objections to the form of the pleadings.
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Can a teacher refuse to follow the curriculum if the refusal is based on religious objections ?
consider
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We have, therefore, to consider the objections to the doctrine.
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A public local inquiry may be required to consider the remaining objections to the scheme.
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There is also a larger reason for considering the objection about the place of causal and other nomic connections in science.
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Objections I will conclude this chapter by considering a few objections to the account of authority suggested above which challenge its general orientation.
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However, we shall have to begin, first, by considering certain monistic objections .
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He considered Manville's objection seriously for some moments.
hear
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I can already hear the objections from those clubs who have a few players tied up with the Championship.
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A public inquiry will start hearing local objections to the building of the complex on May 21.
lodge
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The change of heart followed an outcry by the public who lodged objections to the scheme.
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No objections have been received and the period for lodging objections has now elapsed.
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Opponents to the opt-out now have a chance to lodge objections to the Education Secretary.
make
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What is clear is that, in the above passage, he is not making the objection against himself.
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They made no objections to my method and seemed to enjoy working with me.
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They seemed confused as to what was going on, but were too sleepy to make too loud an objection .
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And Pirenne listened and made no objections .
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The large cities have not been happy with this position and various proposals have been made to meet their objections .
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Anselm made no objection either to the person appointed or to the manner of his appointment.
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Tremayne's eyebrows rose but he made no objection .
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Sometimes counsel for one of the parties in a case will make objection to a particular judge hearing the case.
meet
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The second is to be prepared to try to meet the objections of those affected by alternative arrangements.
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I am aware that these proposals only go part way to meeting the objections raised at the meeting.
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The large cities have not been happy with this position and various proposals have been made to meet their objections .
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We must try to meet many of the objections made by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills.
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This was met with dismay and objection , but the logic could not be refuted.
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Davis's claims have met with many objections .
overcome
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Lakatos developed his picture of science in an attempt to improve on, and overcome the objections to, Popperian falsificationism.
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It covered subjects which included selling skills, overcoming customers' objections and motivating retail salesmen.
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Though their scruples were overcome , their objection pointed to their awareness that the ceremony was changing its meaning.
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An extension of linear programming which overcomes this objection is that of goal programming.
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It offers high performance in acid digestion techniques overcoming many of the objections associated with traditional batch methods.
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He manages not only to identify the perpetrator but also to overcome Harriet's feminist objections to marriage.
raise
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I do not remember that anyone present raised a serious objection to any of the arrangements described by McFarlane.
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Unfortunately, if I raise any objections , he just refuses to make love at all.
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The wire service Reuter also has raised objections .
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She appeared to be raising no objection .
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And as prosecutors employ the strategy elsewhere, other defendants may raise objections .
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He could have raised objections to Father Kipling's arguments -; but then he could have raised objections to his objections.
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Again, Alexander, Dole and Forbes raised no objection .
withdraw
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Then I assume that you withdraw your objection .
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He conveyed this to the building inspectors, which allowed the Council to withdraw their objection on this score.
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The first women inspectors were appointed in April 1942, but were withdrawn shortly afterwards following objections from the remaining men.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If anyone has any objections, please let us know as soon as possible.
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If you have no objection , I would like to use your name as a reference when I start applying for jobs.
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When I told him about my plans, my father raised one objection after another.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A more substantial objection is why neither Karen nor I had dived in to try and save Dennis.
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Democrats are now engaged in a full-scale legislative blockade, stopping all bills with objections and threatened filibusters.
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Locke faces the objection that there is no historical evidence for his account of the creation of political authority.
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Nevertheless, Macmillan had no objection to experimental steps being taken in that direction.
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There were moral objections to house lizards being senselessly butchered by madmen.
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This characteristic has important implications for two elements of the sales process: handling objections and the close.
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Yet this objection is easily answered once the hormonal theory is taken into account.