groundswell of opinion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgroundswellandopinion
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groundswell
noun[S]
uk/ˈɡraʊnd.swel/us/ˈɡraʊnd.swel/
a growth of strong feeling among a large group ...
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opinion
noun
uk/əˈpɪn.jən/us/əˈpɪn.jən/
a thought or belief about something ...
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That is evidence of thegroundswellofopinionamong all shades of political views, with a few notable exceptions.
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Let it be clearly understood that there is agroundswellofopinionthat the present state of affairs cannot continue.
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I entirely endorsed thatgroundswellofopinionin the recent debate on the family.
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There was time to reflect and agroundswellofopinionin favour of the changes.
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Already there is in the profession a stronggroundswellofopinionuniting many parts of the education world in favour of the idea.
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The internationalgroundswellofopinionin favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty should be addressed within the framework of a pro-abolition policy.
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The need for this agency is demonstrated by thegroundswellofopinionand the many attempts over recent years to establish co-operative enterprises.
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I know there is thisgroundswellofopinionthat we should bring the boys home.
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After that an enormousgroundswellofopiniongrew up that we had made a sufficient example and that the time had come to stop.
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There is agroundswellofopinionin favour of the legislation.
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He suggested in general that there was some greatgroundswellofopinionin favour of what is rather vaguely and imprecisely called a naval strategy for this country.
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Well, there is agroundswellofopinion.
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While the promotion has not been without its difficulties, many of us are now aware of the considerablegroundswellofopinionin favour of its enactment.
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We are saying that when we return to power there will be agroundswellofopinionamong the public—people receiving the tax credit and people who have to administer it.
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There was agroundswellofopinion.
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International humanitarian law began to gain ground after the second world war, when there was agroundswellofopinionfavouring prosecution of the leaders of the defeated powers.
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