perennial question

collocation in English

meaningsofperennialandquestion

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perennial
adjective
uk
/pəˈren.i.əl/us
/pəˈren.i.əl/
lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofperennialandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theperennialquestion, however, is whether it is worth incurring the associated transaction costs.
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Aperennialquestionin the study of gender politics is whether there are gender differences in mass level political thinking or action during elections.
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My next point raises theperennialquestionof the hours of labour.
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We are at the end of four days discussion of thisperennialquestionof coal.
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I refer to theperennialquestionof the status of this amorphous and shapeless bundle of treaties.
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I asked theperennialquestion: how do the proposed arrangements differ from those in force on the mainland?
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In the case of the railways, there is theperennialquestionof track costs vis-à-vis road transport.
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Whether we are getting value for money has been aperennialquestion, to a greater or lesser degree, for generations, in our defence debates.
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This is aperennialquestion; it is something that everyone has "had a go" at, and still nothing seems to happen.
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The principle is excellent; the content needs working out; and theperennialquestionof who bears the cost must be addressed.
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