long-running dispute

collocation in English

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long-running
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈlɒŋ.rʌn.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlɑːŋ.rʌn.ɪŋ/
continuing for a ...
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dispute
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈspjuːt/us
/dɪˈspjuːt/
an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a ...
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(Definition oflong-runninganddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is thelong-runningdisputeinvolving guardians ad litem, the service is over budget, and the chief executive has been suspended.
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This has been along-runningdispute; it has continued for over 50 years.
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Is it not true that only pressure from the international community can bring both sides of thislong-runningdisputetogether?
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I want to stress that this has been along-runningdisputefor four months.
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Thelong-runningdisputewith dentists, the imposition of local pay and the dispute over out-of-hours work by general practitioners proves that.
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Is she further aware that thislong-runningdisputewill considerably damage the whole intelligence community in this country?
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We were convinced that it was within the purview of education and training that thelong-runningdisputecould be amicably and sensibly solved.
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That was the beginning of along-runningdispute.
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He has since been involved in along-runningdisputewith a tenant crofter, over the land use on the estate.
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In 1233 along-runningdisputebetween the cathedral chapter and the townsfolk (regarding issues of taxation and legal jurisdiction) boiled over into open revolt.
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Kripal soon found himself and the book embroiled in along-runningdispute.
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Bigod, meanwhile, had been engaged in along-runningdisputeover debts he owed to the crown.
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There used to be along-runningdisputebetween the two inns concerning which one was the older and which ought to have precedence over the other accordingly.
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Bobrok's parentage is the subject of along-runningdispute.
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It is very difficult to resolve such long-running disputes as rapidly as everybody would wish.
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It is the peace process that can do that and try to resolve the long-running disputes rather than dwelling on the past.
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The twentieth century also saw long-running disputes on the interpretations of probability.
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