serious dispute

collocation in English

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousanddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mostseriousdisputeamongst the team revolved around precisely the question of the value that should be attached to popular or familiar musical materials.
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Sandys's refusal even to contemplate releasing higher valued properties from control prompted aseriousdisputeto break out amongst his senior ministry officials.
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However, at the time there was noseriousdisputeover the relative magnitude and importance of irrigation as a result of the spread of bamboo tubewells.
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I am pleased to say that there is noseriousdisputein this debate about the need for control.
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There is a veryseriousdisputeaffecting the whole country, and all parties have a very great responsibility to their constituents.
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We believe that we are heading for a veryseriousdisputethat could have grievous effects on the nation's industry.
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I do not think there isseriousdisputebetween us as to what the main military, or main military and political, aims are.
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Little matters get settled between him and the other heads which otherwise might come toseriousdispute.
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There can be noseriousdisputeabout that.
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There need not be aseriousdisputeabout the odd £500,000, so to speak, but there must be general agreement about the figures being used.
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I repeat: there has been noseriousdisputeabout the nature of the consent which is necessary to validate this act.
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I do not think there is anyseriousdisputeabout the main lines of the advance.
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I do not think that that point will be inseriousdispute.
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There was aseriousdisputewithin the borough between the watch committee and the chief constable which broke into open warfare.
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Strikes and disputes were constant, but from that day there has never been aseriousdisputein the whole company.
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It will be recalled that there was aseriousdisputebetween lorry drivers and dockers who belonged to the same union.
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It would only be the real arbiter in case of anyseriousdisputeand would obviously be giving its advice on matters of general policy.
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As he says, this is aseriousdisputewhich, if it goes on, will affect everyone.
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It was an entirely different claim, and there is noseriousdisputeabout this.
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I do not think that there will be anyseriousdisputethat that is the range of figures with which we are dealing.
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