protracted dispute

collocation in English

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protracted
adjective
uk
/prəˈtræk.tɪd/us
/prəˈtræk.tɪd/
lasting for a long time or made to last longer ...
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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 ofprotractedanddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I, too, am relieved that theprotracteddisputeended yesterday as a result of an agreement between the management and the trade unions concerned.
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I greatly regret that thisprotracteddisputehas not yet been resolved.
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This melancholy, bitter andprotracteddisputeis about deeply important issues of principle.
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I very much hope that thisprotracteddisputewill soon be resolved.
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In any case, further closures may well follow from aprotracteddispute.
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I am sure that it is right that we should go to all reasonable lengths to resolve thisprotracteddispute with one of our allies, which we have greatly regretted.
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Presbytery and synod were involved in aprotracteddisputewhich touched upon the nature of ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
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With strong disagreement over this decision by other council and community members, aprotracteddispute ensued which eventually involved both the provincial and federal authorities.
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This would be the start of aprotracteddisputethat would last several years.
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An overlap between the two systems as mapped led eventually toprotracteddisputebetween the two erstwhile collaborators.
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Denver and jurisdictions surrounding the airport are involved in aprotracteddisputeover how to develop land around the facility.
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That would lead to long and protracted disputes and create so much uncertainty that landlords would be deterred from letting property.
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That would lead to long and protracted disputes about the cause and extent of the damages claimed.
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Conclusion of this agreement brought to a close one of the most protracted disputes in the multilateral trading system's recent history.
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This sometimes - relatively often even - leads to protracted disputes and sometimes actual litigation.
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Of course, one deplores the loss of production as a result of protracted disputes.
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It could lead to protracted disputes even after a negotiated settlement.
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In any case, our experience in other wars in dealing with this problem has shown the imperative necessity to have some judicial body to avoid long and protracted disputes.
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Protracted disputes arose as employers and employees pursued disputes in different courts or refused to recognise the rulings of one in favour of the other.
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