matter of controversy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmatterandcontroversy
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matter
noun
uk/ˈmæt.ər/us/ˈmæt̬.ɚ/
a situation or subject that is being dealt with ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition ofmatterandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, how to calculate it is still amatterofcontroversy.
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Understanding the source of such fixed segmentism in reduplication has been amatterofcontroversyand the subject of ongoing research in phonological theory.
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The question as to who the 'educated' speaker is, however, is amatterofcontroversyamong linguistics.
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The nature and origins of such constraints or principles are amatterofcontroversy.
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The precise meaning of this distinction has been amatterofcontroversy.
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Thus, in situations where normative models are amatterofcontroversy, these more reflective individuals can help us decide between those norms.
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Whether this teaching will be compulsor y or not is still amatterofcontroversyand debate, as are the powers of adaptation.
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The extent and importance of outbreeding depression is amatterofcontroversy.
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This issue will continue to be amatterofcontroversy.
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He can, if he wishes, turn this into amatterofcontroversy, and if he does, we shall meet it.
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I understand that this is still amatterofcontroversy.
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In this country, ever since one can remember, and long before, religion has always been amatterofcontroversy.
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The subject of vehicle lighting is not one which has only recently been discussed and only recently become amatterofcontroversy.
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It is not amatterofcontroversyamong the senior ranks of the police.
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It is extraordinary that such a policy should be amatterofcontroversy.
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Among the matters which the last speaker has put before us there is one at any rate which will not be amatterofcontroversy.
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The time has long gone by when this was amatterofcontroversyin this country.
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I do not want to put my case higher than that it is amatterofcontroversy.
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I should have thought that the project in question could hardly be amatterofcontroversybetween us.
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I have said that these matters must inevitably be discussed and must be amatterofcontroversy.
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