subject of controversy

collocation in English

meaningsofsubjectandcontroversy

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subject
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
to have or experience a particular thing, especially ...
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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 ofsubjectandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubject of controversy

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The identity of the protein kinase(s) involved in phosphorylation of this site has been thesubjectofcontroversy.
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The effectiveness of foster care as an intervention, however, is thesubjectofcontroversy.
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The relationship between ecosystem characteristics and the number of trophic levels has been thesubjectofcontroversy.
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Whether future benefits should be subject to time discounting has been asubjectofcontroversy, but whether discounted or undiscounted, it has been assumed that benefits should be added up.
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I know that my package of proposals designed to remedy the problems in the beef market is thesubjectofcontroversy.
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In our last debate we did not touch on paragraph (a) because it was not asubjectofcontroversy.
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However, foreign policy, which must necessarily embrace defence policy, became thesubjectofcontroversyas the election drew nearer.
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I do not feel called upon to state a conclusion in a matter which can very evidently be made thesubjectofcontroversy.
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Much of the story is now common knowledge and is no longer thesubjectofcontroversy.
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There is nosubjectofcontroversyfacing us to-day.
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It was thesubjectofcontroversy20 years ago, and has been to some extent ever since.
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After all, it is an oldsubjectofcontroversyin our political life.
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This matter is not asubjectofcontroversyon party lines.
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It has also been thesubjectofcontroversyin social gatherings.
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How are we ever to know if such a simple matter as this is going to be thesubjectofcontroversyor not?
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That has been thesubjectofcontroversyon many occasions, in different contexts.
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These 3,000,000 persons had a very keen desire to be insured, and their position formed thesubjectofcontroversyon every insurance platform.
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There may be a considerable number of them, and at times they may be thesubjectofcontroversy.
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It had been thesubjectofcontroversyfor some years and was not settled.
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