two-hour debate
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debate
noun
uk/dɪˈbeɪt/us/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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We had this afternoon atwo-hourdebateabout files and office space.
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There would not be atwo-hourdebateunless the relationship had broken down.
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I do not mean this being done in the form of atwo-hourdebate.
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Of course, if he tries to force through the scandal of atwo-hourdebate, that will be even worse.
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This is atwo-hourdebateand it is a rare opportunity to discuss the issue.
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Let me remind colleagues that this afternoon we have atwo-hourdebateon war and peace issues.
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We do not think that atwo-hourdebateis adequate for it.
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What does atwo-hourdebatemean against that background?
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The time we were proposing to allocate is the time suggested on previous occasions, that there should be atwo-hourdebate.
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I should have thought that those matters required at least atwo-hourdebate.
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Unfortunately, we have had little discussion about that document, although there was atwo-hourdebateabout it in another place recently.
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Perhaps we should have had atwo-hourdebateon the subject.
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We had atwo-hourdebateon the changing of boundaries.
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I am encouraged by thetwo-hourdebatewe have had on the arts.
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I should have thought that atwo-hourdebateon both topics would be the least anyone could expect.
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It would not be the first time that it had been taken after atwo-hourdebate.
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That five hours may be used to debate one subject or be divided into two—either two two-and-a-half hour debates or a three-hour debate and atwo-hourdebate.
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