whole controversy

collocation in English

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whole
adjective
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/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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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 ofwholeandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, we should remember how thiswholecontroversybegan.
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That is far the greatest consideration, apart from the military and strategic ones, which surrounds thewholecontroversy.
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I should not like him to spend time needlessly pursuing that line because inserting the word "or" would open thewholecontroversyagain.
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Thiswholecontroversyabout standardisation, both in the disciplinary and other spheres, is not new.
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Thewholecontroversywas round the question of prohibition or regulation.
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To reply to that on a supplementary would raise thewholecontroversy.
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It is that you ought to give another twelve months for reconsideration, which means the reopening of thewholecontroversyand rediscussing the same thing.
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I do not want to raise thewholecontroversyagain in regard to this question of drainage.
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I thought he made the most capable, able and informative speech that we have had in thiswholecontroversy.
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Then we should be quit of thewholecontroversy.
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Therefore, thewholecontroversyranges round that third item.
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I believe thewholecontroversyturns upon that fact, and that it is a mistake.
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This is to my mind the outpost in thewholecontroversybetween nationalisation and individual ownership.
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This is a very important aspect of thewholecontroversy.
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I am sure that sentiment comes into this matter to the extent of nine-tenths of thewholecontroversy.
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It is the fall from 65 million supplied this year to 40 million next year that has led to thewholecontroversy.
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That is thewholecontroversy.
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That started thewholecontroversy.
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They might reopen thewholecontroversy.
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This is thewholecontroversy.
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