conflicting advice

collocation in English

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conflicting
adjective
uk
/kənˈflɪk.tɪŋ/us
/kənˈflɪk.tɪŋ/
Conflicting beliefs, needs, facts, etc. are different ...
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advice
noun[U]
uk
/ədˈvaɪs/us
/ədˈvaɪs/
an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a ...
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(Definition ofconflictingandadvicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Through an extensive literature review she analyses aspects of oboe teaching with specific reference to the oftenconflictingadviceon breathing.
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Also, parents encountered professionals who providedconflictingadviceor who were unable to interpret the behaviors and symptoms the children were exhibiting.
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If several rules apply to an action, they may either all direct us to the same act, or they may giveconflictingadvice.
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Poor compliance may reflect confusing orconflictingadvice.
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Recent literature, especially that informed by patients' viewpoints, indicates that some patients perceive their care as fragmented and can be givenconflictingadvicefrom different professionals within the team.
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Mill makes a further empirical claim that genuine exceptions only exist when more than one moral rule applies to a situation and these rules giveconflictingadvice.
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We did that because we had veryconflictingadviceon how the scheme would pan out.
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He has not had unanimous advice, but veryconflictingadvice.
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First, however, let me point out that we have had veryconflictingadvicegiven to us in this matter.
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I do not criticise them for that, because time is needed to assessconflictingadviceand to move public opinion along at the same time.
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Because of the rise in the number of sufferers from this disease, there is oftenconflictingadviceabout the various treatments.
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It would seem that some people either do not know their legal entitlements or are even given wrong andconflictingadvice.
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Surely the fact that he was receivingconflictingadviceshould have spurred him on to bring in legislation.
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There isconflictingadviceabout the best way in which to treat alcoholism and even whether it is curable.
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The position is, therefore, that we haveconflictingadviceas to the suitability or otherwise of this kind of committee.
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If two medical officers a short distance apart giveconflictingadvice, we must, of course, respect the advice that errs on the side of caution.
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I hope he can tell us what will happen if they give himconflictingadvice.
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Confronting the agency with itsconflictingadviceled it to accept that the new proposal would be inadequate.
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Thatconflictingadvicecame from the same individual in the agency.
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