broad consensus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbroadandconsensus
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broad
adjective
uk/brɔːd/us/brɑːd/
very ...
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consensus
noun[S or U]
uk/kənˈsen.səs/us/kənˈsen.səs/
a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group ...
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(Definition ofbroadandconsensusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbroad consensus
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However, on the question about the 'right to work ', there is abroadconsensusamongst liberals.
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Despitebroadconsensusas to the importance of children's early vocabulary development, methods of assessing the language abilities of toddlers remain problematic.
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There was abroadconsensusin accuracy of guesses across items.
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Despite debates amongst the contributors, moreover, there is a genuine sense ofbroadconsensus.
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But, by and large, the field of color science commands abroadconsensus.
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There was abroadconsensusamong journalists that editors-in-chief ruled in too authoritarian a manner, and that more open discussion was needed.
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However, no similarlybroadconsensuson appropriate strategies for increasing agricultural sustainability has yet been reached.
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It is therefore difficult for government to establish abroadconsensuson reform across those groups.
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The government, for their part, also tried in the events leading up to the election to give the impression of working towards abroadconsensus.
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Introducing systemic reforms required an extraordinarilybroadconsensusof officials, or the strong hand of a reforming emperor.
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There is abroadconsensusthat language acquisition is supported by powerful principles of organization within the learner.
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Underlying each is the element ofbroadconsensus.
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There is abroadconsensusthat the most effective way for women to resist fundamentalists is by attaining education.
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Abroadconsensuson the policy agenda helps groups identify the trade-offs in the reform process, making them realise that they could be winners in at least some arenas.
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We can, therefore, hypothesize thatbroadconsensus-oriented governments are more stable and as a consequence more likely to pursue steady long-term programs instead of interest-based short-term policies.
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By the mid-1830s, there wasbroadconsensusacross the parties and within the government that public control was desirable, but there were a number of ways to achieve this.
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Again, we see there is abroadconsensusof the value of safe drinking water, but the differences arise over how to accomplish this, the means to the end.
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Thebroadconsensusbetween our study and those above suggests that within the domains of symptoms experienced by patients with psychosis there are four classes and four dimensions.
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Sixth, this increased local participation reveals the difficulties of seekingbroadconsensusamong stakeholders with opposing interests and different degrees of influence.
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