Collocations withdebate
These are words often used in combination withdebate.
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acrimonious debate
That was the subject of acrimonious debate in the summer of 1929.
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bitter debate
Central to centuries of contestation was the notion of usage and the bitter debate over whether this involved legal right or tolerated privilege.
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considerable debate
There is considerable debate about the range of values of e for continental lithosphere.
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constructive debate
These two chapters provide a constructive debate about what is needed, what is possible and what is evident from research.
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contemporary debate
That is, in the terms that agitated contemporary debate, it spoke to questions of private interest and public good.
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contentious debate
The following twelve months saw contentious debate about the ambiguity of these phrases and the conflicting obligations they entailed.
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continuing debate
In this sense we offer a case study that, we believe, will contribute to the continuing debate on the relationship between sociolinguists and social theory.
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current debate
At the focus of the current debate are studies of morpho-syntax and lexical semantics.
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emotional debate
As a result, it evokes an emotional debate that is often heavily politicized.
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endless debate
Some that were not relevant were tried and sometimes dropped in a limitless and endless debate which some admirers described as 'free-wheeling'.
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ensuing debate
This volume includes both the study itself and the ensuing debate.
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extensive debate
This led to extensive debate, both within and outside the government, over the proper limits to the role of the state.
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fierce debate
This exicted almost fierce debate in another place.
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final debate
I realise that this is not the final debate we will have on fisheries and international agreements.
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fruitful debate
We would have a much more fruitful debate about steel nationalisation if we reformed our procedures first so that we could be given more information.
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heated debate
These types of questions remain the subject of heated debate and experiment, and it seems likely that the detailed answers will vary substantially between different channel types and even subtypes.
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honest debate
This is, in my view, an extremely important point, and we must have an honest debate on it.
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impassioned debate
Apart from the impassioned debate among experts regarding variations in flavour, there is also an environmental argument.
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intellectual debate
Flying in the face of the intellectual debate about learned language it sets out to demystify spoken and written communication.
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intense debate
Both issues are subjects of intense debate in the globalization and varieties of capitalism literature.
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internal debate
This triggered an internal debate that saw them come out on top once this had effectively happened.
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legitimate debate
All those matters are for legitimate debate and review.
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lengthy debate
There was quite a lengthy debate on this problem.
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lively debate
More recently, the lively debate over the concept of social capital has further strengthened the appeal of studying social networks.
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long-running debate
This was part of the long-running debate about the costs and benefits of the ver y large scale of overseas investment.
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long-standing debate
Lyons also turns his attention to pronouns and to the long-standing debate as to their relation to definite articles.
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national debate
Her intent is to stress the local origins of a now national debate.
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ongoing debate
There is ongoing debate about the best way to model these effects.
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open debate
Other market players and stakeholders then participate in an open debate.
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parliamentary debate
Indeed, it appears in every book, treatise, article and parliamentary debate on the social question.
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partisan debate
Education is far too important for a partisan debate.
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passionate debate
What rouses passionate debate are the means to be used; or the problem of value pluralism; or one of the other "easy targets" which are discussed above.
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philosophical debate
But in any philosophical debate, contemporary issues are always at stakes.
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political debate
As late as the 1982 elections, the regime prohibited local, regional and national television and radio broadcasts from contributing to political debate.
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presidential debate
A presidential debate was planned to occur in 1996, but owing to scheduling difficulties between the candidates, the debate was canceled.
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prolonged debate
There was a prolonged debate on what was appropriate education for women.
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protracted debate
The 1851 data have provoked a protracted debate concerning the relationship between churchgoing and urbanisation.
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public debate
Both points are clearly related to the characteristics of the issue and of the public debate about the tax during the campaign before the vote.
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rational debate
That has been no less true where scientists have attempted to add some rational debate to sport hunting.
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reasoned debate
Political structures based on deliberative democracy emphasise the use of information and reasoned debate to forge a consensus between actors with different preferences.
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renewed debate
It was as to the possibility of a renewed debate on this matter.
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robust debate
It has been a robust debate, and it has drawn attention to the threat of communism in the world.
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scholarly debate
While $ some of his assessments may not be unanimously accepted, they will no doubt become a central feature of scholarly debate.
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serious debate
Just how much autonomy cells possess was a matter of serious debate in the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century.
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spirited debate
A spirited debate is now underway on what social psychology tells us about character traits, and what this may imply for virtue theory.
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subject of debate
The theory has long been a subject of debate.
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substantive debate
This hollowness is further demonstrated by the lack of substantive debate about the book.
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televised debate
Take the planning which was so revealed during a televised debate the other night with regard to electric power.
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theological debate
Alberti were prepared to grant a more extensive role to philosophical argument in theological debate.
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theoretical debate
The major field projects, involving a different set of practices, could never provide the resources and the skills for an adequate theoretical debate.
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thoughtful debate
Because the categorisation of knowledge is a fundamental political act which defines social relations in terms of power and allocation of resources, its construction warrants thoughtful debate.
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two-hour debate
We had this afternoon a two-hour debate about files and office space.
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vigorous debate
It was our experience, however, that having patients and carers in the same groups stimulated vigorous debate and discussion that challenged individuals' views.
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wide-ranging debate
These and other questions lie at the heart of a wide-ranging debate which this volume seeks to initiate.
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