considerable confusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandconfusion
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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confusion
noun
uk/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/us/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/
a situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandconfusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Because ofconsiderableconfusionabout this in the literature, it seems worthwhile to demonstrate this in some detail here.
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Another was theconsiderableconfusionbetween society and the state.
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After calling in artillery and air support to cover its retreat, it withdrew inconsiderableconfusion.
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Nevertheless, there wasconsiderableconfusionamong the commission members and the community of technicians.
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Indeed, there wasconsiderableconfusionamongst critics and audiences of these early performances about the music that they were hearing.
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This causesconsiderableconfusionabout the target population, the treatment goal, and the type of suffering that should be studied.
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In the absence of a distinction, one would expectconsiderableconfusionin suppliance of articles.
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It is therefore perhaps not surprising that there isconsiderableconfusionsurrounding this muscle.
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Although there have been about eight field investigations of this area, there isconsiderableconfusionas to the affinity of the alteration.
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This leads toconsiderableconfusion.
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There is alsoconsiderableconfusionin current health service models about the causation of ill health, the importance of the determinants of health and their requisite translation into intervention strategies.
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There isconsiderableconfusionsurrounding the definition of an electronic portfolio and the use of other terms such as "e-portfolio", "digital portfolio" or "webfolio" contribute to this.
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There wasconsiderableconfusionabout who would be responsible for agreeing or setting targets.
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There isconsiderableconfusionin the public mind about this.
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There seems to beconsiderableconfusionabout this whole question of the price and supply of food to this country.
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As we have already seen, the introduction of tuition fees has led toconsiderableconfusion.
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One case has come to my notice of theconsiderableconfusionwhich has been caused by the abandoning of the initial allowance.
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Considerableconfusionexists at the moment among airline operators, captains and crews.
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Not altogether through the fault of anyone, the subject has fallen into veryconsiderableconfusion.
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