considerable debate

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableanddebate

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/
us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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debate
noun
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/
us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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There isconsiderabledebateabout the range of values of e for continental lithosphere.
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Thus,considerabledebateexists regarding the developmental precursors and sequelae of adolescent self-harm.
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This condition, about which there wasconsiderabledebate, was eventually approved contingent on explicit consent from next of kin for a 72-hour study duration.
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There isconsiderabledebatein the academic literature over the relevance or otherwise of the size-of-bet in gauging respondents' solutions to these types or risks.
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The optimal classification of eating disorders has been a matter ofconsiderabledebate.
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There isconsiderabledebateamong criminologists regarding the causes of police violence.
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There isconsiderabledebateover the possible causal relationships among the problem behaviors and whether there is some primary underlying cause.
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The age at which the mutual exclusivity bias is employed has been the subject ofconsiderabledebate.
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There has beenconsiderabledebatewhether burnout is a distinct entity from depression.
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There isconsiderabledebateabout what makes for a good variable ordering strategy.
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There isconsiderabledebateamong methodologists about standards for judging qualitative research.
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Also, there wasconsiderabledebateover the amount of money to be allocated for the purchase of artefacts, and which department should provide the finance.
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However, the relation between phonological awareness and letter knowledge is a matter ofconsiderabledebate.
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Interestingly,considerabledebatetook place regarding the number of assessments that students should be required to complete, as well as the choice of performer.
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The history of these front vowels has been the subject ofconsiderabledebate.
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There has beenconsiderabledebateamong historical demographers about the extent to which non-migrant religious conformists are representative of the population as a whole.
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There isconsiderabledebateover how to investigate prenatal pyelectasis in the postnatal period.
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There has beenconsiderabledebateas to the foundation of women's responsibility for others.
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However, there is alsoconsiderabledebateamong motor physiologists over which movement parameters are actually encoded in the brain.
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