contentious legislation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontentiousandlegislation
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contentious
adjective
uk/kənˈten.ʃəs/us/kənˈten.ʃəs/
causing , involving, or likely to cause disagreement ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofcontentiousandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I was aware of that, but it should have been introduced earlier, and lesscontentiouslegislationcould possibly have been deferred.
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We are grateful that we have not got morecontentiouslegislationthan this coming along.
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So far, however, ascontentiouslegislationis concerned, we suggest nothing, and we shall submit nothing else.
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We are really not dealing with highlycontentiouslegislationat this point.
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We do not want to see this kind of issue hung out in the courts and subjected to lengthy andcontentiouslegislation.
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A preliminary examination, however, seems to indicate that a solution of this problem would necessitate complicated and probablycontentiouslegislation.
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The pledge was aboutcontentiouslegislationas between the parties, but this issue obviously divides all the parties.
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I am not aware, too, that in any of them there was anycontentiouslegislationwhatsoever involved.
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All other matters of that sort could perhaps be dealt with in that way, but that would mean removingcontentiouslegislationfrom the programme.
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The debate is now drawing to a close on this rathercontentiouslegislation.
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They have had to pilot throughcontentiouslegislation.
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We have to work this year, if we are not busy passingcontentiouslegislation, to ensure that those changes occur and that they produce the desired results.
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I know how difficult it is in war-time to draw the line between what is consideredcontentiouslegislation and legislation which has a good deal of support.
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If that is the time that it takes to debatecontentiouslegislation, and if it occurs only once or twice a year, we should be willing to afford that time.
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