controversial issue

collocation in English

meaningsofcontroversialandissue

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controversial
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl/us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈvɝː.ʃəl/
causing disagreement ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofcontroversialandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The results of estimating the elasticity of substitution could be acontroversialissue.
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A central andcontroversialissuehere is the means test.
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This has been acontroversialissuefor some time.
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The ' discontinuity ' between language uses at home and language and literacy practices at school is acontroversialissue.
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Onecontroversialissuewas the selection of government officials.
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Acontroversialissuein the comparison of organic and conventional farming systems relates to the basis of that comparison.
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The representation of tone has been acontroversialissuein linguistics.
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Later, thecontroversialissueof extending the limits of these criterions will be briefly discussed.
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It remains a bitterlycontroversialissue, raising similar tactical questions to those put forward in the late 1940s.
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Thiscontroversialissueneeds further investigation along the lines proposed here.
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The delimitation of jurisdictions was anothercontroversialissue.
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This book provides a timely and valuable update from an insider's viewpoint that sheds much new light on an ongoingcontroversialissuein earth sciences.
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Therefore, the model is not subject to the shortcomings of the highlycontroversialissueof discounting.
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The mostcontroversialissueamong the recommendations concerns the research on human embryos induced by artificially transferring the somatic nuclei into human eggs.
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This kind of information is not easily available in all three countries and appears to be a morecontroversialissuethan waiting times.
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Exactly how much income people need to access is acontroversialissue.
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Two schools have emerged on thiscontroversialissue.
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The secondcontroversialissuearound the programme for the transitional period was the role of private enterprise and the possible provision of subsidy.
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The loss of linguistic knowledge, like the loss of any other knowledge stored in our long-term memory, has been a rathercontroversialissue.
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