emerging consensus

collocation in English

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emerging
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈmɜː.dʒɪŋ/us
/ɪˈmɝː.dʒɪŋ/
starting ...
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consensus
noun[S or U]
uk
/kənˈsen.səs/us
/kənˈsen.səs/
a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group ...
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(Definition ofemergingandconsensusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is anemergingconsensusthat child soldiers are a threat to national security and the stability of post-war political order.
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From the above analysis and theemergingconsensus, five major strategies appear to be crucial.
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Thisemergingconsensusabout what counts as evidence is probably the most important change that has occurred.
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Although there is anemergingconsensusabout his milieu, there is still a sharp division among scholars about his purpose in writing.
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Clearly, there is anemergingconsensusrecognising the need for the developing world to reintegrate into the global economy on the basis of a more liberalised agricultural market.
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Thus, there is anemergingconsensusthat attentional mechanisms, executive supervisory systems and meta-linguistic awareness play crucial roles in adult learning of complex grammatical dependencies and regularities.
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An important point in this context is anemergingconsensusamong cor pus linguists that cor pus data alone do not - and cannot - provide a comprehensive picture of language use.
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If there has been a sense of anemergingconsensuson the impact of the evacuation, there have also been signs that other historians have reverted to the traditional interpretation.
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That includes road pricing—there is now anemergingconsensusin favour of that—and a steady and continuous increase of taxes on fuel.
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There was a degree of what might loosely be termed "emergingconsensus" in favour of 15 days.
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That top-down bureaucracy directing insufficient resources to the police does not work is anemergingconsensusamong those most seriously involved.
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There are signs of the beginnings of anemergingconsensuson the matter.
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I concede that, in terms of some ideas, there is anemergingconsensusand to some extent that is welcome.
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It is questionable whether theemergingconsensusof ideas is a consensus of action.
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They are now part of anemergingconsensuson an international level.
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However, notwithstanding the differences, we see anemergingconsensusabout the value of rural schools in all the countries concerned.
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I want to build on theemergingconsensusfrom consultation as we proceed with the review.
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Theemergingconsensusis that it is right to switch from subsidies on production to a system that makes direct payments for environmental benefits.
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Few things in nature have a life cycle as short as this rather peculiaremergingconsensus.
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This time, however, it is paradoxically the prospect of anemergingconsensusthat is causing us political headaches.
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