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"controversy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

controversy sustantivo

sustantivo + controversy
Kolokacji: 16
quarterback controversy • Investiture Controversy • media controversy • court controversy • election controversy • ...
controversy + verbo
Kolokacji: 64
controversy surrounding • controversy arises • Controversy erupts • controversy continues • controversy leads • controversy begins • ...
verbo + controversy
Kolokacji: 32
cause controversy • spark controversy • generate controversy • create controversy • stir controversy • provoke controversy • ...
adjetivo + controversy
Kolokacji: 74
considerable controversy • political controversy • great controversy • public controversy • major controversy • recent controversy • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 17
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(1) considerable, great, significant, big, huge, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(2) political, racial, scholarly, environmental, literary, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(3) public, particular, initial
Kolokacji: 3
(4) major, minor, legal, theological, divisive
Kolokacji: 5
(5) recent, current, ongoing, late, new, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(6) far, immediate
Kolokacji: 2
(7) religious, heated, ethical, doctrinal, philosophical
Kolokacji: 5
(8) bitter, social
Kolokacji: 2
(9) local, national, international, internal, worldwide, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(10) intense, fierce, mild, main, furious
Kolokacji: 5
(11) similar, unnecessary
Kolokacji: 2
(12) whole, lively
Kolokacji: 2
(13) serious, substantial, real
Kolokacji: 3
(14) long, longstanding, endless, enduring
Kolokacji: 4
(15) long-running, long-standing, occasional
Kolokacji: 3
1. long-running controversy = długotrwała kontrowersja long-running controversy
  • There has been long-running controversy as to the location of Uxellodunum.
  • A long-running controversy has surrounded the correct spelling, pronunciation, and etymology of the woman's name.
  • Within the insurance industry, however, there is a long-running controversy over the efficacy of flight life insurance.
  • While president of Congress, Hancock became involved in a long-running controversy with Harvard.
  • Her death widely reported in the media, led to long-running controversy, and motivated government-level changes to public hospital policy.
  • They continued to be grammar schools long after the comprehensive school became the norm in secondary education, and their future was the subject of long-running controversy.
  • The issue regarding the tower, at 60 Hudson Street, has been a long-running controversy.
  • It related to a long-running controversy about the creation of the earth.
  • The atomic bomb attacks have been the subject of long-running controversy.
  • The company's president said the offer was "a good faith effort to bring closure to a long-running controversy."
2. long-standing controversy = długoletnia kontrowersja long-standing controversy
3. occasional controversy = sporadyczna kontrowersja occasional controversy
(16) widespread, nationwide
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + controversy
Kolokacji: 18
without controversy • amid controversy • of controversy • into controversy • after controversy • ...

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