"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(7) exist, threaten
Kolokacji: 2
  • Within a few days, the story grew until the controversy threatened Nixon's place on the ticket.
  • The controversy threatens to overshadow signs of success at the fund's college prep and scholarship program, which escaped the cutbacks.
  • New Zealand has good trading relations with many Islamic countries and there were concerns that the controversy would threaten this.
  • "The controversy also threatens the good name of Winchester, which has stood for the safe and responsible use of ammunition and firearms for 125 years."
  • But the controversy threatens for the moment to overshadow the state's efforts to deal with its $6.5 billion budget deficit.
  • Several veteran political observers say the continuing controversy threatens to reshape the political landscape of the state, long a bastion of conservatism.
  • At the same time, national and even international controversy threatened the industry from the beginning.
  • The controversy threatened a crisis of confidence in the manner in which national security decisions are made and the role played by the N.S.C. staff.
  • But the death penalty section was dropped after controversy threatened the whole bill.
  • The controversy threatens to overshadow torcetrapib's promise for stopping heart disease.
(8) swirl, revolve, roil
Kolokacji: 3
(10) subside, fade
Kolokacji: 2
(11) highlight, underscore
Kolokacji: 2
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 • ...
preposición + controversy
Kolokacji: 18
without controversy • amid controversy • of controversy • into controversy • after controversy • ...

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