"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
(8) swirl, revolve, roil
Kolokacji: 3
2. controversy focuses = naciski kontrowersji controversy focuses
3. controversy reflects = kontrowersja odzwierciedla controversy reflects
4. controversy engulfs = kontrowersja ogarnia controversy engulfs
  • Further political controversy engulfed Bird when he was chosen as Liberal candidate for Cardiff, due to his opposition to the Boer War.
  • Despite the controversy engulfing the firm in 1990, few employees saw the end coming.
  • What the controversy didn't engulf, Brian Mullen's goal overshadowed, thus making it more than likely that the contributions of Kelly Kisio would once again be overlooked.
  • A controversy engulfed Ajahn Mun and his disciples at this time.
  • Factions developed and controversy engulfed the organization as executive and administrative decisions were being made by both the Senior Bishop and the Executive Board often conflicting with one another.
  • (A similar controversy would later engulf the 2005 Swedish selection.)
  • The controversy has engulfed Tampa since then, not only threatening the project but reopening old wounds in a city with a long history of racial disputes.
  • Second, a fiery controversy, composed of two separate but related components, engulfed SIL between approximately 1971 and 1981.
  • In the course of time, the great controversy about remarriage of widows engulfed entire society and Durga Mohan Das plunged forward into that movement.
(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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