Collocations withdispute
These are words often used in combination withdispute.
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acrimonious dispute
None the less, a great deal of acrimonious dispute, at local borough level, could be avoided if we actually found out what we can measure.
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alternative dispute resolution
Moreover, bureaucrats have struggled to preserve their powers in the context of regulatory reform by assuming new administrative functions involving alternative dispute resolution.
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bitter dispute
An awkward and bitter dispute was avoided because of the imposition of schedule 11.
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border dispute
Thus, a border dispute is successfully managed if the dispute is resolved, mitigated or at least prevented from escalation.
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boundary dispute
In general, however, boundary dispute posturing had many facets whereby that process's village identity production mechanism was not always so evident.
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contract dispute
Delays in product development, cramped kitchens and the ongoing franchisee contract dispute prevented the chain from rolling out a grilled product of its own.
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contractual dispute
It is, therefore, not open to me to discuss in any detail the merits or demerits of what is now a contractual dispute.
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custody dispute
In cases of custody dispute, the legal discourse apparently relinquishes its power in favour of the therapeutic approach.
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domestic dispute
A police officer is called to go to a home to deal with a domestic dispute.
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endless dispute
This would be a fertile area of endless dispute.
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ideological dispute
This ideological dispute need not be fatal to the notion of foetal property.
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internal dispute
If there is a dispute, albeit an internal dispute, does not that constitute a threat to international peace?
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international dispute
I am one who holds with a peaceful solution in any international dispute.
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jurisdictional dispute
A fourth jurisdictional dispute also threatened to disrupt work at the site.
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legal dispute
Otherwise-and if this became later the object of a legal dispute-the marriage could be declared null and void.
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long-running dispute
There is the long-running dispute involving guardians ad litem, the service is over budget, and the chief executive has been suspended.
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long-standing dispute
We want to turn the page on this long-standing dispute.
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marital dispute
A person who is homeless because of a marital dispute merits some priority.
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minor dispute
I will not go into the merits of that minor dispute.
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ongoing dispute
Because of an ongoing dispute between the two, the server felt that the host was intentionally seating minority customers in his section to prevent him from making good tips.
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patent dispute
That, in turn, might influence how they deal with a patent dispute.
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philosophical dispute
In several experiments, we have examined some of the noncausal base-rate problems that are notorious for provoking philosophical dispute.
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protracted dispute
I, too, am relieved that the protracted dispute ended yesterday as a result of an agreement between the management and the trade unions concerned.
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serious dispute
The most serious dispute amongst the team revolved around precisely the question of the value that should be attached to popular or familiar musical materials.
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territorial dispute
We will continue to encourage both countries to work for a full settlement of their territorial dispute.
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theological dispute
In the late 1970s, this milieu was torn asunder by a theological dispute.
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