How To Use Debate In A Sentence

Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development. Daoud Kuttab: Jordanian Candidate Uses Debate to Call for Curtailing King's Powers
There will always be debate about who deserves honours, all of it highly subjective.
There is much debate on the issue of "therapists" implanting false memories of sexual abuse in adults.
But a surge in thefts of treasured relics from ancient temples and monuments has reached such a level that an agonised debate has begun over bringing back the death penalty.
The term "strategic" came up again earlier this year, when Ontario's provincial government set up a committee to debate a proposed merger between London Stock Exchange Group PLC and TMX Group Inc., operator of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Turns Wary Eye to Foreign Bids

How, then, can we force a change in the media systems that dominate the discourse and misinform the debate?
The most important thing is to consider television and radio broadcast needs and any other issues that address coverage of the debate.
And when they espied the dukes daughter, that was a full fair woman, then by their false covin they made debate betwixt themself, and the duke of his goodness would have departed them, and there they slew him and his eldest son. Chapter XV. The Thirteenth Book. How Sir Galahad Fought with the Knights of the Castle, and Destroyed the Wicked Custom
What’s not up for debate is that solifugids are just plain cool. Smithsonian Mag
He is fond of pointing out how esoteric this debate is to the wider public.
The apparently unabating national and household poverty is widely debated.
If you believe the media, England is consumed by a deep and soul-searching debate about the state of the national sport.
Some feminists today debate whether women who dance around poles are liberated or enslaved, which is, to my mind (and to others), an updated version of the 1980s sex wars around which feminists of different stripes established their positions on porn," I tried. Deborah Siegel: Sex Wars Old and New
For a time, the revolt chilled the atmosphere in which they had to operate and stimulated a vigorous debate within their fracturing movement about the appropriate means to effect the desired end of emancipation.
I was talking about people who aspire to have their ideas influence the public debate.
One of the key themes to emerge is a debate over continuity or discontinuity.
There was a flicker of interest in Latham in the opening moments of the not-very-great debate - when he tackled the other unmentionable issues, Iran and the war against terror.
The book has been hailed as a benchmark in the debate on communication and social transformation.
Regardless of whether those pessimistic readings of the debate are correct, and of whether the zombie idea itself is sound or incoherent, it continues to stimulate fruitful work on consciousness, physicalism, phenomenal concepts, and the relations between imaginability, conceivability, and possibility. Zombies
Education is the current focus of public debate.
Like the soapbox speakers, the cafeterias offered working-class people places to debate and discuss a wide range of issues.
He used the term appropriately (though his broader point is very much open for debate). Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: "You Can't Shuck And Jive" w/Press Corps
I'd call it pathetic, but it's probably better to reserve that term for Anita Kumar's behavior in the press room at the most recent Virginia Governor's debate ... Not Larry Sabato:
The new drug has become the subject of heated debate within the medical profession.
The Executive undertakes to produce a coherent programme of government which the parliament is duty bound to scrutinise, debate and give assent to.
There are more appropriate methods - namely incineration - but they'd cost more and necessitate a grown-up debate. Thestar.com - Home Page
The politicians in them wanted to genuflect to democracy, open debate and all the new citizen journalists who seem to wield so much influence these days.
This lays the ground for suggesting some means to move forward in the debate.
It is a still a point of hot debate with skiers as to whether Les Arcs is a work of architectural genius, or simply a hideous alpine eyesore.
What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm. Danny Groner: We Need Discussions, Not Debates
Historically, weapon sales have jumped during legislative debate of gun-ownership controls and before any new restrictions become law.
All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. Barack Obama
Even the geographical boundary of Europe to the east has been a matter of some debate.
In resubmitting the legislation for renewal of what many consider the most controversial provisions -- and some label downright unconstitutional provisions -- within the Patriot Act, the Republican Rules Committee decided to allow only 60 minutes of debate. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The internal debate within the Provisional movement has encountered some difficulties.
Rather than being victim to this silly debate, we should move forward and embrace this interesting and fun addition to sex.
We thank him sincerely for his generous gesture in allowing this debate to take place.
I also said at the time that the extent of damage is a subject of considerable debate.
An intense debate is going on within the Israeli government.
Who came off best in the debate?
But, rather like the public debate in the Assembly chambers, it did not have quite the same intensity.
So when he won the predebate coin toss at the CNN studio, Gore chose that seat. Beware Veeps Bearing Gifts
Otherwise nothing useful will be achieved and, instead of debate, we shall descend to the level of vulgar slanging matches.
Look at Arizona, a state torn apart with a needless immigration "debate;" needless insomuch as it exists now. Charles Karel Bouley: Tucson: In the Blame Game, We All Lose
In the debate, the cockney cannily picked Derek, the professional speechwriter, to be on his side.
He is also perturbed by the fact that no meaningful debate is being made on this illogical act of film censorship.
The research will also reignite the debate over the use of cannabis for other medicinal purposes.
This is an area where I think geoengineering has to be part of the debate.
I was struck by a number of interesting points about this spiked-debate so far.
But a stubborn, argumentative child may try to draw you into too many debates as you try to establish a connection.
At the Christmas meeting of the court, in 1085, it was decided, apparently after much debate and probably with special reference to the general land-tax, called the Danegeld, to form by means of inquiries, officially made in each locality, a complete register of the occupied lands of the kingdom, of their holders, and of their values. The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)
In addition, while Senator McCain was certainly correct in the debate when he claimed that Colombia and its President, Alvaro Uribe, constitute the U. S.'s number one ally in the region, HRW's new report paints a picture of Uribe as a major obstructer of the process to cut the fatal ties between the Colombian government and the murderous paramilitaries in that country. Dan Kovalik: Obama & Human Rights Watch -- Colombia Must Improve Human Rights
He'd heard the debates about the cost of alcohol abuse to the NHS, but only when novelist Chris Paling found himself on a ward with long-term alcoholics did he really grasp the prognosis Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk
Slightly more beguiling is the debate format, where representatives of contrasting positions do battle, and leave it to the reader to decide — with the implicaiton that the reader is now somehow in a position to do so. Perils of pop philosophy
An article providing for a one-year grace period was not debated in the pell-mell final day of the legislative session.
I don't think it actually bwcomes a "litigable" issue until the house and senatge conference report is being debated in the senate, and someone moves for cloture with a claim that a 51 vote "yea" will do the job because the issue under debate is subject to the "reconciliation of house and senate differences over an item of budgetary impact". Wheeling In The Cots: A Winter Snow Emergency--And An Absentee Lieberman--Is Complicating Democrats' Health Care Push
Attrition rates, for tanks and aircraft increased greatly, sparking off a debate about the implication of the new technologies.
Coming as it does in a period when many cash-strapped independent schools face the prospect of mergers or closure, he suggests that the initiative reeks more of marketing than a genuine desire to stimulate debate.
Ironically enough, debate continues over the division of labor and the artist responsible for the design of the central panel.
Communist theoreticians debated on the right of self-determination.
During the week running up to the meeting the campus was transformed into an arena of political debate.
The debate was highly emotional at times.
The debate was filmed by French television and Mr Cox answered questions from the news crew, with the audience in the auditorium as a back-drop.
Perhaps the only firm conclusion to emerge from this continuing debate is the recognition that the literary scene has become pluralistic.
People who do so condemn themselves to an endless round of debate over something they can never achieve.
During debate about the House version of the financial reform bill, Representative Melissa Bean was pilloried by progressives for her efforts to allow federal regulations created by the Consumer Financial Protection Agency to "preempt" stronger state standards. Harry Moroz: Don't Make Health Care Reform Like Financial Reform
The issue is still being hotly debated.
Many of them are meeting tomorrow in London to debate the future of the United Nations.
The recent food-poisoning scare has reignited debate/concern/controversy over farming methods.
Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring. WNYMedia
The debate on the Maastricht Treaty tore apart the last Tory government.
Many, such as this site, aim to provide a community and generate debate around a common subject of interest.
When I attempt to engage in debate about their views they become loud and insulting.
Villagers have poured in on either side of the debate over whether to allow the new eatery to open next to the existing Evergreen takeaway in Fawley.
The obvious reason is that the debates became so acrimonious and bitter, that the Generals ordered him to desist.
On my campus, there have been debates about whether any military intervention can be defended.
Oborne regrets the 'loss of self restraint' and his intention is to recreate it, or rather to again 'ostracise' and 'thrust beyond the outer margins of debate' those who dare to speak out about the impact of Islam on the British way of life. The British National Party
Dr Winiata showed on TV the other night during a rowdy and unmanaged debate just how quietly sensible, measured and controlled they can be.
The question of local government finance has been the subject of debate for some years.
The debate about alpine grazing is not about horses or horsemen, it is about a small number of privileged families who pay the equivalent of about one week of normal agistment fees for five months cattle agistment in an alpine national park.
Derby is often viewed as a dilettante leader who would rather have been racing his horses at Newmarket than taking part in debates at Westminster.
I recall focus groups in the last couple of weeks before election 2000, after the debates, when these swing voters were being fêted like visiting potentates by the networks.
All those recent results suggest a flexibility of the backbone conformational structure and several stable configurations are proposed and debated.
The debate in Birmingham has reached something like fever pitch, now that the city council is faced with two rival development schemes.
With its character still to be formed, Red Pepper offers its pages and web site as a forum for debate.
He goes on to talk about the Pentagon's ongoing, undebated plans not only to keep bleeding our treasury in Iraq (and, I would add, Afghanistan), but also to keep spending billions to design and build Cold War-era weapons "that lack not only a current military need but even a plausible use in any foreseeable future. Robert Koehler: Cross of Irony
Second I struggle with the hanky debate this time of year too (boo ragweed), the hanky is great for small sniffles but for my shonze needs, hygienically I've got to use the disposable tissue. Boos and Yahoos
The interchange of ideas illumines the debate.
A debate about safety is taking place in schools everywhere.
Students debate whether the PGA was wrong in not allowing a disabled golfer, Casey Martin, to use a golf cart during professional tournaments.
The debater was quick on the draw.
The former Archbishop of Canterbury hit out yesterday at extreme atheists who are intolerant of religious views and attempt to deny Christians a voice in public debate.
If so … I think that Democrats should be careful to frame this in the following way: a vote for cloture is a vote that recognizes the right of the American people to hear a frank debate about health care reform. Think Progress » McConnell’s Faulty Logic: A Cloture Vote To Begin Senate Debate Actually Means A Vote To End It
Debates help them break through the blaze of hyperbolic attacks and confusing countercharges.
Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.
Underscoring why he won't debate on Hardwick's show, Davis is trying to backtrack, which is hard when you clearly harbor animus towards the subject matter: Buffalo Pundit
Instead it called for ‘further theological study on the episcopate, focusing on the issues that need to be addressed in preparation for the debate on women in the episcopate of the Church of England’.
His impassioned defence of free speech changed the tenor of the debate.
The theoretical modelling will extend and integrate existing work and provide an input into ongoing constitutional debates.
She had the nerve to mention Lincoln during this race asking Obama for a Lincoln/Jefferson debate, well if she wants to channel Lincoln then she would be reminded how he weeped and cried over the lost of lives during the Civil war, he sure was not out and about pushing his own agenda. Hillary Clinton chokes up in CNN interview
The long conservative debate with liberals and secularists gave the movement more than a tinge of rationalism and empiricism.
Several have been carried out under the government's recently enacted internment legislation, which was rushed through parliament with minimum debate.
He delivered countless lectures all over the world, crossing all the continents and successfully engaging some of the biggest names in Christian evangelists in public debates.
The fulcrum of the debate/argument is the individual's right to choose.
I mean, how many demos do you go on these days where a majority of the marchers are in their late teens or early 20s and whose aims are to defend ‘science, reasoned debate and the welfare of mankind’, no less?
My reaction to that utterance led to an open and scorching debate.
A leading opponent of the war in Afghanistan took on Foreign Office minister Peter Hain in a debate in Brighton last week.
The debate about food safety has engaged the whole nation.
One hotly debated alternative proposes plowing the road from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful for mass-transit vehicles, and closing it to snowmobiles.
The article continues: The APS is opening its debate with the publication of a paper by Lord Monckton of Brenchley, which concludes that climate sensitivity -- the rate of temperature change a given amount of greenhouse gas will cause -- has been grossly overstated by IPCC modeling. Archive 2008-07-01
How that expectation is calculated is certainly open to debate and criticism.
His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.
(1997, 2006, 2008) defends an empiricist and non-realist form of structuralism about science, motivated by an illuminating reconstruction of the origins of structuralism in the debate about the epistemology of physical geometry in the nineteenth century, and more generally in the progressive mathematisation of science. Structural Realism
Funny how religion is creeping into the environmental debate.
Oh, yes, Speaker Pelosi, it was more important to foreshorten debate so that the "troops" could go home on recess than to more fully consider, and possibly fashion, an improved piece of legislation. When Partisanship Trumps We, the People
He is not an experienced debater, given in the past to flourishes of synthetic rage at Nationalists rather than the humour and put-down his elevated status requires.
All I hope to add to this debate is the suggestion that cultural similarities may, in fact, cause more trouble than differences.
The debate was interesting though and it was good to hear the subject getting an airing.
Hillary Clinton and John Edwards caught making comments about getting rid of other candidates in debate the ones who quote, "trivialize" debates. CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2007
He said that Mr. Obama came out of Iowa with momentum but Mrs. Clinton turned it around with her debate performance Saturday night and what he called a humanizing moment on the campaign trail on Monday. Archive 2008-01-01
But according to the insta-polls, the electorate, as opposed to what I once called the expectorate, seems to have concluded fairly clearly that Biden "won," possibly because what the electorate was expecting was a debate between two candidates for Vice-President, not the raw materials for some arcane calculation of who exceeded whose expectations. The Richmond Democrat
A real breakaway from their studies is in store for two Killarney students in March as they head off to Helsinki to take part in EU debates.
As Gould once noted, the truth is only one weapon, seldom the best, in a debater's arsenal.
Brittany bit her lip for a moment as she debated which to choose.
Driving the process was the ongoing debate over what might be the very best face Lisa could put forth.
Because of the mixed picture, researchers have debated whether it is a superability or disability, as it almost always occurs in children with developmental problems. Mind Hacks: The neuroscience of hyper-reading
So the argument over free trade versus protectionism was debated in parliament by people directly representing different wings of the ruling class.
The debater's argument failed of logical connection.
It all comes down to ignorance though, fundamentally, if a substantial minority of the population is unable to even attempt an informed debate without resorting to pachydermal vitriol, then you will unfortunately be left with a corrupt, morally bankrupt set of lunatics. McCain's Lying Has Gone Too Far, According To ... Karl Rove!
Indeed, ethical ‘debate’ on this model, can hardly be more than the airing of opinions.
The debate is becoming polarized and there seems to be no middle ground.
In this new book, Harrison brilliantly disentangles complex debates.
The book is an excellent vignette of some of the major debates in science.
a circumstantial report about the debate
Last week, the governor entered the public debate on health-care reform.
How can we change the terms of political debate to advance our own moral message and vision of a better future?
Instead, the president and key elements within the Republican Party have sought to redefine the debate over foreign aid.
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Domestically, September 11 has sparked debate about the permissible extent of civil rights abridgements in times of national peril.
Peace, ye Patriots, nevertheless; and let that tocsin cease: the Debate is not finished, nor the Report accepted; but Brissot, Isnard and the Mountain will sift it, and resift it, perhaps for some three weeks longer. The French Revolution
That debate led to the government's fall.
I thought the debate went from the pro argument to the anti argument.
As most folks know by now, this same issue underlies the great, unresolvable, and basically silly debate about whether the new millennium starts at the beginning of 2000 or of 2001.
I debated the idea in my mind until I fell asleep.
So Parliament offers no forum for considered debate and no brake on the unbridled ambition of an unscrupulous Prime Minister.
It is also vital to debate criteria of formal quality in art alongside conceptual rigor.
I think that understanding these rough fault lines helps to recognize the unarticulated starting points that lie behind many modern legal debates.
The core question in that debate is: can a liberal world escape the perils of anarchy?
During the debate on the Patriot Act, I rose on the House floor to remind my colleagues that secret courts, no-knock searches, and nationwide warrants were all things our founding fathers had fought to gain their freedom from.
While clergy and lay members of the national church voted to hand the question of blessing same sex relationships to a theological committee, the Diocese of Toronto is set to debate the matter at its diocesan synod this fall.
I find it interesting that both "Obama gaffes," from the first and the most recent debates, occured with questions where he was the first to answer, followed by Hillary Clinton who swept in and "whomped" him - proving his inexperience. John Edwards Doesn't Exist. Why? Because He Just Doesn't.
Afterlife energy is an unusual strand running through the life after death debate.
Whether they were taken as a result of his inability to sleep or because of an ongoing addiction to certain drugs is up for debate, but the fact remains — this actor was cut off too early in life and had a lot more to offer. Eric’s Top 10 Untimely Actor Deaths » Scene-Stealers
Debate recommenced in the Commons, with tempers starting to fray, and fewer and fewer MPs following the detailed arguments.
At the same time, a consensus appears to be growing among House Republicans to look for short-term cuts in the same general areas that Senate Democrats are targeting for debate this coming week, these officials added, referring to earmarked projects and presidential recommendations for 2012. Kansas City Star: Front Page
The task of doctrinal definition continued, however, and theological debate on Christological and other matters is clearly of great interest and concern among Christians in the twentieth century.
The only requirement is that two-thirds apply, and then begins the drama of an unscripted national convention to debate questions of fundamental law.
We discussed Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's concerns that blogging is just 'pub bores' ( see debate on political blogging here on TV), the state of the blog wars, in which both sides have taken a lot of flak, particularly Tim, who has provoked a needed debate about damage done to the image of blogging by lack of basic 'netiquette', and who has been viciously ( anonymously) lambasted for it, which rather proves his original point. Blogger TV again
Since the first one appeared in 1964, there's been a debate about whether it's filth, smut, porn, tasteful erotica or high art.
The Standing Committee of Convocation may debate and submit a representative view on any issue which affects the University, and its aims are essentially to support and promote the interests of the University in the widest possible sense.
I will be careful not to go off-piste, as it were, into a debate about electoral reform, because I was trying to put my remarks in the context of what happens in this place.
An autopsy on Terri Schiavo, the severely brain damaged woman whose death sparked an intense debate over a person's right-to-die, showed that her brain was severely "atrophied" and weighed less than half of what it should have, and that no treatment could have reversed the damage... "Terri" was blind and wasn't abused.
This seems awfully similar, to a noneconomist such as me, to the pretense of knowledge that Austrians have so well criticized, starting with the socialist calculation debate. Roger Koppl - The Austrian Economists
Two days of debate followed, producing formulations ever more tortuous and wordy, amid signs of growing impatience from the public galleries.
The same poll had Kerry up by 2 after the second showdown — only to drop back to 8 points down again after the postdebate glow faded. Getting Ready to Rumble
So the merry-go-round of pseudo-debate will continue.
As such, it is accorded special procedural shortcuts: it requires only a simple majority vote in both chambers of Congress, and, tantalizing from the administration’s standpoint, Senate rules permit just twenty hours of debate, so the bill can’t be filibustered. Take Two: Hillary's Choice
He hoped MPs would be able to debate the issue and persuade the government to change its stance.
The decline in Britain's manufacturing base was indisputable, though the causes were open to scholarly debate.
The debate continued, but Meredith remained silent throughout.
the town debated the purification of the water supply
Controversial energy measures are slated for Senate debate within days.
The idea has also entered the public discourse, influencing debates on school curriculums and standardised tests.
An answer to this will be the key to occident and oriental debate. Occident verses Orient Debate
The debate was getting too philosophical for me.
The course aims at presenting an overview of the most important tools and processes of ethnographic museography, with special attention to the theoretical debates on the subject.
The evaluation of various explanatory factors continues to generate much historiographical debate.
I think that there's room for debate about what is or isn't appropriate for public calling-out, but I think that the word *debate* there is key - not just running with a default assumption of anything possibly hurtful = bad = verboten. Community Is Hard. Deal With It.
I can picture her naggy personality bringing that up in a debate. Hawaii's Senator Inouye Warns Obama Against Running
When the debate had begun a couple of hours earlier, a double-barrelled assault by the them was the last thing on his mind.
Now, I have accepted the debates that have been offered and, actually, Indiana has a debate commission which kind of organizes this. CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2008
Democracy doesn't require - it demands a full and rigorous debate of this Bill.
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endless debates
Rarely has a debate attracted so much media attention.
Now, I have accepted the debates that have been offered and actually Indiana has a debate commission which kind of organizes this and makes sure it's fair and nobody gets a special advantage. CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2008
But beyond these forces is another that ratifies and multiplies their impact, helping produce a debate so remote from real answers and so infected with doubletalk that citizens tune out.
Assign your staff to build the sort of book on Russert's techniques, rhetorical gambits, and political obsessions that you'd want going into a debate with an opposing candidate.
Young's Bluecrest is the biggest seafood producer in the UK and has thrown an interesting sidelight on the debate about cod stocks.
In Scotland this appetite for debate is as strong as elsewhere in Britain.
Which of them has more musical talent is open to debate.
Even here there is debate about whether the activity of any single cell could be used to identify a particular face.
It has been a convention, if we are talking about conventions, that members are allowed a lead-in to a debate.
Meanwhile the debate on European political and monetary union continues.
Also, as MacCulloch points out, later rigidities in predestinarian debates do not yet apply. Yet Cranmer would say that God singles out the Elect for salvation from eternal damnation, which is the fate of those not among the Elect.
They should produce a comprehensive White Paper on disinvestment for serious debate before selling a single sou of public assets.
I certainly believe that the blogosphere should advance and ennoble the public debate - not coarsen it.
The ongoing debate boils down to a question of correlation versus causality.
On the other side of the debate is Ed Dwight, a long-term detractor. MLK Jr. memorial confronts controversy
Clear scientific evidence can be used to support either side of this chestnut-flavored debate, so appeals to the indisputability of one view or another are ill-advised. Balkinization

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