How To Use Uncontroversial In A Sentence
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But the case for policy activism of some kind is fairly uncontroversial.
The Times Literary Supplement
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That is, unless he's assuming that it's no benefit at all because taxpayers oughtn't to have the money -- in which case he's engaged in something very different from the exercise in uncontroversial positive economics that he wants us to believe he's engaged in.
Comment of the Week, 2003-04-30, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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I find the use of the term "uncontroversial" an odd and partisan choice in what would otherwise be a straightforward report.
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In my judgment, the uncontroversial position of Mrs. Smith's son was not such as to cause her to fall foul of the principle set in Gough.
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She lasted so long at No 10 because she was uncontroversial and preferred to work quietly and keep a low profile.
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So far, so fairly uncontroversial.
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It's even easier to find uncontroversial typos, grammatical errors, malapropisms and other infelicities in unedited texts written by less skilled writers, or by writers in a hurry.
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The greater part of his analysis of the law is uncontroversial, indeed accepted by Mr Ponter.
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Unlike its recommendations on homosexual conduct, the section of the report that dealt with prostitution was largely uncontroversial.
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An uncontroversial role of §17 is to provide a characterization of an object, or more to the point, of a representation of an object, that facilitates a challenge to Humean associationism.
Kant's Transcendental Arguments
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While some might quibble at the characterization of physics as "uncontroversial", she does seem like a good example of someone whose decision as to whether to pursue a career in science was based on external social factors rather than based on purely innate preferences.
Archive 2008-08-01
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The involvement of the School Governors goes back to August 1998 when, uncontroversially, they suspended the Applicant following the receipt of information about the police investigation.
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I think another way to state the ‘twilight of the idols’ argument that Julian lays out is, if something as uncontroversially popular (from the perspective of Michael Goldfarb) as nuking Japan is a war crime, why should I take seriously the very idea of war crimes?
War Crimes, Past and Present
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This is an uncontroversial statement of truth, but is it a useful addition to our knowledge?
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I believe the aforementioned paper and debate show that your example is far from "uncontroversial," unless of course you believe it is all just an attempt to harm Obama.
Discourse.net: Harsh But Fair?
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It’s not exactly like height which can be measured in uncontroversial ways.
The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old?
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This largely uncontroversial list rewards past service and expands the expertise of the Lords.
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The importance of family planning in reducing maternal mortality is uncontroversial.
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But a fairly uncontroversial example can be found in his use of supposition to examine the structure of certain complex terms that would remain unanalyzed on the traditional account of syllogistic inferences.
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We are currently raising the pension age for women to 65, and this has been relatively uncontroversial.
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But he's got a knack for making progressive ideas sound moderate, reasonable and uncontroversial, which is one reason he drives his ideological adversaries crazy.
TIME.com: Top Stories
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Judicial notice overcomes the necessity of proving facts that are clearly uncontroversial or beyond reasonable dispute.
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Until recently, the distinction between the news media and rest of us was clear and uncontroversial.
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What is more, all of this evidence is uncontroversial and unchallenged.
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But while all this might seem sensible and uncontroversial, the problem is the motivation behind it.
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In this climate, it is clear that nothing uncontroversial can be said about what precisely constitutes a cult.
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That is, unless he's assuming that it's no benefit at all because taxpayers oughtn't to have the money -- in which case he's engaged in something very different from the exercise in uncontroversial positive economics that he wants us to believe he's engaged in.
Comment of the Week, 2003-04-30, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Maintenance is uncontroversial, but asking for ‘more’ is difficult.
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Moreover, something that seems to have completely escaped European parliamentarians prattling about issues like animal welfare, biodiversity and ethics is that cloning technology of one sort or another is already widely applied to a variety of foods that Europeans and American consume routinely and uncontroversially.
Europe Is Crazy About (Cloned) Food
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However, I think it is possible to show that the two characteristics I use in the argument are relatively uncontroversial in terms of defining science.
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For the most part, the definition is uncontroversial.
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Rather my point is that they are no worse than lots of things that are uncontroversially legal.
Ponzi Schemes: What's the Big Deal?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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But a fairly uncontroversial example can be found in his use of supposition to examine the structure of certain complex terms that would remain unanalyzed on the traditional account of syllogistic inferences.
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Our report wended its way in educationese through various uncontroversial themes, as is typical of all educational curricular reports.
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As in any aspect of political morality, a host of practical considerations bear on a decision whether and how to act, even when there is an uncontroversially meritorious cause of action.
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This expedited procedure is generally used for measures considered "uncontroversial," which is odd, to say the least, since the war in Afghanistan is anything but uncontroversial, with the most recent evidence being the release by Wikileaks of secret documents on the war, which the New York Times reported "offers an unvarnished, ground-level picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal.
Robert Naiman: House Votes Today on Afghan, Pakistan Wars
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This expedited procedure is generally used for measures considered "uncontroversial," which is odd, to say the least, since the war in Afghanistan is anything but uncontroversial, with the most recent evidence being the release by Wikileaks of secret documents on the war, which the New York Timesreported"offers an unvarnished, ground-level picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal.
Robert Naiman: House Votes Today on Afghan, Pakistan Wars
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Lochner, for example, is uncontroversially not good law anymore, whatever you may happen to think about whether it should be or not.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawsuits Against the Health Care Bill
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Freedom of speech is not the right to speak bland and uncontroversial phrases about people.
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He chose an uncontroversial topic for his speech.
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In 2002 when a political earthquake saw the Socialist's presidential hope Lionel Jospin knocked out by the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, Hollande, then party general secretary, was seen as an uncontroversial, soothing, and safe pair of hands – just what was needed to nurse the wounded and limping party back to health.
François Hollande nomination marks the triumph of Monsieur Ordinary
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Well, glass, snack, and naturally for starters; they all started their lives with different meanings from those they are now uncontroversially allowed to have.
What’s wrong with “hopefully”? « Motivated Grammar
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The second rice is uncontroversial but wildly successful.
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To some people that definition of marriage might seem uncontroversial, but to both of us, it was somehow inspiring.
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But here's the clincher: It seems to have completely escaped the European politicians prattling about issues like animal welfare, biodiversity and ethics that cloning technology of one sort or another is already widely applied to a variety of foods that Europeans and American have consumed routinely and uncontroversially for years.
The Cloned Cow Has Left the Barn
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Freedom of speech is not the right to speak bland and uncontroversial phrases about people.
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The proposal is largely uncontroversial, but the dilatoriness of the government has held things up.
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As for substantive qualifications, Judge Sotomayor’s record is remarkably uncontroversial from a traditional political perspective.
Sonia Sotomayor: What Will She Mean For the Court? | Heretical Ideas Magazine
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On the face of it, leading a multinational force of peacekeepers to Guadalcanal should be a relatively uncontroversial exercise.
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The causes she has espoused during her tenure as first lady - literacy and education - are uncontroversial.
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And it shows that disparate impact is not “really about reparations for slavery,” since disparate impact analysis has uncontroversially been applied to all Title VII categories for decades.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism
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There are two uncontroversial semantically-relevant distinctions between that and which in relative clauses in standard English.
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The first definition, ‘characteristic of the country or country life’ seems reasonably uncontroversial.
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The discourse of Sarah Palin and her friends is appalling on its own, but worse is the way in which their readings of the Constitution and American history in general have been accepted as uncontroversially true by so many voters.
Robin Lakoff: Education: Yes, but Why?
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In the first part of the lecture, Heidegger begins by claiming, uncontroversially enough, that the specific sciences deal with their particular realm of things, and besides that they are concerned with nothing.
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For the next two decades, the draft remained a successful and relatively uncontroversial fixture of American life. Millions of young men, from farmhands to Harvard students, put in their two years of service.
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Certainly my academic career is one to which the adjective ‘vacuous’ can be uncontroversially applied.
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It is alleged that the two men signed one side of a sheet, which contained an uncontroversial statement.
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But while rewards are uncontroversial, paying money to anyone directly or indirectly involved with the original theft is anything but.
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The arguer is hoping we'll just focus on the uncontroversial premise, "Murder is morally wrong," and not notice what is being assumed.
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That is an uncontroversial view in continental Europe, especially in Belgium and France, where cartoon strips are reviewed in critical essays and dissected in academic theses.
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If 'laws' are real and independent of both the minds and matter they govern, then that's a statement of metaphysical Platonism, which is hardly an uncontroversial position.
Another predictable argument against front-loading
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(I assume for the moment a Theory of Ideas in Plato, tho that is by no means uncontroversial.)
Matthew Yglesias » Time For a Blogger Ethics Panel
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But the case for policy activism of some kind is fairly uncontroversial.
The Times Literary Supplement
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If Washington means ‘war’ metaphorically, as when it speaks about a ‘war’ on drugs, the rhetoric would be uncontroversial, a mere hortatory device intended to rally support for an important cause.
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Revulsion against Nazi eugenics is deep and uncontroversial.
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The decision was uncontroversial, as the Soviet's non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany had precipitated the war.
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Freedom of speech is not the right to speak bland and uncontroversial phrases about people.
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The Law Commission's proposals for occupation orders were originally regarded as uncontroversial and non-party political.
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However, as differing judicial dicta indicate, the question of how far decisions made by governmental and other administrative bodies should be subject to control by the courts is far from being an uncontroversial one.
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Along the route is all kinds of public art, most of it diverting if uncontroversial.
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But with the aid of communication, a solution can be very straightforward and uncontroversial.
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The most obvious, uncontroversial and tedious example is the Second World War.
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Utterly uncontroversially, Laban also calls psychology The Bleeding Obvious and gets to quote Thomas Hardy.
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Far more likely is that he will select a successor beyond criticism who will restore the position to uncontroversial neutrality.
