In parliament the question on forming a new security force was hotly debated.

Whether this mandate is still applicable today has become a hotly debated issue.

A second, hotly debated argument is that limiting banks size and scope has relatively low costs in terms of performance.

The agreement will be hotly debated in large measure because it comes against a backdrop of unprecedented partisan tension in Washington.

The hotly debated question nowadays is whether the transition to higher mandatory reserves would involve excessive short term costs (as banks will likely increase lending spreads and reduce credit volumes).

The bloc was going places or so it seemed. But seven years, seven summits, and one new member (South Africa joined in 2010) later, the significance of the BRICS remains hotly debated.

The more hotly debated program is one in which the NSA maps the origin and destination of US citizens telephone traffic and stores it for possible later inspection (presumably with a court order).

Of course, governments can slash their expenditure and increase taxes to balance their budgets, or at least to embark on a path leading in that direction, as the hotly debated example of Greece has shown.

One of the hotly debated issues concerned controversial concepts and terms such as terrorism , humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect , which, in the eyes of everybody, called for further comprehensive debate in order to reach consensus on their definition.

Whether they stand to gain or lose from a renminbi revaluation, however, is hotly contested.

In between patients, they 'debated' their differing philosophies.

Even the quality of education was not extensively debated.

Numerous memes and messages debated, challenged and disputed throughout the day.

2011 Elections The issue is debated but refused by the majority

Numerous policy options to deal with this problem are now being debated.

A new bill is currently being debated by the House of Representatives.

The abolition of the death penalty had been extensively debated over many years.

Interestingly, the LTC bidding committee had publicly declared UTE the winner in early February 2005, which was hotly contested by the other bidder, Infotel.

Democracy works only if there is a fair reporting of the issues being debated.

Indian political issues are being raised and debated regularly and boisterously across social media.

The issue , as it came to be called by Bonesmen, was debated for decades.

The relative role of loans and grants in development assistance has long been debated.

The matter was regularly debated openly within Israeli society and in several international bodies.

Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?

The eurozone s dilemmas, and the pros and cons of proposed solutions, can be debated endlessly.

Will this be debated at the G 20? Not openly, but certainly in the corridors.

The details near the top of the knowledge pyramid can and should be intensely debated.

As a result, the victory of Umaru Yar Adua, the candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and President Olusegun Obasanjo s hand picked successor, is now hotly disputed.

In France s pre presidential electoral campaign, European affairs are mentioned or whispered, but almost never debated.

Temperature It has been debated whether or not insulin aspart (or NovoLog NovoRapid) should be refrigerated.

Then they debated with one another what they must do , and they kept their talk secret .

Then they debated one with another what they must do , and they kept their counsel secret .

Reform of the justice system and initiatives related to the social agenda were also publicly debated.

Too often, we have debated the finer points of language while innocent people continue to die.

Panellists debated the impact of incentives on the decision by transnational corporations to move services abroad.

Within the United Kingdom itself, the law meant that many important issues could not be fully debated.

For years, academics have debated whether culture, institutions, ideology, or resources cause some countries to lag behind.

I recently debated one of the key thinkers behind the decision to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussein.

The most recent World Water Forum debated two issues that will confront policymakers in the years ahead.

The value of routine screening for hypertension in children over the age of 3 years is debated.

We have debated this issue for well over a decade, but have not yet reached a decision.

What is more, the measures currently being debated in some European countries can only aggravate this trend.

Yet it remains much debated why the Renaissance began in Italy, and why it began when it did.

Since its discovery, it has been debated whether the Narmer Palette represents a historic event or was purely symbolic.

The existence of a peace dividend in real economies is still debated, but some research points to its reality.