That's not a very helpful model for arguing, but it's a pretty common and entrenched model for arguing.

The basic facts are incontrovertible.

Political arrangements are somewhat more problematic.

Yes, these are controversial policies.

The Japanese intervention was immediately controversial.

This is no time to argue. Get married first, then fight.

Such policies have been controversial.

One was put forward by the controversial Muslim activist Tariq Ramadan.

Listen, handsome. I'm in no mood to debate the question.

Or would any man jack of ye care to give me an argument to the contrary?

But the Council has left this potentially contentious subject out of recent discussions.

Patil, on the other hand, is a controversial figure, with questionable qualifications.

But the run up to the trial was contentious.

An intense and controversial debate takes place in France on the issue of national identity.

Their dominance and influence are no longer unquestioned.

Norman Finkelstein is one of the most famous intellectuals on the topic.

But posting the Afghan war reports was its most controversial move yet.

His most controversial political moves were aimed at his domestic opponents, not the Chinese government on the mainland.

In the case of the US resolution authority, this has been a very controversial issue.

Several controversial provisions included in the government s last budget are being reviewed.

The issue of negotiating a rapprochement between Afghanistan s government and the Taliban is undoubtedly controversial.

On the surface, Bernanke s view seems intellectually unassailable.

And the anachronistic 1920 Jones Act requires cargo carried between US ports to be shipped only on American ships (recall the confusion about the possibility of foreign ships coming to help during the BP Gulf oil spill).

Roosevelt s first case, against Northern Securities in 1902, was immensely controversial.

Attitudes towards communism were always a controversial subject for the anticommunist opposition. Some rejected communism in all its forms.

Second, wealth transfers to peripheral countries, while controversial, are necessary.

Most controversial of all has been Europe s last dictator, Belarusan President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Yes, we tax rich people more and give poor people some more benefits, and that is contentious enough.

But the most contentious part of debt restructuring could well be reaching inter governmental agreements.

Fundamental questions, including how to operate a banking union in Europe, remain contentious.

Contentious foreign policy makes contacts uneasy and agreements difficult to reach.

Pushing for greater capital market liberalization after the debacle of the 1990 s will be controversial.

So I have to take a Sicilian vow of omerta on controversial issues for the term of my chairmanship.

Morsi brooked little opposition in pushing through a controversial draft constitution.

Consider Iraq, the most divisive issue in American politics for the past five years.

Some of the issues that unions are promoting, such as human rights and environmental quality, are unassailable.

Perhaps the most contentious area of industrial policy is governments role in research and development.

CAMBRIDGE This month marks the tenth anniversary of the controversial American led invasion of Iraq.

Some have suggested that the president s departure is the result of his making too many waves with his anti corruption agenda.

When we know of an impending disaster, and how to solve it at a cost less than the cost of the disaster itself, then there's not going to be much argument, really.

For example, member states could consult on sensitive or contentious issues within the Political and Security Committee.

As a result, many are eager to postpone any controversial policy decisions rather than rock the German political boat.

Referee decisions in football, no matter how egregiously erroneous, are incontestable and immutable.

Given that humans morphological and behavioral characteristics evolved at different rates, this question is a source of controversy.

This was among the problems that the EU s controversial Lisbon treaty was designed to fix.