Sentence examples for close a debate from inspiring English sources
With this joint text, moreover, the Union's institutions are bringing to a close a debate which has gone on far too long, and it is good that Parliament has taken such an active part in that debate.
The experiment worked, closing a debate about the age of Earth and the energy source of the Sun that had begun in the 19th century.
He came close to a debate when his Father's Day speech was lambasted by Jesse Jackson.
"But this time the race is very close and a debate could ultimately make all the difference".
Houghton seems to have attempted, by his intervention on Trident, and backing those Labour MPs who differ from the views of their leader, to close down a debate.
The broadcasters may, possibly, face a legal challenge about the allocation of national airtime, but in the court of public opinion it would be a brave act to try to close down a debate in which you have been invited to take part but have chosen not to.
The establishment closed down a debate for 30 years, he says.
But for too long the establishment has closed down a debate about the effects of Britons on Britain.
When the first episode of "The Kennedys," the costly and controversial mini-series about that American political dynasty, makes its debut on Sunday, a chapter in television history will be closed, but a debate about the balance between accuracy and creative license in historical dramas will be renewed.
A row about safety standards and electrical pylons has become something closer to a debate about truth and power"19.
