"set up a debate" is an acceptable phrase in written English, and it can be used to suggest that two or more people discuss a particular issue in an organized manner.
For example, you might say: "Let's set up a debate to decide which candidate should be elected president."
They argue back, want to set up a debate.
We're going to set up a debate with the coalition people, and I think that will get a huge turnout".
They sent 7,000 mailers to townspeople and set up a debate on cable television between Mr. Cooney and Mayor Eileen Pilla, who supported the rezoning.
In the oratorio, Milton's poems "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" set up a debate between generic cheerful man and pensive or contemplative man, between the sanguine and occasionally melancholy temperaments.
The 74-to-11 74-to-11 74-to-11the measure set up a debate thrusting senators into the realm of digital subscriber lines, cable modems and votee-over-Intornet protoconsiderpolicy areas unheard of justhe few years ago.
The new measure is expected to set up a debate about America's role in the Middle East and how to best counter the militant group.
A candidate told me he would like to set up a debating club.
Another added that they had been advised to encourage students to set up a debating club, so that they could listen to children's political views.
But Mr. Atkins is more interested in setting up a debate than tugging heartstrings.
Setting up a "debate" as Paterson currently conceives it is not going to get these voices heard.
This month's resource takes you through the basics of one way of setting up a debate which we think works well and includes sheets to print out for all of the students involved to help them structure their speeches.
