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The issue has sparked considerable debate.

Scholars recognized the portrait as one of the world's greatest paintings, yet the price, perceived by many as excessive, sparked considerable debate.

Last week's network post about preparing Athena Swan applications by the University of Cardiff's Paul Brennan sparked considerable debate on Twitter.

The notion of merging the countries sparked considerable debate over whether Team GB should even participate at all, and it is possible that the British teams will hear boos in their own country.

However, the Nature paper sparked considerable debate and controversy among marine scientists around the world, in part because our understanding of the oceans' phytoplankton at a global scale, and over long timescales is quite poor.

Last year, the Swedish golfer Catrin Nilsmark, who is outfitted by the designer Johan Lindeberg, sparked considerable debate when she arrived to compete in tight-fitting shorts about the size of a compact disc.

This has sparked considerable controversy.

Those estimates, however, sparked considerable controversy.

That move sparked considerable criticism, and even inspired a Web site, upsetfu.blogspot.com.

One MP whose local party received the letter said it had sparked considerable anger.

The U.S. government's request not to publish key scientific findings sparked considerable controversy.