This behaviour may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.

Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.

Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security.

In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.

It's not easy for most people to actively seek conflict.

It's nice to have people agree, but you need conflicting perspectives to dig out the truth.

cause a lot of conflicts in the family

conflicts between couples tend to rise

Several recent studies have found that being randomly (隨機(jī)地) assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood (可能性)of conflict.

According to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.

I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes," said one Penn resident advisor (RA).

The RA of two years added that while some conflicts "provided more multicultural acceptance and melding (融合)," there were also "jarring cultural confrontations.

The RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race

Conflicts between students of different races are unavoidable.

Conflicts between labor and management.

At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker,because they don't want to be viewed as aggressive or disruptive at work.

It's time to reevaluate how women handle conflict at work.

This difference in handling conflict could be the deciding factor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not.

The conditions creating the stress are long hours, unrealistic demands and deadlines, and work-life conflict.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

They may be involved in a conflict of interest.

Some doctors see a potential conflict in trying to be both providers of patient care and financial overseers.

Conflicts between doctors and patients.

creates conflicts among colleagues

The growing conflicts among ethnic groups.

They are more likely to encounter interracial conflicts

Intergenerational conflicts will intensify.

These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed in the wake of 1976 legislation.

My sister just happened to have one and she can't go since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule.

Her schedule conflicts with her sister's.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

Robots must obey humans, except where the order would conflict with Law 1.

So much research has explored the way in which collegial ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues affecting productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining, anger, and more.