Sentence examples for Touch off controversy from inspiring English sources

"The Sopranos" might touch off controversy in some places, but in this small town that hangs off the edge of the New York State border like a postage stamp, Jimmy Gandolfini is the boy who made it big.

The lanes have sometimes touched off controversy.

The format of the debate touched off controversy and the threat of a boycott by several of the candidates.

During his tenure he touched off controversy by advocating strict conservation of water resources in the developing states and territories of the arid West.

It is the company's latest effort to custom-fit a store to the surrounding neighborhood, a strategy that has touched off controversy in the past.

One of the properties, the Hyde Park Drive-In, was touched off controversy in the 1990's when a Wal-Mart was proposed.

BHP's offer has touched off controversy over how the potential merger might affect the global commodities market, particularly for iron ore.

Cherry touched off controversy during his popular segment by saying that critics of fighting in hockey had used the off-season deaths of Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak to advance their cause, and included Grimson, Nilan and Thomson among those critics.

"We should have been ramped up going full bore, but we're just now starting to receive the federal stimulus dollars". In Indiana, the funding stalled when Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) touched off controversy by giving nearly half of his state's initial $53 million weatherization funding to the state builders' association, a big campaign contributor with no experience overseeing the work.

But Nagagreh's presence at the school has touched off controversy within the SBC.

That move touched off controversy involving Kaci Hickox, a nurse who had treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone.