Sentence examples for a heightening debate from inspiring English sources

There is a heightening debate about the integrity of science, fuelled by a series of widely publicized cases of scientific fraud.

The issue is facing heightened debate after a series of mass shootings in San Bernardino, Orlando, Fla., and elsewhere.

In the last two years, a combination of legislative and legal actions have heightened debate over the extent to which gray wolves should receive federal endangered species protections.

UC's action is expected to heighten debate in the state Legislature about a proposal to boost the statewide minimum wage and has also prompted calls for the California State University system to follow suit.

Among anti-pokies campaigners, the bruising Tasmanian and SA experience has heightened debate over whether arguing for better regulation is an effective way to bring about change.

That, too, could heighten debate over the war.

Campaign finance reform demands heightened debate and pressure on our representatives to take action and place America's interests first, rather than those of lobbying groups and politicians.

The missile defense issue will come to the fore this week, and the scale of the program and the almost urgent way the administration is proceeding are likely to heighten debate over the system.

The standoff in the mainly Muslim republic, 200 miles from Chechnya, will heighten debate about the Russian president Vladimir Putin's plan to scrap local elections of regional presidents in favour of appointing officials himself.

The incident played out during heightened debate over the symbolism of the flag, triggered by the racially-motivated shooting deaths of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina weeks earlier.

"It's indicative of a new and emerging class of persecuted people from Mexico". The surge in applications has heightened debate about how broadly to interpret asylum rules and whether to detain applicants while they wait for their cases to be decided.