Sentence examples for a highly controversial move from inspiring English sources

Even scrapping an economically nonsensical subsidy for ethanol, it seems, is still a highly controversial move.

In a highly controversial move, Mr Middelhoff had agreed to buy Napster's assets while the firm was in the throes of bankruptcy.

This one is just a strong Eli Manning throw from the old one, not a highly controversial move from New York to New Jersey.

Israel's parliament has voted to retroactively legalise thousands of illegitimate settler homes in outposts built on private Palestinian land, in a highly controversial move described by critics as a "land grab".

In a highly controversial move, Beijing said Yau Wandching and Sixtus "Baggio" Leung would not be able to hold office, striking a blow to the burgeoning movement calling for greater autonomy from the mainland.

But as Simon knew all too well, this was a highly controversial move, because South Africa was still a white-run apartheid state, and many other western musicians were playing an active role in trying to bring the system to an end.

The protest by Yau Wandching and Sixtus Leung prompted Beijing to rewrite the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution, in a rare and highly controversial move that sparked street protests.

He spoke out after Osborne said he favoured an extra runway in the south east and is to try and build cross-party consensus for the highly controversial move.

To be fair to the prime minister, it was not until after her meeting that Trump made his next, highly controversial move: to stop people from seven countries entering the US.

The highly controversial move comes in defiance of U.S. allies' pleas to save the agreement from collapse, and leaves an uncertain future for Iran's nuclear program.

Next year, he is expected to introduce a highly controversial increase in the consumption tax – a move that will help Japan tackle its public debt and pay for rising health and social security costs, but which could also dampen consumer spending, the driving force behind 60% of the economy.