Sentence examples for a major schism from inspiring English sources

In my generation, there was a major schism between those who went to Vietnam and those who did not.

In early February, O'Neill announced the dissolution of Stormont and a subsequent election that would signal a major schism in the unionist party.

This potential clash could prompt a major schism within the federal government, with many career officials waging a battle against incoming political appointees.

Beneath these trends was a pervasive sense that Catholic identity was entirely up for grabs — that having dispensed with Latin Mass and meatless Fridays, the church might be poised for further revolutions, a major schism, or both.

Thus, ʿAli became the fourth caliph (656 661), but the disagreement over his right of succession brought about a major schism in Islam, between the Shīʿites those loyal to ʿAlī and the Sunni "traditionalists".

One of the council's leaders insisted that the feud between District Council 37 and other unions over the living wage did not point to a major schism in New York labor.

A second major schism occurred when the Sarvastivadins (who hold that "all is real") separated from the Vibhajyavadins (adherents of the Doctrine of Distinctions), presumably the Sthaviravadins.

Click HERE to upload graphic (52k jpg) In the clearest sign yet of a major coalition schism over the reforms, Mr Clegg set out five key demands which he insists are "non-negotiable".

In New York, the first major schism occurred in 1945, when a Hungarian, Dr. Sandor Rado, broke away from the paternal body and formed the Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute at Columbia University.

The EU referendum has exposed the major schism between Labour and its core voters.

The first major schism in what is now the modern Democratic party appeared in the 1840s, when upstart frontier professionals in the West teamed up with the high skilled industry of the day, railroads, to advocate for free trade and investment in infrastructure.