Sentence examples for an effort to divide from inspiring English sources

But they were rejected, as an effort to divide and rule, and the government insisted the elections would go ahead.

"It's no surprise that Bobby Jindal would go abroad and butcher the facts in an effort to divide people; this is exactly what we've come to expect from Jindal here at home," said the Democratic National Committee spokeswoman, Rebecca Chalif.

Police officers put on riot gear and withdrew long sticks from their belts, forming lines in an effort to divide the crowd and isolate the civil disobedients at the front of the building.

Some see this latest missile-defence ploy and the accompanying threats as a poker play: an effort to divide Europe from America at a time when Mr Bush is still widely unpopular for the war in Iraq.Others think Mr Putin is trying to row back.

At a time when it is essential for the Democrats to overcome their differences and move forward as a united party to mount the strongest possible campaign in the coming months, Hillary Clinton very consciously is using race in an effort to divide and conquer.

"George Bush, who promised to become a uniter, has become the great divider," he said in Washington, adding: "He proposed to amend the Constitution of the United States for political purposes, and we say that he has no right to misuse the most precious document in our history in an effort to divide this nation and distract us from our goals.

He reacted against any effort to divide people between those within the church and those permanently outside.

Clearly any effort to divide these responsibilities is futile at best and insincere at worst if the chairman's interests are not independent from those of management.

With Euroscepticism on the rise in Europe, an American effort to "divide and rule" could have a seriously disruptive effect.

"It's not an accident, there's a real effort to divide the environmental community from the social and economic justice community, and it's absolutely false.

In any case, these studies provide an exemplary effort to divide breast cancers based on their overall genetic characteristics and specific molecular pathways, making them more accessible for the development of targeted treatment.