Sentence examples for attempt to split the from inspiring English sources

Statements denouncing the attempt to split the movement were drafted.

And in some respects Lincoln was fervently intolerant: he could abide no attempt to split the Union.

This attempt to split the difference, not surprisingly, did not seem to appeal to the court's conservative majority.

On March 9, the university made a 'final offer' that largely appealed to senior contract faculty, a clear attempt to split the union.

And their misguided attempt to split the pain won them no love in Cyprus or Russia, whose diplomat to the European Union called it "similar to forceful expropriation".

Or he could attempt to split the Muslim League still further by openly backing a "king's party" headed by any one among the rebels.

The winner of the bunch sprints that decided this season's Tour de Yorkshire and the Ride London Classique, she had the support of the strongest team in the race, with the Dutch initially attempting attack after attack to split the field or at least make life tough in the heat, then eventually opting to control the race in the final stages.

Government sources hinted at attempts to split the Brotherhood by coaxing the moderate elements to break away.

The case was significant in that Luzhkov attempted to split the tandem by appealing, unsuccessfully, to Putin over Medvedev's head.

The new constitution of 1983 attempted to split the opposition to apartheid by meeting Indian and Coloured grievances while at the same time giving blacks no political rights except in the homelands.

Pandev attempts to split the Arsenal back four in half with a clever back-heeled volley, hoping to release Callejon into the area down the inside-right, but Koscielny heads clear.