Sentence examples for becomes a divisive issue from inspiring English sources

From that position, Vladimir Putin could do a lot to sour the Kosovo independence drive, and ensure it becomes a divisive issue among the permanent five members.

Race became a divisive issue after the turn of the 20th century.

Capacity building is starting to become a divisive issue in development circles.

"When it became a divisive issue," he said, "I just made the decision that it should not go on".

Mirroring the verbal combat among cable news channels, the advertiser pressure has become a divisive issue of its own.

For those of you who have not been following the Canadian election, Zunera Ishaq's right to wear the niqab during her citizenship ceremony became a divisive issue.

The school's application has brought to the fore what has become a divisive issue in many of New York's residential neighborhoods.

The former foreign secretary, who supported Tony Blair over the hugely controversial invasion, claimed that it was "time to move on" from the war, amid concerns that it would become a divisive issue during the leadership campaign.

The decision to drop the plan will become a divisive issue for the coalition because the Liberal Democrats were strongly in favour of the measure, which will still be introduced in Scotland.

While they all accept that overspending did not cause the crash, the question of whether or not the party should apologise for running a budget deficit when the economy was growing has become a divisive issue, with Yvette Cooper criticising Andy Burnham for the fact that he apologised on behalf of the party.

Although the use of Social Security revenues for other government programs would pose no threat to current recipients of the government's retirement system, it would be politically perilous and likely to become a divisive issue in next year's Congressional campaigns, especially in House districts where large numbers of voters depend on Social Security checks.