Sentence examples for controversies first from inspiring English sources

Mr Hague said he "couldn't possibly" comment directly on the allegations, but told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I set out in June, when these controversies first arose, the position in the United Kingdom, the very, very strong legal checks and balances that we have in the UK".

He said Labour had taken comprehensive and decisive action after the controversy first erupted.

Mr. Koskinen would fill the opening created when the Obama administration dismissed the acting I.R.S. commissioner, Steven T. Miller, in May after the controversy first surfaced.

The controversy first surfaced in 2009, when Trafigura obtained a super injunction against journalists who had obtained internal documents discussing the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast.

Among students, many of whom were not enrolled when the controversy first exploded, there is less familiarity with the nuances of the case but strong feelings nonetheless.

The controversy first broke when communities secretary Eric Pickles was interviewed in January, hinting that government estimates over the number of migrants to expect from these countries did exist.

"Kandahar" created controversy, first in Iran, because it focussed attention on the country's failure to provide schooling for Afghan refugee children, and then in the United States and Europe, for the casting of an accused assassin in a prominent role.

Controversy first erupted in spring 2009 when Berlusconi was found to have a friendship, that was never fully explained, with an 18-year-old aspiring model and actress, Noemi Letizia.

The controversy, first reported by McClatchy Newspapers, cropped up only a week after the military and President Bush apologized for an American soldier's use of a Koran for target practice near Baghdad.

Downing Street points to a statement issued by Black Rod when the controversy first erupted, in which he said: "At no stage was I asked to change the arrangements".

Controversy first surrounded the parcel last August, when plans to develop the farm as a sports park, with playing fields to meet the undisputed needs of local teams, were opposed by residents supporting farmland preservation.