Sentence examples for controversy for both from inspiring English sources

"In turn, this created unwanted controversy for both the N.B.A. and the Lorillard Tobacco Company," he added, "which led to our decision to discontinue the sponsorship".

The case brings to the spotlight Mr. Papa, a 36-year-old former Wall Street lawyer, well-known in the Bensonhurst and Coney Island sections for his Flames youth basketball league, which has been a source of pride and some controversy for both communities.

It strikes me that you have been chosen without controversy for both projects because your work highlights that human beings are equal and similar no matter where they are from.

The agreement also included a list of individuals compiled by the UN who would be candidates to serve in the new administration, but the release of this list became a matter of controversy for both factions.

The agreement also included a list of individuals who would be candidates to serve in the new administration, but the release of this list became a matter of controversy for both factions, according to Claudia Gazzini, a senior analyst on Libya at Crisis Group.

It received generally positive reviews in Australia, although it did attract controversy for both its fictionalisation of a rape and murder without the consent of the victim's family and for the decision to shoot the film in the town where she was murdered.

During the recent #Oscarssowhite controversy, for example, both Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith announced they would not be attending the ceremony.

And so they have: the Williams sisters have invited much controversy for their outfits both on and off the court and players such as Maria Sharapova and the current number one, Victoria Azarenka, have posed in their bikinis for men's magazines.

I have thus stated my opinion on a point on which we differ, not with a view to controversy, for we are both too old to change opinions which are the result of a long life of inquiry and reflection; but on the suggestion of a former letter of yours, that we ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other.

The change has generated significant controversy -- for both theoretical and practical reasons.

He is perhaps best known for his 1969 novel Portnoy's Complaint, a comic novel that attracted both praise and controversy for its frank discussion of sexuality.