Sentence examples for controversy toward from inspiring English sources

The basic idea here is that the topic is still so politically contested that a campaign would risk driving too much anger and controversy toward the company.

Mike Dee was fired as president of the San Diego Padres, who were embroiled in controversy toward the end of the season.

It may be that Speaker John Boehner wants to avoid a controversy heading toward November that shifts focus from the economy.

"I naïvely thought an apology for offense in the church would allow us to move quickly beyond internal controversy and toward a less emotional process of working through our differences, well out of the public spotlight," Mr. Harrison wrote on the church's Web site.

This controversy began toward the end of 2006, when Indonesia decided not to share influenza A virus (H5N1) samples with WHO for risk assessment (e.g., surveillance) or risk management (e.g., vaccine development) purposes.

His role earned Agricola the hatred of staunch Protestants, but he defended strict Lutheranism in other controversies and toward the end of his life considered himself to have won a substantial victory for Luther's views.

But she has also steered him toward controversy, as in the contraception debate.

It is unclear what that list indexes, besides population and a tendency toward controversy.

Several risk factors for falls and hip-fractures have been recognized, but controversy still exists toward the importance of structural cardiac abnormalities as a potentially modifiable risk factor for recurrent falls.

And with that, the controversy moved from cameramen toward quarterbacks.

Cabasilas' philosophical background influenced his attitude toward the controversy over the teaching on mystical prayer advanced by his contemporary, the theologian Gregory Palamas.