Sentence examples for divided control from inspiring English sources

No state has ever had divided control of its Legislature for so long.

"In most states, you'll see divided control when a dominant party temporarily loses one house, or because there's a gradual transition from one party dominating to another," said Robert Kurtter, vice president for state ratings at Moody's Investors Service.

The poll also found that state governments controlled by Republicans were slightly more popular than those controlled by Democrats, although states with divided control of government got the highest ratings.

You don't need a Senate forecaster to know which way the gridlock will go: the Congressional intransigence Americans claim to hate (even as they like or remain indifferent to divided control of the branches of government, the cause of said intransigence) will either continue or get worse, to the detriment of everyone, assuming that Republicans have legislative goals beyond dismantling Obamacare.

"This really bizarre quasi-permanent divided control, plus the absence of competitive elections in New York -- these are the fundamental issues when you talk about dysfunction in Albany," said Gerald Benjamin, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the State University at New Paltz, who has written extensively on New York State government.

"Don't be surprised if the next phase will be an expansion of the Palestinian claim against Britain, and France as well since they were also partners in the Sykes-Picot agreement that divided control in our region," said public security minister Gilad Erdan.

The question of how to divide control of the security forces has been one of the most volatile issues.

Under those conditions, the only way to achieve sustainable bipartisanship is to divide control of the government, forcing the parties to negotiate in order to get anything done.

Mr. Tsvangirai signed a deal with Mr. Mugabe on Sept. 15 under intense pressure from Thabo Mbeki, then the president of South Africa, before he and Mr. Mugabe had agreed on how to divide control of the ministries.

Mr. Tsvangirai signed a deal with Mr. Mugabe on Sept. 15 under intense pressure from Mr. Mbeki, then the president of South Africa, before he and Mr. Mugabe had agreed on how to divide control of the ministries.

Our protocol therefore divides control channels into contention and contention-less minislots.