Sentence examples for divisive according from inspiring English sources

The choice of historical figures depicted on Britain's banknotes will have to reflect diversity and inclusivity while not upsetting people by being divisive, according to new Bank of England guidelines.

But those all-encompassing "creative differences" involving Wolf and Justman became more "divisive," according to the biography on Wolf's website, as tension built and, "Ultimately, the band decided to continue without Peter's involvement".

Politicians have allowed xenophobia, Islamophobia and antisemitism to enter the mainstream as a result of their toxic and divisive campaigning, according to Lady Warsi.

A London council's plan to move housing benefit claimants to Stoke-on-Trent will increase pressure on already vulnerable neighbourhoods and could prompt an increase in "divisive rightwing extremism", according to one housing association asked by the council to accommodate 500 families.

The second such example is Principal Direction Divisive Partitioning (PDDP), which is based on repeated divisions of instances according to the sign of their projection on the first principal component [14].

But there is enough about John Paul II's record to echo the conclusion many reached when Margaret Thatcher was awarded a virtual state funeral: some figures are too controversial and divisive to be accorded a universal acclaim.

Difficult decisions should not use divisive rhetoric January 7 , 20139.29am GMT According to Janan Ganesh's recent biography, The Austerity Chancellor, George Osborne believes that it is important for politicians to be able to "weaponise" policy.

The episode, dealing with "one of the most divisive issues in American society" according to The New York Times, became a subject of controversy after its broadcast.

She wrote that it was initially a polite notice to the state: You can continue to follow divisive policies by classifying your citizens according to their religion while simultaneously bleating about citizenship but I won't be part of it.

The divisive mentality that sees children educated according to their ethnicity must also be tackled.

According to David Cone, the most divisive issue between pitchers and hitters is the intimidation factor.