Sentence examples for divisive effect from inspiring English sources
This level of uneducated credulity and unconditional support is particularly unhelpful given that, even if you are Jez's most fanatical supporter, you'd have to admit that he has had a divisive effect on the party.
Professor Kaufman argues that fraternal groups actually had a divisive effect on American society.
Smith also worried about the divisive effect that economic specialisation would have on human relationships.
The political scientist Daniel Hopkins shows that a sudden change in the racial and ethnic composition of a community may have a particularly divisive effect.
Also, with cars often criticised for their depersonalising and divisive effect on urban life, this atomisation could increase all the more if they are simply replaced by driverless versions.
A Collier's Friday Night might be described as Sons and Lovers crammed into a single evening but it is also a subtle study of the divisive effect of education on a working-class family.
Not so Buck McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, who says he won't support the use of force against Syria unless the sequester's cuts to defence spending are undone.How long will the divisive effects of the financial crisis last?
It is also far from straightforward, particularly when it comes to the divisive effects of the Pankhurst family on the movement they led.
By establishing a pledge to be honoured by all employers, we could tackle exploitation and establish enforceable collective standards applicable to all, bringing an end to the casualisation and undercutting that has such damaging and divisive effects.
Jon Meyer, the school's co-principal, said the administrators chose loose standards to allow older students to express themselves while minimizing the potentially divisive effects of dress, like designating gang affiliation or economic differences.
When Mr. Gessen invited questions from the crowd, a young woman said she supported Occupy but was worried about the divisive effects of the rhetoric pitting the "99 percent" against the "1 percent".
