Sentence examples for divisive influence from inspiring English sources

Sather said Holik was a divisive influence in the dressing room last season.

"Proceeding could have placed significant financial pressure on the club and continued to be a divisive influence.

Smith imposed himself on his team by dropping Lance Klusener, who he felt was a "divisive influence".

Or does the decision indicate strength in its willingness to excise what had come to be regarded within the team and management as a thoroughly divisive influence?

Our city's Democrats must face the election's larger implications, especially regarding the Rev. Al Sharpton's divisive influence and the disaffection of traditionally Democratic white ethnic voters.

When asked Tuesday if he felt Holik had been a divisive influence in the dressing room, Glen Sather, who signed Holik, did not flinch.

The arrival of a skeptical American art journalist (Alex Draper) leads to a lively debate on not only the ethics of restoration and conservation but also on the history of nations and the complex, divisive influences of language, commerce, and religion.

The impresario and iconoclast Malcolm McLaren, who has died aged 64 from the cancer mesothelioma, was one of the pivotal, yet most divisive influences on the styles and sounds of late 20th-century popular culture.

He said he realised some would sympathise with Ms Abbott's dilemma, but added: "She knows that public schools are one of the most divisive influences in society today.

It also takes collaborative leadership that moves beyond the divisive influences of ideology, money and power to focus on the needs of students and educators.

Hay is probably best remembered as the promoter of the Open Door policy, which was designed to counter the trend toward divisive spheres of influence in the Orient.