Sentence examples for ferocious row from inspiring English sources

It is clear that any open change in doctrine would provoke a ferocious row and possibly a formal schism.

The ferocious row over "The Skeptical Environmentalist", a new book by Bjorn Lomborg, a statistician with a taste for economic analysis, is a case in point.

On an island where the Greens attract a fifth of the votes, El Grande's torching has sparked a ferocious row with a state government accused of being unfit to protect one of the world's most diverse remaining rainforests.

The ferocious row over the Kremlin's notorious anti-gay law in the run-up to the Sochi Olympics has sparked a bout of Russia-bashing that is not only often unfair, but also counter-productive.

Or perhaps a commission official was moving some furniture to their summer holiday home (most self-respecting commission officials have a villa or flat near the Med).It is all a bit reminiscent of the ferocious row swirling around at the moment over how to decide which country's divorce laws apply, when international marriages break up.

The ferocious row about tax avoidance – running from the shadow chancellor Ed Balls getting a receipt from the bloke cutting his hedge for a tenner, through to the tax dodgers aided by HSBC's Swiss arm – goes absolutely to the heart of civilised life in a modern state.

FOR British onlookers this week's ferocious rows over plans to extend America's fledgling anti-ballistic missile shield to Europe have seemed a blast from the cold-war past.

The blue thread frays How politicians are unlike America Ranchers v bison-huggers ReprintsYellowstone's wild bison trigger ferocious rows, too, each time they amble outside the national park.

The increases led to growing anger about fuel poverty and a ferocious political row between Labour and the coalition government.

With just days to go until the 50th anniversary of Mao Zedong's devastating Cultural Revolution, a Maoist revival show staged at the nerve centre of Chinese politics has sparked a ferocious political row, fuelling persistent rumours about a struggle for power at the top of the Communist party.

It's why there is a ferocious Whitehall row going on about new green energy targets: the Treasury fears they will drive up bills still further whilst the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) insists they will create green jobs for the future.