Sentence examples for focus of bitter from inspiring English sources

The process of writing a new constitution became the focus of bitter contention between the Islamists and a loose opposition comprising liberal, secular, and Christian factions.

The insistence by prosecutors that the group was a terrorist organization had been the focus of bitter legal battles in recent weeks.

As a lot of teachers see it, they are the focus of bitter hostility from ministers and educational high-ups, and the victims of an increasingly oppressive machine.

The surge in fatal combat is a troubling development in Kashmir, a disputed mountainous area that has been a focus of bitter tensions between the neighbors over six decades.

Such services have been a focus of bitter criticism following reports over the last month that a city emergency phone line and advertising campaign had led to a sharp increase in the number of such victims seeking emergency shelter.

Ms. Nasreen, one of Bangladesh's best-known literary figures, became the focus of bitter attacks by the clergy in Bangladesh after the publication of her book on the tragedy overwhelming a Hindu family in her country after Hindu militants destroyed a mosque in India in 1992.

A month later, it is the focus of a bitter quarrel about the place of Islam in our society.

The sales have clearly affected the value of the artist's estate, currently the focus of a bitter lawsuit.

He became the focus of particularly bitter hatred from the ENO chorus, some of whom were sacked.

And though the specifics of the plan remain to be worked out, the law is already the focus of a bitter national debate.

This is Xolobeni, a remote village on the eastern shore of South Africa and the focus of a bitter dispute over a massive titanium mining project.