Sentence examples for fundamental rift from inspiring English sources

This week's clashes have exposed a fundamental rift between that democratic vision and the ruling party's leadership style.

The writer's parents had antithetical attitudes toward life, which Arana experienced as "a fundamental rift between North and South America".

The fact that many Americans feel this way speaks volumes about the fundamental rift between elected officials and their constituencies.

The lawsuit is a public -- and now seemingly irretrievable -- declaration of a fundamental rift that officials have tried to gloss over with photo opportunities during the last year.

Today, the fundamental rift between the bureau and its critics involves two judgment calls: how many horses can a range of 29 million acres support, and how should that level be maintained?

WASHINGTON — While most lawmakers accept that more renewable energy is needed on the nation's grid, the debate over the giant climate-change and energy bill now before Congress is exposing a fundamental rift.

Together, these parties in Turkey and Pakistan illustrate the fundamental philosophical rift in the Islamic world's response to the West.

The eastern Korean margin is rimmed by fundamental elements of rift architecture comprising a seaward succession of a rift basin and an uplifted rift flank passing into the slope, typical of a passive continental margin.

There remains insufficient knowledge of fundamental controls on rift architecture.

Is the rift fundamental or a mere, transitory distraction?

Oculus VR angel investor Marc Andreessen, who is now on the board of directors for the company, has said that Oculus Rift "will redefine fundamental human experiences".