Sentence examples for issue splits from inspiring English sources

The issue splits the government and backbenches alike.

The issue splits the township like a fault line, with angry drivers and homeowners on one side and animal-rights defenders on the other, appealing for less violent ways to kill the deer.

But the issue splits Canadian politicians.In this section From pauper to president: now Lula's struggle really begins Clouds over Quito Desperate causes Contortions on Kyoto ReprintsFor more than two years, the federal energy and environment ministers have been talking with provincial counterparts about how to reduce emissions to meet the Kyoto target (of 6% below 1990 levels).

Issue splits Republican candidates.

The issue splits both parties.

There isn't one ― in part because the issue splits progressives from working-class whites and, in some cases, African-Americans.

The issue split families.

The issue split the nation for several months.

In the 1970s, this issue split second wave feminism.

The slavery issue split the Methodist Church into two bodies: the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (organized in 1845).

The issue split the Democrats at their 1860 presidential convention, where Southern Democrats nominated John C. Breckinridge and Northern Democrats nominated Douglas.