Sentence examples for messy debates from inspiring English sources

The board's provisions mandating debates between the candidates it finances were devised to avoid the sorts of messy debates over debates that crop up so persistently during elections.

Whether or not "The Hurt Locker" sustains this neutrality may be arguable, but the film's intentions to stay out of messy debates about the wisdom or effectiveness of American military policy is perhaps the least distinctive thing about it.

Take those messy "debates".

WASHINGTON — For Lawrence H. Summers, President Obama's preferred candidate to lead the Federal Reserve, the messy debate over a military attack in Syria was the final sign.

PAGE 4 North Koreans' Asylum Plea The first request by a group of North Korean asylum seekers to go to the United States is drawing Washington into a messy debate.

South Africa's President, Thabo Mbeki, who has confounded much of the world by challenging prevailing scientific thinking on AIDS, is stepping out of the messy debate he touched off earlier this year, the government's chief spokesman said today.

It's a messy debate, to be sure.

Finally, the scandal has triggered a messy, mean debate about feminism and how to reconcile it with femininity.

White House officials said the new approach could help repair Mr. Obama's standing among independent voters, who catapulted him into the White House but have distanced themselves partly because of the messy legislative debate over health care.

Because it's a highly messy, emotive debate.

Of course, there was plenty of messy internal debate in the civil rights movement.