Sentence examples for one divisive from inspiring English sources

The question hangs ominously in the air: Why would a president whose approval ratings have recently slipped and whose party must face comeback-hungry Republicans in a battle to hold House and Senate seats, and who has already taken one divisive, Sisyphean task – healthcare reform – take on another?

One divisive provision that was dropped from the bill would have allowed states to bar illegal immigrants from public schools.

One divisive element is a dome of steel and glass envisioned by the architect Frank O. Gehry along the lines of one at the British Museum.

The larger unions want to create a powerful executive committee, and one divisive issue is how much power medium-size and small unions would have.

A candidate who stands haplessly by as his former spiritual guide roams the country dropping one divisive bomb after another is in very little danger of being seen by most voters as the next J.F.K. or L.B.J.

Still, one divisive plot point will be Nate's first kiss.

Brian Ward, the Council member who drafted the "good will for all" proclamation, said he viewed the original one as divisive and beyond the purview of the Council.

The centre-right have got no one as divisive as Mr Sarkozy, but no one as charismatic either.

They felt the presence of a politician, particularly one as divisive as Blair had become by 2004, would diminish it – make it feel more temporal, more journalistic, more TV.

One particularly divisive issue is the administration's plan to reap tens of millions in new taxes from Atlantic City casinos, which has been vociferously opposed by Senator William L. Gormley, Republican of Atlantic County, who sits on the budget committee.

One more divisive issue has also been put to rest.