Sentence examples for seeking an issue from inspiring English sources

Many of the leading anti-Missouri men had been active in the Federalist party, which seemed to be in the process of disintegration; it was charged that they were seeking an issue on which to rebuild their party.

In Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina has a populist president who is doing what all populists do: seeking an issue to divert public attention from her government's real problems, which are more to do with inflation and bondholders than anything a British brig-sloop did 180 years ago.

Adam Heuman, head of major partnerships team at Plan UK says that partners should seek "an issue that would really benefit from a cross-sector approach - something where it really needs more than one actor to address the problem".

Mr. Sorokin's novel was an easy target for Moving Together, which has been desperately seeking a galvanizing issue.

Democrats complain that by supporting a constitutional ban he is seeking a "wedge issue" for the election (something that splits Democrats but unites Republicans).

The inquiry may begin before elections are held, probably in the spring, and may provide powerful fodder to an opposition that has been seeking a campaign issue.

That means a claim of bias can be asserted by opponents of Ms. White who might be seeking an advantage on an issue by trying to keep her out of a decision.

The temple had become a center for radicals seeking an independent Sikh state, an issue that polarized the Sikh diaspora around the world.

The Republican-led Senate is conducting its own investigation and battling the administration in court over subpoenas it has issued seeking an array of documents.

What kept the case alive, Carpenter shrewdly explains, was relentless pressure from opposite sides of the political spectrum: Republicans seeking a "family values" issue, on one end; gay rights activists handed a good "test case," on the other.

He has flitted from issue to issue, seeking a message that will resonate.