Sentence examples for sharpened the divide from inspiring English sources
In the Middle East a potent mix of religion and politics has sharpened the divide between Iran's Shia government and the Gulf states, which have Sunni governments.
In part, that is unavoidable: the euro crisis has sharpened the divide between those that use the currency and those that do not.
The confidence vote has significantly rearranged old political alliances, sharpened the divide between political adversaries and threatened to intensify public cynicism toward elected leaders.
The Great Recession has sharpened the divide between a smaller group of countries with more cohesive and coordinated industrial relations and wage bargaining institutions, and lower inequality levels, and a larger group of countries where 'markets make policies', wage bargaining institutions are divisive and uncoordinated, and income inequality levels are higher.
Investors sharpened the divide between safe German debt and debt in the rest of the eurozone, as the difference between French and German interest rates on 10-year government bonds rose to a euro-era high of 1.89percentt on Wednesday.
Miliband deliberately sharpened the dividing line on the economy with a call on Wednesday morning to end the use of zero-hours contracts, saying he had decided to reduce the proposed length of time that an employee could be on such terms before an employer was required to provide a full-time contract.
That debate, if it comes, will likely only sharpen the divide between the two different San Franciscos.
"But in doing so, it is further sharpening the divide between employee and self-employed.
But above all else, it sharpens the divide between residents and visitors.
Still, introduction of graph search sharpens the divide between Facebook and Google.
Similarly, although Obama has thrown his weight behind proposals to increase the national minimum wage – another issue that will sharpen the divide between Democrats and Republicans in November's elections – he has so far resisted using his executive authority to introduce a mandatory minimum wage for federally contracted employees.
