Sentence examples for threat of splitting from inspiring English sources

But some wonder whether the crackdown on the banks — via higher taxes, demands for higher capital reserves and, ultimately, the threat of splitting them up — will be so severe that the result may well be less lending and perhaps even a move by banks to take their business elsewhere.

Bishops are meeting on Monday to discuss what the church should do following two years of internal debate about sexuality, an issue that has caused deep divisions and threats of splits.

His campaign, he explained, had created the "threat of a split in society".

The unsigned opinion was welcomed by Microsoft, which is no longer under immediate threat of being split into two companies.

A federal district court had found that Microsoft was a monopolist that had repeatedly violated the antitrust laws, and the company faced the threat of being split up.

An emergency meeting of Nato ambassadors in Brussels last night confronted not only the ruin of their policies to achieve a peaceful settlement in Kosovo but the new threat of a split between the US and Europe.

More thoughtful Tories on the conference fringe realise that Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader presents them with dangers as well as good jokes, chiefly the threat of a split over Europe.

But preparations are taking place against the threat of a split between the Welsh regions and the WRU.

The threat of a split in the Atlantic Alliance, which has so far spoken with one voice, has added further weight to the urgency of an agreement.

Aside from the global economic woes, the only clouds on the horizon appear to be the threat of a split in the federation, resulting from continuing constitutional disagreements between English- and French speaking areas, and the ongoing brain drain to the US.

There is a threat of the country splitting in two, and a fully fledged UN peacekeeping mission may be required to stop it.