Sentences with phrase «followed fierce debate»

The decision by committee members followed fierce debate among councillors and members of the public over the effect the development would have on Ilfracombe.

The pact's approval followed fierce debates among Russian officials.

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From time to time fierce theological debates took place, such as that which followed the publication of Charles Darwin's (1809 -82) theory of biological evolution in 1859.

NYT:»... the election followed a fierce, if brief, campaign in which a debate over same - sex marriage, which Mr. Peralta favors and Mr. Monserrate opposes, often overshadowed discussions on issues that are vital to many of the largely Hispanic district's working - class and immigrant residents, like affordable health care and school overcrowding.

When the show toured to the Brooklyn Museum in New York, Ofili's painting prompted a fierce debate that led Rudy Giuliani, then mayor of New York, to threaten to withdraw the museum's subsidy and even evict it if the museum did not cancel the entire exhibition (the museum won the lawsuit that followed).

The Chicago Tribune reports the city council was embroiled in a fierce debate over the settlement negotiations that followed the families» wrongful death lawsuits because of concern it would open the city up to liability for a range of wrongful acts committed by employees in their free time.