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How to use the word conflicts in a Sentence? Page #8

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Dozens of states - from New York to Utah - are passing laws that protect employment rights on the basis of sexual orientation, thus, between internal challenges and potential legal conflicts, the Boy Scouts of America finds itself in an unsustainable position.

America President Robert Gates

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

During preschool, children's increasing independence but less-than-optimal self-control can make it especially challenging for mothers (or any caregivers) to set limits, grant autonomy and resolve conflicts, if mothers are depressed, they might find themselves too exhausted or emotionally taxed to engage in the kind of vigorous parenting that preschoolers tend to need.

Erika Forbes

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

During preschool, children's increasing independence but less-than-optimal self-control can make it especially challenging for mothers( or any caregivers) to set limits, grant autonomy and resolve conflicts, if mothers are depressed, they might find themselves too exhausted or emotionally taxed to engage in the kind of vigorous parenting that preschoolers tend to need.

Erika Forbes

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Saudi Arabia is targeted by terrorism. Usually in such situations (conflicts), there are attempts by terrorist groups to take advantage and carry out attacks.

Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Syria, and Iran and Russia, see eye-to-eye regarding these conflicts.

Syrian President Bashar Assad

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Institutional fund managers are finding it difficult to accept hospitality beyond reasonable limits because compliance is getting stricter, the broker-fund manager relationship has changed a lot from what it used to be a few years ago and is set to become even tougher as professional money managers take great pains to avoid what can be perceived as conflicts of interests.

Keith Taylor

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The heavy costs of EPA's regulations warrant some degree of public oversight to ensure SAB's findings are free from bias or conflicts of interest and not simply provided by a set of hand-picked advisers.

Frank Lucas

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It will be very difficult to carry out reforms as there will be conflicts of interests.

Mykhailo Gonchar

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I felt very challenged in my identity, sometimes as a' white,' others as a' black' person, this led to many conflicts, internal and external ; many arguments ; and it also directed the way I photographed.

Photographer Leonard Pongo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The Alabama Supreme Court ruling directly conflicts with the federal district court opinion in ways that have not happened in other states where district judges have struck down bans.

Carl Tobias

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Any response to extremist violence must be targeted, proportionate and legal, military campaigns, financial sanctions and attempts to staunch the inflow of weapons ... may be part of the solution. But other actions are needed to stem the root causes that feed into these conflicts.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

One of the great pillars of bad journalism is the made up storyline of "Let's you and him fight" - dreaming up conflicts and story arcs where none exists. http://qr.ae/jpY6b

Jimmy Wales

added by Rhkennerly
9 years ago

(There is) pre-paid gas for exactly two days, no action has been taken yet, i would ask the prime minister and Gazprom to pay more attention to this, given that no one needs conflicts similar to those in previous years. We are ready to strictly fulfil (our) contractual obligations, but under pre-payment only.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.

Tony Abbott

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Over and over again we see advisers failing properly to identify and then address their conflicts, on the horizon, we expect to recommend a number of conflicts cases for enforcement action.

Julie Riewe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

To fulfill their obligations as fiduciaries, and to avoid enforcement action, advisers must identify, and then address — through elimination or disclosure — those conflicts.

Julie Riewe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In the case of Kokang, the Tatmadaw is seen as playing its role as the guardian of the union and Myanmar's national sovereignty, this role is not entirely clear in other conflicts.

Yun Sun

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I don’t hide it, and everyone understands that the more conflicts there are, the more weapons are bought from us. Our volumes continue to grow, despite sanctions. In particular it’s Latin America and the Middle East.

Sergei Chemezov

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The UK is a global hub for investment banking, and this sector plays a crucial role in our economy, helping companies raise capital for investment, expansion and funding ongoing operations, what was clear from the discussions we had with stakeholders and firms was that there are unanswered questions about potential conflicts of interest and value for money in this market.

Christopher Woolard

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We have always believed that excluding students from admission conflicts with our institutional values and principles, it is now clear, after further consultation and deliberation, that we can adopt a less restrictive policy.

Michael Malone

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Last year was no easy ride for Hong Kong. Our society was rife with differences and conflicts, in the coming year, I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from the sheep's character and pull together in an accommodating manner to work for Hong Kong's future.

Hong Kong leader C.Y. Leung

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

And I will then ask every member of Congress to ask why would we reject that deal and prefer a potential military option that would be less effective in constraining Iran's nuclear program and would have extraordinarily ramifications at a time when we've already got too many conflicts in the Middle East, and I'm pretty confident I can win that argument.

President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We're not going to have hunters out in these suburban neighborhoods where these conflicts are occurring.

Thomas Eason

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The Red Crescent Society is operating under the Islamic State's control. Why don't we seek Turkey's mediation and give the money for the people affected by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria? I believe this could be a rational, acceptable option.

Ko Nakata

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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