1.   Although red and white maple leaf flags generally fly only over federally owned buildings here, separatist passions and linguistic tensions seem increasingly relaxed.

2.   Anglophones assert that the revival of the language police will only inflame linguistic tensions.

3.   The anti-racism move originated among the French-speaking parties and also rose linguistic tension in the legislature.

4.   The scandal brought out linguistic tensions, with the Flemish-speaking press complaining about low moral standards among the Francophone political elite.