1.   The new regime ruthlessly crushed all semblance of armed opposition which threatened national unity.

2.   Barbour, the party leader, dismissed suggestions that the struggle for the nomination could threaten party unity.

3.   Bishop Alex Dickson of Tennessee said liberal bishops were threatening the unity of the church by ordaining gays and lesbians.

4.   But a few hours after Alvarez had resigned, Flamarique resigned, saying he did not want to threaten the unity of the governing coalition further.

5.   He added that he would not allow any threat to break up the country, or any concept of federalization that could threaten the unity of Macedonia.

6.   He chided them for threatening party unity.

7.   He asserted that his removal would fuel separatist movements and threaten national unity.

8.   Opponents have warned that the series of moves threaten the unity of the United Kingdom itself.

9.   The issue has split the opposition into stubborn camps, and threatens the unity of the governing party itself.

10.   The vote outraged Reform and Conservative leaders, who said that in rejecting a pluralistic view of Judaism, the Parliament threatened Jewish unity.