But what about when the adversarial relationship comes from government itself?

The prime reason is the adversarial relationship between Government and business.

Part of it, I suppose, is our adversarial relationship within the project.

"We were going to get away from adversarial relationships and move into the 1990's."

Johnson said he does not have an adversarial relationship with the team.

There is no chance, they say, of the two countries returning to an adversarial relationship.

No management person who has had a less than adversarial relationship with the union seems to survive.

The press is inevitably in an adversarial relationship with any president, no matter the party.

"He doesn't understand the adversarial relationship between the press and politicians."

From then on, the groups maintained a more adversarial relationship.