Sentence examples for a bloc in from inspiring English sources

Attempts to get the minority of liberals to form a bloc in parliament are going nowhere".

Mr. Moussa and others have said they hope the coalition forged to fight the draft constitution can hold together as a bloc in the elections.

The Puppies organized themselves to vote as a bloc in the nominating process in order to put more white, male candidates on the ballot [see footnote].

Hezbollah is a military, political and social organization in Lebanon with strong ties to Iran, a bloc in Lebanon's Parliament and ministers in the cabinet.

"We're not going to get the Negro vote as a bloc in 1964 and 1968," he said, "so we ought to go hunting where the ducks are".

Naturally, the task becomes a little easier if countries share their resources and expertise, and stand as a bloc in the face of pressure from industry.

They have never done it as a "Hispanic" bloc in a national vote.

"We've been told it was a mistake, but this is not good enough," said Maysoon al-Damluji, a woman from a secular bloc in Parliament.

Republicans, who had fought the bill as a bloc, were in no mood to make things easy.

Florida has one of the nation's largest Hispanic populations, a bloc that in most states swings Democratic.

5, 1023-50 (2006), available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00672.x/epdf (example of increased bargaining power as a bloc, particularly in mixed-competence settings).