Sentence examples for a larger bloc from inspiring English sources

Even Peru's left, which had been in the political wilderness for decades, has a larger bloc in congress.

Kadima narrowly beat Likud in the elections, making it the largest party in Parliament by one seat, but Likud commands a larger bloc, which includes religious and right-wing parties.

The hard-liners appear ready to concede to the reformers a larger bloc than they have in the current Parliament, where they are heavily outnumbered, but not enough to make constitutional changes.

Reassured by the return to democratic reform, the European Union released a large bloc of aid.

Of course, Republicans without a large bloc of Hispanic constituents could still back changes to immigration law, and vice versa.

The Bush administration did not have a large bloc of legislators opposed to the war from the outset.

If Jesse Jackson has a large bloc of votes, as is likely, he will have to be offered something — perhaps a Cabinet position.

In the vote the opposition to ending the embargo was led by Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, whose Queens district includes a large bloc of Greek-Americans.

"I don't see that the odds are so against him," Mr. Jacono said, adding that Yonkersvoters would form a large bloc for Mr. Spano's re-election.

"They are a large bloc of voters who are anxious to see who will be their champion," said the Gore strategist.

Most critically, O'Neill's Democratic caucus featured a large bloc of moderates who agreed more with the conservative Reagan than the liberal O'Neill on taxes and defense.