Sentence examples for a powerful faction from inspiring English sources
In June 1341, Andronikos III died suddenly, and a power struggle developed between Kantakouzenos, who initially assumed the powers of regency over Andronikos's underage son John V Palaiologos, and a powerful faction around the Patriarch John XIV Kalekas, the Empress-dowager Anna of Savoy and Alexios Apokaukos on the other.
The Communists, with 91 seats, maintained a plurality and formed a powerful faction with the Socialists and Agrarians.
See articleIn Japan Ichiro Ozawa, who leads a powerful faction in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), was found not guilty of breaking political fund-raising laws.
"All presidents in Iran start out under the patronage of a powerful faction," said Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a former member of Parliament who is critical of Mr. Ahmadinejad.
And this regardless of whether he is in his position or not!" Some are speculating that the unity of the ruling elite surrounding the president of 15 years has cracked and a powerful faction has now turned against him.
There was a powerful faction in the company which feared he might trash its classical traditions, and which resented him taking over from Frederick Ashton, who was credited with heading its previous golden age.
Paul, a leader of an increasingly powerful faction of conservatives that has argued for a less hawkish foreign policy, said he did not see "American interests involved on either side of this Syrian war".
Third, social conservatives were a more powerful faction within the Republican Party in 2007 and 2008, and so every G.O.P. candidate spent more time on their issues.
To a small but powerful faction of disgruntled Americans, I could be a symbol of much that is wrong with higher education.
The reason why this disclaimer must be issued is that there is a small but powerful faction that has for years sought to block and delay action by sowing confusion about the reality and sources of climate change.
The president's aides are also trying to convey that the strategy is being crafted with help from an array of advisers with a diverse set of views, rather than by a few powerful factions, like those that held considerable sway in the Bush administration.
