Sentence examples for a solid bloc of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Norcross would deliver a solid bloc of support in the seven South Jersey counties.

Shocking but true: There walk among us a solid bloc of the Shakespeare-averse.

While outsiders might imagine the village unruffled by the recent tumult on Wall Street, Katonah is not a solid bloc of extravagant wealth.

He openly contributed money to two liberal parties, Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces, to try to create a solid bloc of legislators opposed to Mr. Putin.

In a sharp party split, the New York State Senate approved the bill by a vote of 28-22, with 7 Republicans joining a solid bloc of Democrats in the affirmative.

This gave him a powerful coalition — the backing of downtown business, plus a solid bloc of minority votes — that enabled him to push through several big bond issues, which formed the heart of what he called his "grand vision".

Unlike other portions of the diverse, and fragmented, New York City electorate, the Orthodox Jewish community is often believed to vote in a solid bloc.

Recent history has shown that the ideology-bound Republicans will not let a little matter like lack of mandate stop them from acting as if they had one, and voting in a solid bloc.

During her speakership, she corralled her Democrats into a solid bloc, and only rarely did they not vote with Pelosi's agenda.

The area's black politicians, particularly Democratic Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr., once at odds with the Lubavitchers, a Hasidic sect, have made their peace and in turn can rely on their solid bloc of something over 3,000 votes.

There's no solid bloc of big and small, and old and new members.