Sentence examples for as the faction from inspiring English sources

Mr. Abbas is trying to play to Fatah's relative strength, as the faction that can make gains through negotiation.

The Federalists began as the faction that supported the new Constitution, with its "federal" framework, rather than the existing model of a loose "confederation" of states.

But opposition parties predict a disastrous turnout for the Q League, as the faction is known, which would represent a repudiation of Mr. Musharraf's leadership.

During this party meeting, in addition to the all-important issue of having a meaningless vote on a rightwinger's wet dream, they are also going to have a return of their party leadership battle, as the faction that lost attempts to take away the power of the purse from chairman Michael Steele.

Instead, the leader of the faction, former governor and sitting U.S. Senator Earle C. Clements, selected Combs as the faction's nominee, and Combs resigned from his position on the Court of Appeals to enter the race.

In a blame game whose players alternately bill each other as "fascists" and "reactionaries," two groups have emerged, identified by the other's side as the faction's most radical and dangerous element.

Second, the Papuan resistance is not as coherent even as the faction-ridden Timorese.Third, and most important, Timor-Leste's oil-and-gas income is relatively modest, and started to flow only after independence.

As the factions slugged it out, Pol Pot died in his sleep.

As the factions fighting for school and water financing gained traction, those focused on transportation were not as successful.

The parliamentary elections, considered the more perilous as the factions are expected to compete for power in earnest then, will be put off until next spring.

An American withdrawal will only accelerate the country's fragmentation into warring factions, with conflict both between and within sectarian groups, and with warlords emerging as the factions consolidate power.