Sentence examples for becomes opposition from inspiring English sources

His Glorious Honourable Excellency Chaminda Pusswedilla ("Puss", for short) is the head of a fictional banana republic.Puss starts off as a minor MP who becomes opposition leader, then president of Sri Lanka.

"Australian politics is becoming increasingly vitriolic, as I think maybe American politics is too, and especially since Tony Abbott became opposition leader," Rod Tiffen, a media expert and emeritus professor of political science at the University of Sydney, said in an interview.

But that died when Tony Abbott became opposition leader in December 2009.

Credlin became Abbott's chief of staff in 2009, after he became opposition leader.

Then two of his patients became opposition leaders and the Party started harassing my dad.

As Cameron became opposition leader and then, almost immediately, prime minister-in-waiting, expectations rose further.

Following the Conservative defeat in the 1964 election, Boyle became opposition spokesman on home affairs and then on education.

He was also elected to Northumberland county council in 1974, became opposition leader in 1978 and leader from 1981.

But that soon changed after Tony Abbott became opposition leader and decided to stymie Mr Rudd's plan in parliament.Ms Gillard then fought the 2010 election pledging not to introduce a carbon tax.

And for a statesmanlike Ed Miliband, who like Thatcher had not been the favourite to become Opposition leader, a chance to clasp the mantle of "this unique and towering figure" who believed that believed that "ideology mattered.

When Labour lost control of the city in 1999, she became opposition spokeswoman on education, and in 2002, when Labour regained control, she was appointed cabinet member for education.