Sentence examples for break the opposition from inspiring English sources
He was sickened by the massacres condoned by the représentants en mission (members of the National Convention sent to break the opposition in the provinces) and demanded their recall for "dishonouring the Revolution".
The doctor and former foreign secretary said: "He is clearly trying a policy of divide and rule in the hope that he can break the opposition to the bill by only asking those he believes will support him.
This was enough to break the opposition's coalition and to weaken the St. Petersburg soviet.
That polling, she said, helped break the opposition's insistence that most voters did not want sex education, and the subject is now taught throughout the state.
Now he needs the new Uri party, an MDP breakaway, to perform well in next month's elections if he is to break the opposition's grip and avoid becoming a lame duck for the next four years.
It would not be surprising if Assad or his henchmen seized upon selective gassings as a way to break the opposition's will, or to flush rebels from strategic neighborhoods.
Today, however, we glimpse their flair, their adventure, only once the coach deems the cautious tactics have broken the opposition.
There he broke the opposition of the Scythian nomads by his use of catapults and, after defeating them in a battle on the north bank of the river, pursued them into the interior.
After the scandal broke, the opposition gained control of Congress for the first time in eight years and dismissed Fujimori on grounds of "moral incapacity".
Very shortly after the scandal broke, the opposition resigned and Karzai "won" by default, giving him as much legitimacy as Diem in South Vietnam two generations ago.
