Sentence examples for have a bloc from inspiring English sources

Asked about the differing opinions in the church, she said in an interview, "We don't have a bloc vote".

(The 2008 data is from exit polls in which by definition there are no undecided voters; the 2012 data still have a bloc of the undecided).

"They held the elections before just to show the United States that elections would bring Islamists, who are organized and have a bloc".

"With the end of the cold war, there is no reason to have a bloc mentality," he told Russian diplomats at a meeting in Moscow.

"Whichever constituency, whatever your former party allegiance, think of what it would mean to have a bloc of Ukip MPs at Westminster large enough to hold the balance of power," he said.

The foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, resigned and his group of six in the Knesset declined to join Mr Netanyahu's new coalition, which as a consequence will have a bloc of only 61 in the 120-seat parliament.

By 2007, he had a bloc of six seats in the senate.

Having a bloc of votes under presidential control proved a masterstroke.

By 1999, he had a bloc of seats in the state assembly that owed allegiance to him.

On the positive side, the most interesting result of this election is that the opposition participated, has accepted the results, and now has a bloc of representatives that can participate in a parliamentary democracy.

Some analysts are far more worried about the French vote, because the far-right leader of the National Front, the presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, has a bloc of voters that is much more solidified behind her.