Sentence examples for important bloc of from inspiring English sources

The European Union represents the most important bloc of countries still seeking an accord.

Leaders of the Hazara minority, which is regarded as the most important bloc of swing voters in the election, also demanded the new law.

Judge Sotomayor's nomination has confronted Republicans with the delicate task of potentially opposing her appointment to the Supreme Court while not angering Hispanics, an important bloc of swing voters, many of whom are hugely excited about the possibility of the first Hispanic justice.

Not only have Hamas and Islamic Holy War come out against it, but so have many leaders of his own Fatah organization along with leaders of youth movements and groups in refugee camps, allied political parties and an important bloc of independent Palestinian legislators.

When Talent, who is facing a tough Senate reelection challenge in the state, came out in opposition to the ballot measure, it helped him win back favor among a politically important bloc of conservatives.

The NAM represents an important bloc on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEAA), where its members have resisted pressure on Iran, portraying it as bullying by the established nuclear powers.

In the case of stem cell research, and earlier in the fight over the patients' bill of rights, Mr. Bush was confronted by a popular cause that was anathema to important blocs of his supporters.

But John Weaver, a Republican strategist who worked on the presidential campaigns of Senator John McCain and Jon M. Huntsman Jr., said that the attention Republicans were paying to social issues at the state level could cost the party support from several important blocs of voters, including independents, women and young people voting for the first or second time.

Each of Murdoch's six children have an equal economic interest in the family trust that controls the all-important bloc of shares – Prudence MacLeod, the only daughter from his first, short marriage to Patricia Booker, is the oldest, but the best known are Elisabeth, Lachlan and James, children from his 32-year union to Anna Murdoch.

As part of the BASIC group (Brazil, SA, India and China representing the concerns of the developing world) they emerged as an important bloc dictating the agenda.

The EU is an important bloc, but its influence is inexorably waning.