Sentence examples for important faction from inspiring English sources

By that time, a large and important faction of the Tamil Tigers had seceded.

Respondent's defense was that state police had organized the breakout and ambushed the escapees to eliminate an important faction of the Black Panther Party.

Though Cruz is demonstrating that Christian voters remain an important faction, the appeal of social conservatism and "family values" is no longer enough to build a nationwide strategy.

Today the theocons are an important faction within the Republican Party, exercising a veto over any pro-choice candidate for president.

As the media have taken on the role of the operative — conducting their own polls and focus groups, as well as welcoming former strategists into their ranks — they have become perhaps the most important faction in the Gang of 500.

But Mr. Karzai has won support from other important faction leaders, Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf and Muhammad Mohaqeq, former commanders in the drive against the Taliban, by including their representatives in the cabinet.

Both groups established important factions in the national congress of 1940 44.

Mrs. Merkel's situation is made worse by her drive to modernize her party, which, in the past two years, has alienated important factions.

The two most important factions are led by Sadr and by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sestani, the official religious leader of Iraq's Shiites.

In Oct., 2002, a cease-fire accord that also aimed at establishing a federal constitution was signed in Kenya by all the important factions except the Somaliland region.

On March 23rd, just five hours after a live, televised event in which BJP leaders inducted Mr Muthalik into the party, the decision was reversed, apparently because of a public outcry.Perhaps more significant is that the infighting points to potentially important factions within the BJP if and when it forms a government.