Sentence examples for on a faction from inspiring English sources

But reports of organised criminal activity in Umbria had until now focused on a faction of the Camorra, the mafia of the region around Naples.

Knights of the Nine centers on a faction of the same name, devoted to locating and preserving a set of "Crusaders' Relics".

But if it is true that Nigerian forces have inflicted heavy casualties in the past few days on a faction of the militants, as Boko Haram sought to hold territory it declared to be an "Islamic state" two months back, the others might turn out to be slightly more moderate.

The protesters had wanted Yingluck Shinawatra to resign as prime minister.We want our oil backA North Korean-flagged tanker taking oil from eastern Libya on behalf of a faction opposed to the government in Tripoli was commandeered by a unit of American Navy Seals at the request of the authorities in Tripoli and Cyprus, into whose waters the vessel had sailed.

This act may have been initiated on behalf of a faction supporting Amlaíb.

He faces an uphill struggle to impose his authority on a faction-ridden chavista movement that was hitherto held together by the unquestioned authority of Chávez himself.Mr Maduro's narrow victory, which many even on his own side will see as a defeat, makes that task all the more difficult.

Try not to make a huge build for a base on a factions server, as someone will most definitely raid it and destroy it for the materials while you are offline.

On January 27 , 1817 a faction in the Kentucky House of Representatives led by Joseph Cabell Breckinridge proposed a bill calling for the election of "a governor to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of" Governor Madison.

On one side was a faction headed by the region's president, Sergei Bagapsh, and the foreign minister, Sergei Shamba, that was open to the possibility of IDP returns to Abkhazia in return for a non-aggression agreement and a withdrawal of Georgian forces from the Kodori gorge.

President Obama used his weekly address on Saturday to scold "a faction on the far right" of the Republican Party, and said he would not allow "anyone to harm this country's reputation or threaten to inflict economic pain on millions of our own people, just to make an ideological point".

A13 Strikers Jailed in Mexico The authorities jailed 156 strikers from the national university who clashed on Tuesday with a faction opposed to the strike.