Sentence examples for opposition field from inspiring English sources

Though former opposition field commanders were promised places in the government after the war, many have been jailed, exiled or murdered.

The Lib Dems have quit the opposition field, but the coalition is occupying much of the intellectual ground of politics, from constitutional reform through poverty reduction to tax-cutting.

Originally Hamid Karzai's foreign minister, he resigned in 2005 and four years later surprised many observers by emerging from a messy opposition field to pose the only serious challenge to Karzai, wining enough votes to force a disputed second round in the 2009 poll.

The party's victory was a foregone conclusion after the fragmented opposition fielded candidates for just 29 seats.

The Socialists are banking on a divided opposition fielding an array of candidates, none of whom would be likely to take the 50% of the vote needed for a first-round win.The Socialists might prefer to have their candidate run off against an ultra-nationalist paramilitary leader, Vojislav Seselj, who leads the Serbian Radical Party, in the second round.

Reeling from the defeat of a constitutional reform in December that would have expanded his powers, Mr. Chávez, in his 10th year in power, is facing multiple challenges as a reinvigorated opposition fields candidates in regional elections this year and Venezuela's economic growth slows despite record oil prices.

His bizarre suggestion that all four parliamentary parties (the Socialists and Free Democrats in government, Fidesz and the Democratic Forum in opposition) should field a joint list in the June elections, carving up Hungary's 24 seats between them, did not help.

Opposition parties fielded more candidates than ever before.

Any delay is opposed by an opposition coalition fielding former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari, though the opposition stands to take most votes in the north-east.

Tayseer had worked as a medic in opposition-controlled field hospitals, for which he was imprisoned, tortured and tried.

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