Sentence examples for opposition role from inspiring English sources

In fact, abandoning an opposition role could be dangerous for Mr. Wilders, analysts say.

Mr. Fico said that he was ready for an opposition role as well if he failed to form a government.

An active opposition role is now being played by the country's Islamic Action Front, which is calling for political reform, but still treading carefully.

The Brotherhood is out in the cold, ousted last July and declared a terrorist organisation, but it would probably be allowed back in if it settled for its old, compromised opposition role.

The prime minister's comments followed acting Labour leader Harriet Harman's response to the Queen's speech, in which she outlined how Labour planned an "effective" opposition role following the monarch's unveiling of the coalition government's 18-month legislative programme earlier today.

In the absence of a viable competitor to run against Lopez, the chief opposition role fell, perhaps, to the New Kings Democrats' Lincoln Restler, a twenty-eight-year-old Al Franken look-alike who was running for reëlection in the neighboring Fiftieth District, against Chris Olechowski, a sixty-five-year-old Polish-American community leader.

But the editorial also was critical of the opposition's role in fueling violence.

But the editorial was also critical of the opposition's role in fuelling violence.

It used to be said that the most difficult job in British politics was that of leader of the opposition – a role in which you can talk and talk like there's no tomorrow but can't actually do anything.

"This is taxpayers' money to help the official opposition fulfil its role in our democracy, holding the government to account.

Selling off the best work, and considering the collection a financial asset, puts the museum in direct opposition to its role as a public resource.