Sentence examples for opposition serves from inspiring English sources

The strength of this opposition serves to explain why the caliphs, a few decades later, abandoning their attempt at reorienting religious beliefs, returned to traditional dogma.

Though Trump has disparaged Syrian rebels as "worse than the people," the Syrian opposition is hoping to bring him around to the current administration's view that the moderate Syrian opposition serves to counter the influence of extremists in areas Assad no longer governs, he said.

She drove off into a life as a member of the sort-of-loyal opposition, serving as the national chairwoman of John Anderson's independent run for president and as a founder of the Republican National Coalition for Choice, which included Betty Ford and Barry Goldwater among its members.

The statements and activities of the party in opposition serve to funnel disaffection with the party in power into votes for regime change.

The kingdom's decision to delay implementation of the decision until June next year gives the government time to neutralize opposition and serves as an indication of what it would take to ensure Saudi women's rights.

In his speech conceding defeat, Mr. Rajoy praised Mr. Zapatero as a "worthy opponent" and pledged that the Popular Party would be "a loyal opposition always serving the interests of Spain".

No members of the opposition currently serve in Parliament.

Now in the opposition, he served in Berlusconi's center-right coalition between 2001 and 2006.

But it is clear that Hasan's opposition to serving in the region went beyond that.

Chen Shui-bian, who was a defense lawyer for opposition activists, served eight months on a trumped-up charge.

Her political rival Tzipi Livni, the leader of the centrist Kadima Party, now in opposition, has served in several ministerial posts, including foreign minister.