Sentence examples for securing opposition from inspiring English sources

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He had promised to dissolve the lower house of parliament after securing opposition support for key bills on electoral reform and budget finance.

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Mr. Samaras was angry that Mr. Papandreou appeared to be trying to hold on to his post after securing the opposition's cooperation.

From his knowledge of the river and of the fabrication of iron and steel, he secured, against opposition, some of it unscrupulous, a contract for a steel triple-arch bridge over the river at St . Louis which he began on Aug. 20, 1867.

As the ranking Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Carper also worked to secure GOP opposition to two of President Donald Trump's appointees to top posts at the Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPRDF took back the only seat that was held by the opposition, securing all 23 seats in the capital Addis Ababa.

There was political disagreement regarding the final purchase, with the Liberal Party and socialist opposition securing a majority for the purchase, while the right-winged parties voted to order 19 units.

In the post-Hague shake-up, he has somehow secured the old opposition leader's office for himself.

In the end, Mr. Boehner secured unified Republican opposition to Mr. Obama's priorities in his first two years, including the stimulus, health care and financial regulations.

With the government's majority in parliament secured and the opposition showing few signs of vitality, his lack of popularity with the public is a secondary issue.

Neither the governing party nor the opposition secured enough votes to win Sunday's presidential election outright, forcing a runoff in Ghana, one of Africa's few stable democracies.

Few parts of the country, though, will be safe: the rebels have proved more than once that their bombs can reach into the heart of the capital, Colombo.Yet Mr Rajapakse's Sri Lanka Freedom Party has rarely looked more secure, as the opposition has stumbled from crisis to crisis.

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