Sentence examples for shaping a coalition from inspiring English sources

So the UIA will have first go at shaping a coalition government.

The People's Party already governs in six of Austria's nine states, and, the discretionary powers of the Austrian President could play an important role in shaping a coalition government that might be dictated by the next parliamentary election.

Duncan Smith, who as chair of the social justice cabinet committee is one of the key figures shaping a coalition response to the riots, warned there was "every chance" riots would recur unless structural reforms were made to repair "communities in which so many families are broken".

The expectation was that, in the days or even weeks to come, each party would then have to find an envelope, a pencil, and a pocket calculator, armed with which it could then try to shape a coalition — clubbing together with other, smaller parties to attain the magic number.

Shaping a wobbly coalition led to several odd situations.

An architect of ground breaking independent presidential runs in the 1980's and 1990's, Salit played a key role in the 1988 campaign of Lenora Fulani, which challenged numerous legal and political barriers facing independents and African Americans, and was a frontline figure in shaping a new coalition with Ross Perot and the Perot movement which led to the founding of the Reform Party in 1997.

Shaping such a coalition is critical for the success of the American campaign, because otherwise an Afghanistan stripped of Taliban control could quickly revert to the internecine bloodletting of past decades.

Working together with the European Union, Washington can shape a worldwide coalition of nations in support of Ukraine to ensure that these terrorists are not able to strike again.

Even during the great heyday of Democratic government in the 20th century, when the party enacted Social Security and Medicare and civil rights legislation, its dominance was possible only because Democrats had shaped a majority coalition made up of Northern liberals and Southern conservatives.

She hopes events like Sunday's conference will help shape a broader coalition outside of the Somali community that will work towards confronting racism in Canada.

The country is unlikely to thank the Lib Dems if they choose to emasculate the government but it might eventually reward both parts of the coalition for shaping a more efficient and responsive state.Cruel to be kindFor his part, in the intangible but crucial matter of demeanour, Mr Cameron has fit the office of prime minister in a way that Gordon Brown, his immediate predecessor, never did.