Sentence examples for significant parties from inspiring English sources

What was basically a two-party system has turned into one with five significant parties in a Westminster-style first-past-the-post system.

But it is unclear whether, in the Basque region, they might ever go so far as to share power.The accord is much in line with one signed in 1988 by all significant parties except ETA's political wing.

Only the Liberals or Conservatives have governed in Ottawa since 1926, but Canada now has four significant parties (a fifth, the Greens, won nearly 7% of the vote but no seats).

In France, Germany and beyond, while there are center-left and center-right parties similar to the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S., there are also politically significant parties further to the right and left.

All significant parties involved need to commit emotionally and display ownership of project objectives.

This tension is apparent in two significant party crises.

One significant party remains silent on the issue – renewable energy companies themselves.

They are also the only significant party to represent the views of Australians who reject the offshore detention regime.

"There is no significant party with a clean image; every party has had several figures behind bars," he says.

But analysts were watching to see whether he would assume significant party posts during the coming meeting.

It is the most significant party political eclipse at Westminster since the collapse of the old Liberal party in the interwar years of the 20th century.