Sentence examples for small bloc from inspiring English sources

Mr. Massa, 41, will lead a small bloc of 16 politicians in the lower house of Congress.

Even a small bloc of members of Parliament that once aligned with Mr. Ahmadinejad has largely given up, officials said.

A surprisingly small bloc (16 percent) thought China would have the best rating of the lot, while 34 percent picked the United States.

But, with his small bloc of parliamentary seats, he has spent his career moving from one faction to another, making and breaking Lebanese governments.

Pauline Hanson has emerged from what has felt like the never-ending federal election with four senators, which makes One Nation the largest small bloc outside the Greens.

Mr. Morsi, an American-trained engineer who once led the Brotherhood's small bloc in the Mubarak-dominated Parliament, was up against Ahmed Shafik, a former air force general and Mr. Mubarak's last prime minister.

trades, all small blocs, are now electronically executed.

What Zinki and Ayubi did was to bring together those small blocs into one big organisation but the largest role was played by those small blocs".

"Many small blocs and figures will split," said Safaauddin al-Safi, a minister and candidate with Mr. Maliki in Basra.

Senior citizens — 65 and older — were a slightly smaller bloc and backed the Republican candidate, Senator John McCain of Arizona.

Islamists, including the mainstream Muslim Brotherhood as well as a smaller bloc of ultraconservatives known as Salafis, have won about two-thirds of the votes in the first round of parliamentary elections.