Sentence examples for that a bloc from inspiring English sources

But it quickly became clear that a bloc of moderates led by Mr. Alfano would support the government and possibly form a new party.

The idea that a bloc of conservative, mostly Southern, Republicans would start to coöperate with the President on issues like tax policy and immigration may have rested on a faulty assumption.

The vote also served notice that a bloc of developing nations opposed to American policies is becoming much stronger and more effective, and that Washington can no longer expect to be elected automatically to important panels.

Nevertheless, Clinton advisers said they expected that a bloc of her female supporters would give Mr. McCain a second look because of Ms. Palin, and that Mrs. Clinton was probably Mr. Obama's best weapon in response.

But support for the bloc fell after the former premier of Quebec, Bernard Landry, a prominent separatist leader, predicted in the final days of the campaign that a bloc victory would open the way for a third referendum on separation.

By confirming that a bloc of Conservatives had scuttled the reform effort for at least this Parliament, which is expected to sit until 2015, Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats' leader, threw a wrench into the already creaking machinery of the coalition.

Black Americans are the only racial group that votes in a bloc and, arguably, the only group to vote their political interests.

Mr. Friedman, moreover, wrongly assumes that the Arab countries are capable of acting as a cohesive bloc and that such a bloc would possess the necessary leverage and political capital to advance the peace agenda.

now joins a growing bloc of historic, mainline Protestant churches that have voted to accept gay clergy members and church leaders — a bloc that includes the United Church of Christ, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church.

The Sadrists are not a bloc that can be ignored, according to political analysts.

"The white community votes as a bloc that defeats the electoral choices of the minority," he said.