Sentence examples for the former faction from inspiring English sources

The former faction found a candidate in Gen. George B. McClellan, who had led the Union army in 1861 62 but was personally contemptuous of Lincoln.

In the bitter and divisive feud between the houses of Orlēans and Burgundy branches of the Valois dynasty Richemont fought on the side of the former faction, shortly to be renamed Armagnac.

Were the war to restart, the former factions would quickly find their own fighters.

A unified army is a centerpiece of the peace deal, and the transitional government has divvied up top military posts among leaders of the former factions.

Some of them have links with the Afghanistan-Pakistan chapter of the so-called Islamic State, which itself emerged from a former faction of the Pakistani Taliban.

Some of these groups have links with the Afghanistan-Pakistan chapter of the so-called Islamic State which itself is composed largely of a former faction of the Pakistani Taliban.

His own former faction, run by the previous prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, gained as many seats as the Hashimoto faction lost.

Mr. Mori's accession to power, however, was made possible only through the approval of Mr. Takeshita's former faction.

Mayor Eberhard Diepgen was presented with a no-confidence motion today that is expected to result in a share of power in the city going to the former Communist faction associated with building the Berlin Wall.

With her face hidden behind large sunglasses and her lips defiantly sealed, the former Red Army Faction terrorist Verena Becker went on trial in Stuttgart yesterday accused of complicity in one of the most devastating political murders carried out by the leftwing guerrilla group, more than three decades ago.

After Thursday, only two of the former IDC faction still hold their seats.