Get to know Barisan better with 10+ real example sentences.
Barisan in a sentence
Using Barisan
- In the example corpus, barisan often appears in combinations such as: barisan nasional, the barisan, and barisan.
Context around Barisan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barisan
- In this selection, "barisan" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ruling, led, umno, nasional, mountain and jemaah stand out and add context to how "barisan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the barisan nasional coalition and and umno barisan nasional. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barisan" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, acacia and afdb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barisan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If Barisan Nasional or parties within Barisan Nasional want to whack the new government that is okay. (17 words)
Umno yesterday decided not to join PN but to strengthen Muafakat Nasional (MN) with PAS and Barisan Nasional (BN) parties. (20 words)
Sabah Umno will ask for the new government to be helmed by Barisan Nasional (if it wins the next election). (20 words)
Electoral watchdog Bersih urged the country’s three main coalitions Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN), and Perikatan Nasional (PN), to sign a peace accord after the state elections so that Malaysia can have political stability. (36 words)
For the first time since the establishment of the Alliance and then the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in 1974, MCA is contesting on its own ticket and using its own logo. (31 words)
Najib remains free, along with his wife, Rosmah Mansor, and is energetically campaigning to return his party, the United Malays National Organization, and the Barisan Nasional coalition back to power. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
If Barisan Nasional or parties within Barisan Nasional want to whack the new government that is okay.
Electoral watchdog Bersih urged the country’s three main coalitions Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN), and Perikatan Nasional (PN), to sign a peace accord after the state elections so that Malaysia can have political stability.
In 1998 Indonesia’s central government granted DPM a contract of work to mine beneath the highland ridges in the Barisan mountain range.
The widespread featherbedding and rent-seeking that characterized the Barisan Nasional, which ran the country from the 1960s to 2018, has never even started to be rooted out.
Consider the Barisan Nasional and Pas MPs and you may wonder what they stand for apart from race, religion and loyalty.
Racial riots and violence in Kuala Lumpur after the 1969 General Election which saw opposition parties making gains at the expense of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
Umno yesterday decided not to join PN but to strengthen Muafakat Nasional (MN) with PAS and Barisan Nasional (BN) parties.
Mustapa and Hamzah were former federal cabinet ministers before the Umno-led Barisan Nasional coalition was defeated by Pakatan Harapan in the last general election.
Najib remains free, along with his wife, Rosmah Mansor, and is energetically campaigning to return his party, the United Malays National Organization, and the Barisan Nasional coalition back to power.
Other candidates in the Ms Wendy Subramaniam from Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia had 1,707 votes while Dr Badhrulhisham Abdul Aziz of Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia garnered 850 votes.
Sabah Umno will ask for the new government to be helmed by Barisan Nasional (if it wins the next election).
The Chinese were in truth merely using the votes in their hands to vent their anger against Pakatan Harapan, and not to support the Barisan.
After the fall of the Barisan Nasional government, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has moved quickly to act on his promises to clean up the government.
After the stunning defeat of Barisan Nasional coalition government, it is discovered that a whopping 17,000 “political appointees” were hired by the previous government.
Barisan Nasional supporters arrive at the Axiata Arena before chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak launches the party manifesto in Bukit Jalil April 7, 2018.
China knows that Mahathir and his Pakatan Harapan is in power because the US helped oust Najib Tun Razak and Umno-Barisan Nasional.
DAP is heavily invested in Dr Mahathir because they need the Malay tsunami to make the Chinese voters believe that Barisan will fall.
Dr Ahmad Zahid also hoped all Barisan Nasional MPs will unite to become an effective opposition in the Dewan Rakyat to curb defamation by Pakatan Harapan.
Even if all those issues did not exist there would have been other ‘reasons’ to retire Umno and Barisan Nasional.
For the first time since the establishment of the Alliance and then the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in 1974, MCA is contesting on its own ticket and using its own logo.
Common combinations with barisan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- barisan nasional 54×
- the barisan 18×
- and barisan 6×
- of barisan 5×
- umno-led barisan 3×
- that barisan 3×
- barisan had 2×
- between barisan 2×