Below you will find example sentences with "grand coalition". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Grand Coalition in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: coalition
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "grand coalition" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as about a grand coalition in germany, be a grand coalition of the, party, spd and merkel stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with grand prix, grand forks, grand jury, governing coalition and coalition parties, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with grand coalition
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Once the president is elected, their usefulness in the "grand coalition" would be exhausted. (14 words)
But Fianna Fáil leader said a grand coalition with Fine Gael is he is entertaining. (15 words)
In Germany, the grand coalition of CDU, CSU and SPD provided a solution, albeit temporary. (15 words)
If a vote were held today, the most likely result would be a grand coalition of the right-of-center Christian Democrats and the left-of-center Social Democrats—with the former coming out on top and thus providing the chancellor. (41 words)
A weakened Merkel turned to the wary Social Democrats (SPD) to seek a re-run of their so-called "grand coalition" after the collapse in November of talks on a three-way tie-up involving smaller parties untested at national level. (41 words)
The EUR/USD (€1.2426) has managed to eek out a small gain overnight as optimism continued to flow about a grand coalition in Germany – political parties have said to seek a grand coalition by tomorrow (Feb 6th). (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Despite its sizable haul in coalition talks, the SPD is not entirely sold on joining yet another coalition with Merkel, the such “grand coalition” since 2005.
The EUR/USD (€1.2426) has managed to eek out a small gain overnight as optimism continued to flow about a grand coalition in Germany – political parties have said to seek a grand coalition by tomorrow (Feb 6th).
However, if none of the larger parties can receive enough votes to form their preferred coalition, a grand coalition might be their only choice for forming a government.
The coalition with the CDU in 1966 broke on the subject of tax increases and it was followed by a grand coalition between the CDU and the SPD.
If a vote were held today, the most likely result would be a grand coalition of the right-of-center Christian Democrats and the left-of-center Social Democrats—with the former coming out on top and thus providing the chancellor.
Once the president is elected, their usefulness in the "grand coalition" would be exhausted.
The Berlin government’s ruling grand coalition government, along with the Free Democratic Party and the Alternative for Germany party both voted in favor of the purchase, which the Left party voted against while the Greens abstained.
The vacant leadership and the unresolved relationship with the AfD is becoming a burden for the party and thus for the Grand Coalition in Berlin as well,” Arne Jungjohann said.
But Fianna Fáil leader said a grand coalition with Fine Gael is he is entertaining.
If those polls are confirmed, demands to end the grand coalition at federal level will likely intensify.
The town has been governed for more than two decades by Angela Merkel's conservative CDU, most recently in a "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats just like the one Merkel leads in Berlin.
A weakened Merkel turned to the wary Social Democrats (SPD) to seek a re-run of their so-called "grand coalition" after the collapse in November of talks on a three-way tie-up involving smaller parties untested at national level.
If one listens to the powerful youth wing of the SPD party, it seems like a law of nature that support for the SPD plunges when the party is in a so-called "grand coalition" with the CDU.
If there is a "grand coalition", the AfD will be the largest opposition party, and it will have a good platform.
In Germany, the grand coalition of CDU, CSU and SPD provided a solution, albeit temporary.
One problem is that if the two blocs joined in a grand coalition, the Sweden Democrats could claim they are the only opposition group.
On the political front, German chancellor Angela Merkel secured the approval of her party for the formation of a “grand coalition” with the Social Democratic Party (“SPD”).
Previous engagements between Mujuru and Tsvangirai collapsed after the two leaders failed to agree on the name of the grand coalition and its leader.
So a grand coalition bringing the centre-right and centre-left together remains a possibility.
The National Grand Coalition (NGC) Party is seriously concerned about the process used by President Julius Maada Bio to remove from office the Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Mr. Ade Macauley.