Below you will find example sentences with "opposition party". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Opposition Party in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: opposition
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 22
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 34 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "opposition party" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 34 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as an opposition party fighting another, any other opposition party india had, main, support and members stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with communist party, republican party, liberal party, main opposition and opposition leaders, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with opposition party
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An opposition party fighting another opposition party. (7 words)
Members of the opposition party can chair a significant number of standing committees (e.g. The budget committee is always chaired by the biggest opposition party). (26 words)
The Opposition need not worry about the economy since under the Congress or any other opposition party India had not attained the fastest growing economy tag. (26 words)
He told his party members that the APC was not a problem to the PDP in the State but rather the candidate of the opposition party, Chief Timipre Sylva, who had been dumped by even his party chieftains due to his poor performance in public office. (46 words)
The only armed opposition party to make peace with the government was Hizbollah, a small Shi'a party not to be confused with the bigger party in Iran.sfn The Council of Ministers was the Afghan cabinet, and its chairman was the head of government. (45 words)
The major opposition party in the land while noting that the responsibility of a political party is to engender civic participation in a free, fair and democratic environment, however lamented that same has been violated by the ruling party since 2019. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Non-parliamentary party Estonia 200, opposition party the Social Democrats (SDE) and coalition party Isamaa saw roughly equal levels of party support in the Turu-uuringute survey, at eight, seven and six percent respectively.
He is looking to build on the opposition’s 2019 triumph when the CHP defeated Erdogan’s ruling AK Party in Istanbul and other big cities in local elections, thanks to support from other opposition party voters.
The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet is composed of members of the main opposition party and is responsible for holding the government to account and for developing and disseminating the party’s policy positions.
An opposition party fighting another opposition party.
Members of the opposition party can chair a significant number of standing committees (e.g. The budget committee is always chaired by the biggest opposition party).
He told his party members that the APC was not a problem to the PDP in the State but rather the candidate of the opposition party, Chief Timipre Sylva, who had been dumped by even his party chieftains due to his poor performance in public office.
Out of the field of 18 presidential candidates, three front-runners emerged in recent weeks: the candidate from Buhari's ruling party, the main opposition party candidate, and a third-party challenger who has drawn strong support from younger voters.
The party’s growth to become the top party in Northern Ireland is matched south of the border by McDonald’s successful efforts to build Sinn Féin into the dominant opposition party in Dáil Éireann, Ireland’s parliament.
The major opposition party in the land while noting that the responsibility of a political party is to engender civic participation in a free, fair and democratic environment, however lamented that same has been violated by the ruling party since 2019.
There have also been reports of the opposition party rewarding some of it loyal supporters with jobs in the private companies, while those who got jobs through the party were constantly reporting to their principals at the party.
The American Party absorbed most of the former Whig Party that hadn't gone to either the Republicans or Democrats in 1854, and by 1855 it had established itself as the chief opposition party to the Democrats.
The only armed opposition party to make peace with the government was Hizbollah, a small Shi'a party not to be confused with the bigger party in Iran.sfn The Council of Ministers was the Afghan cabinet, and its chairman was the head of government.
When the conservative party was beaten by the opposition party in the general election, it changed its form again to follow the party members' demand for reforms.
Responding to queries on the implications of his disqualification for Opposition dynamics, Mr. Gandhi thanked every Opposition party that came out in support of him and said that everyone would work together.
When asked if it's been difficult to work with the government while also acting as an opposition party, Julian noted that the NDP stood with other opposition parties against the Liberals over the past year.
Han also drew hostility from the main opposition party after he vetoed opposition-led bills concerning a special investigation into the actions of Yoon related to martial law – and other bills he deemed hostile.
In 2017, unidentified assailants shot an opposition member of parliament, Tundu Lissu, and in 2018, unidentified assailants killed two officials, Daniel John and Godfrey Luena, of the main opposition party, Chadema.
But the imprisonment of the major opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia on February 8 on whatever the grounds and indiscriminate arrest and torture of the opposition party men are not good at supporting election politics.
It is unclear, though, whether President Gjorge Ivanov’s opposition to the agreement will lead to less than 50 percent participation in the vote – a result which the main opposition party claims will nullify the agreement.
The Opposition need not worry about the economy since under the Congress or any other opposition party India had not attained the fastest growing economy tag.