noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rival factions/groups
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My task is to unite the rival factions within the party.
warring factions/parties (= groups of people fighting each other )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
conservative
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This was soon followed by a further defeat for the conservative faction in the Theological Commission.
different
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It seems most likely that, as often in Thessaly, different factions based on the great families held different strongholds.
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These different factions have debated the issues for many years on committee after committee without resolving the problems.
large
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As leader of the Liberal Democrats' largest and wealthiest faction , Mr Takeshita wields enormous clout.
main
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The Leadership Council was composed of the heads of the country's main mujaheddin factions .
opposing
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It is the path a load would follow if it was pulled by the opposing factions in the drawing.
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The referendum campaign had been fiercely fought by opposing factions .
other
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I asked how he viewed the invasion by other southern factions .
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It must be stated that other factions existed also.
political
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Inevitably political faction was a feature of the minorities.
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No longer mere house organs for competing political factions , newspapers became influential and independent institutions in their own right.
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Dwyer also wanted to ensure that conflicting political and business factions did not undermine the regeneration strategy.
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Newspapers served largely as partisan promotional vehicles for political factions , and personal propaganda outlets for political figures.
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Amnesty International is independent of all governments, political factions , ideologies, economic interests and religious creeds.
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In a small Texas school district, two political factions were vying for control of the school board.
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Later in the century political factions still depended on association with particular claimants to the throne.
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Printed on hand presses, they had small circulations, and were essentially house organs for political factions .
radical
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However, the Colorados' Batllismo Radical faction , which hitherto had had one representative in the Cabinet pulled out of the coalition.
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Can it avoid self-destruction caused by the strong ideological differences among its moderate and its more radical factions ?
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The stance on independence represented a victory for the party's radical New Tide faction .
rival
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This, then, was the situation when Mary succeeded to the throne, and the rival factions lined up.
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But the Bush White House is no longer the crutch on which the rival factions in Ireland should rely.
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The rival factions have carved fiefdoms within the government, with more powerful faction leaders claiming seats on the Council of State.
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Popular suffrage meant that rival factions would shout for their own candidate.
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On the other hand, Vanguard, published by the rival faction , took the opposite position in its January 1988 issue.
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This rhetoric needs to be understood in terms of the battle for control of the party, as rival factions take up distinctive stances.
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Officials said the fighting between the militias, which torpedoed peace talks last month, again endangers negotiations between rival factions .
small
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Or the myriad of small San Francisco factions that know how to stop anything?
various
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When he was prime minister, this meant holding the Motherland Party together by playing off its various factions against each other.
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At work there are various battling factions .
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The by pass row created various factions for and against.
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This set the various factions manoeuvring, while Ne Win also came in.
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Intrigues between various factions striving to make the king their puppet continued throughout his minority.
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He expressed his hearty agreement and desire for a compromise between the various church factions , and pledged his active support.
warring
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Thus the Labour Party became a battleground for its own warring factions .
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Steps are now being taken to get both warring factions around the negotiating table.
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The change began with the anguished division of the old Solidarity opposition into warring factions last year.
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Already they've been the target of attacks from warring factions .
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Indeed, he hoped they would provide the basis of a religion that could unite the warring factions of the Church.
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Envoys for peace are trying to bring warring factions together, and individuals and organisations are battling to feed the hungry.
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The statement followed assurances from country's warring factions that they would no longer block aid convoys or distribution.
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Best of all, the warring factions of the committee somehow came together on the night.
■ NOUN
leader
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Coups are plotted in small groups huddled around a faction leader and strategies decided at fringe meetings.
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The rival factions have carved fiefdoms within the government, with more powerful faction leaders claiming seats on the Council of State.
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The party's ageing faction leaders , says Mr Segni, have turned into pure power brokers.
rebel
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The fragile truce between rival rebel factions in the Solomon Islands came under threat after a third rebel group entered the conflict.
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But peace talks stalled, and pro- and anti-\#rebel factions have clashed repeatedly.
takeshita
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The only woman included within the Cabinet was Akiko Santo, a television presenter and member of the Takeshita faction .
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The disintegration of the Takeshita faction was seen as a mixed blessing for Miyazawa.
■ VERB
divide
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At present the party seems to be divided into two factions , representing different specialist prejudices.
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He castigated members of the Central Committee for allowing the party to become divided by factions .
lead
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He had no political aims and did not lead a faction , although he sought lesser posts for a few clients.
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Buddhist monks led several of these factions .
split
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Parliament is split into factions with no single group in the majority.
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At this congress the delegates split into two factions .
war
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The warring factions are suggesting drastically different solutions to the crisis.
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The current winner that can temporarily dominate over all the other warring factions ?
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There was acrimony, warring factions in the team.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The pro-war faction within the party condemned any attempt at negotiation.
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The warring factions are attempting to negotiate an end to the conflict.
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The whole of the country has been taken over and destroyed by warring factions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dwyer also wanted to ensure that conflicting political and business factions did not undermine the regeneration strategy.
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In a small Texas school district, two political factions were vying for control of the school board.
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Since then, factions of moderates and hardliners have battled within the movement.
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There are now at least half a dozen Akali factions, both moderate and militant.
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There was great rivalry between the colour factions, often with political implications.