Example sentences of "able to form a " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , because of the first-past-the-post electoral system and the predominantly two-party system , it has been one of the few parties of the left able to form a government on its own .
2 The Queen would normally send for the person she deemed most likely to be able to form a government with majority support in the Commons .
3 In 1956 a newly formed party , the National Socialists , who sought greater economic as well as political freedom , were able to form a coalition with the Ba'athists and Communists to assume government .
4 It is interesting to speculate on the nature of this change if the Labour Party is able to form a government in 1991 or 1992 .
5 Then it may be able to form a national strategy to match the vision .
6 In one recent interview , the pock-marked organ-player fell apart so drastically , he wound up huddled by the fire barely able to form a coherent sentence .
7 She may even one day be able to form a real friendship with her estranged husband .
8 In other words , the price mechanism has not yet been able to form a support for the market .
9 The company ought therefore to be able to form a reasonable view on the price obtained .
10 However , the withering or die-back can run back beyond the node before the plant is able to form a self protective barrier of special cells , and keep on running , even into the main stem , and obviously cause serious trouble .
11 However third parties may not be able to form a proper view of the extent of the powers of the organisation with which they must deal .
12 At no other time has either left or right been able to form a government without the support of the FOP , which has therefore been the essential junior partner in coalition either with the CDU/CSU or , less often , with the SPD .
13 I believe , therefore , that it is not implausible to infer from these findings that a substantial fraction of Labour voters reckoned merely that the party would be able to form a more competent and moderate government , and would be better able to defuse the crisis , although one should not discount the continued existence of a ‘ class reflex ’ vote owing little to any elaborate political calculation .
14 In the situation which had developed he , again understandably , did not feel able to form a firm view on what was in J. 's best interests .
15 Where there is private property the actions of individuals can not be ‘ shaped at will by another ’ because the individual is able to form a coherent plan of action in the knowledge either that he has control , through ownership , of the material objects necessary to implement it , or that he can enter into enforceable contracts with a range of other people enabling him to have access to those objects .
16 They are able to form a good relationship with their foster parents and they have the advantages of remaining in a normal setting , going to school , making friends and generally participating in the life of the neighbourhood .
17 It was a full day later before Schmidt had been able to form a coherent sentence , though his words still came in a low , wracked whisper .
18 Of course , the Conservatives won again in 1983 , but the fact that they secured two-thirds of the seats in the Commons with less than half of the popular vote encouraged the centre parties to cry still louder for electoral reform at the same time as the Left were forced to ponder on the fact that had there been proportional representation then the Conservatives would not have been able to form a government without the moderating support of another party in the coalition .
19 It is recognised that the established electoral system does discriminate against third parties securing seats in proportion to votes , but this is defended because of the virtues that are seen as flowing from the fact that the system helps to ensure that just one party has a secure majority in the Commons and is therefore able to form a government without the need for coalition .
20 First , had proportional representation been in force in 1983 , then the Conservatives would not have been able to form a government on their own and coalition would have forced a moderation of policies .
21 did did do you think you you were able to form a judgement of people on the basis of your experience ?
22 A UNCP press release said that the leaders of the Marxist-Leninist and Marxist factions , after several days of intense negotiations , had decided to merge " in accordance with the aspirations of the people " and that the new party expected to be able to form a government after a general election due by May 1991 .
23 Instead of local Parties being affiliated separately the constituencies as a whole would be able to form a collective opinion in the same way as national trade unions .
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