rival party
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrivalandparty
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rival
noun[C]
uk/ˈraɪ.vəl/us/ˈraɪ.vəl/
a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the ...
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party
noun
uk/ˈpɑː.ti/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬i/
a social event at which a group of people meet to talk, eat, drink, dance, etc., often in order to celebrate a ...
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(Definition ofrivalandpartyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A regional government was formed on a fifty-fifty basis, all positions of influence equally divided between the two parties, and each minister "assisted" by a deputy of therivalparty.
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He took this as a mandate to set up arivalparty.
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Since rival parties' policies cannot be both divergent and convergent, an equilibrium in party policies is unlikely.
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Nearly nine out of ten (88 per cent) disagreed with the statement, revealing the difficulty of reaching such necessary cooperation between rival parties.
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This tension between rival parties' conflicting objectives typically precludes a policy equilibrium.
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This is because parties cannot prise loose support from a rival party's sympathizers by mimicking this rival's ideology.
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Instead of having a viable alternative to the current system, as expressed by arivalparty, the people could only grumble and complain and lose faith.
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During the campaigns it became obvious that there was an overwhelming consensus among the rival parties that justice is important and that we should aim for a more just society.
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Politics entered the local scene despite the absence of rival parties in local affairs which could usually be held responsible for the politicization of local government.
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I come back to the basic point, that you cannot talk of parity where the responsibilities placed on the rival parties are so completely unequal.
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The rival parties will not give up their deeply-held convictions in a moment of time, but we have succeeded in doing what it has often been suggested was necessary.
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I suggest that this is not an accident but that it is in the nature of a free society that we should have rival parties and products.
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It was released in 1912 and deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists.
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In the 1944 legislative session, the rival parties fought to a stalemate over the budget.
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Two rival parties of the same were constituted.
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There are two main rival parties and a number of smaller parties.
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Of the remaining seats, the majority were split between three rival parties, though over three hundred small parties competed in the election.
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Because all rival parties had been banned, the party did almost nothing and had little incentive to.
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American politics by the 1820s accepted the two-party system whereby rival parties stake their claims before the electorate, and the winner takes control of the government.
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