1.   Backing for the main opposition party surged in some parts of the country.

2.   Both the opposition parties pledged full support for the new administration.

3.   Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.

4.   By Christmas all three main opposition parties had dissolved themselves.

5.   Dole appeared to be drawing a lesson from the last four presidential candidates who ousted the opposition party from the White House.

6.   Every one of the quintet saw the opposition party gain strength during his final period in office.

7.   He blamed the collapse of confidence on hysteria heaped upon the public by the opposition political parties.

8.   In Britain, the opposition party is guaranteed control of a specified amount of time during legislative sessions.