However, citing the lack of a completely unified party around his potential candidacy, he didn't want to cause a factional split in the party.

Some of the delay was a result of a factional split in the alliance, according to one senior official.

While this factional split is not contradicted by classical sources, there does not seem to be any direct evidence to support it.

A factional split in the Tigers last spring has weakened the Tigers' strength here.

Also cited as a factor is a bitter factional split in 1848 (see Barnburners) which gave the other party the patronage the Regency used to use against it.

The lack of contacts with a unified headquarters indicates the sign of the factional split within the League.

Along with the rest of his family, he was killed on the orders of Pol Pot during a 1997 factional split in the Khmer Rouge.

The killing followed a factional split within the front that developed when one of its leaders expressed willingness to negotiate with President Zeroual.

In the 1960's and 70's Mr. Zevi found himself cast in a factional split that still affects Italian architecture.