By the time he was born, the political situation had developed into two factions.
During the 1890s the state Republican party was split into two factions.
The 17 members of the committee are now divided into two factions.
For much of the year, they were split into two factions.
They've split into so many factions you can never tell who it is.
A civil war later split the city into two factions.
By late 1992, the organization had split into three factions.
The 70 members elected by direct vote were expected to form into two major factions.
The region is split into factions, as it has almost always been.
"Now these organizations break into factions and it's not so easy to identify leaders."