The Hungarian Communists in exile were bitterly divided along factional lines.

The elected Central Committee was sharply divided along factional lines, and could not function as a unified party leadership.

By the summer of 1982 clear but informal factional lines had developed in the WSL.

But suddenly leading Lebanese politicians are issuing warnings about the likelihood that the military will splinter along factional lines.

Radical activity subsided by 1969, but the Chinese political situation began to antagonize along complex factional lines.

In the assembly, debate over the proposal quickly divided along traditional factional lines.

Washington state remained bitterly divided along factional lines for the rest of the decade.

On these matters the Executive usually votes on factional lines.

However, the government was divided along factional lines, so that the officials could not reach a decision.

It was thus not surprising that factional lines proved permeable.