Opposition
in sentence
2924 examples of Opposition in a sentence
If this means a special status at the expense of other Middle East powers such as Egypt or the Gulf states, Obama might run into strong
opposition
from America’s traditional allies in the region.
But the government has hobbled along, unified primarily by its members’
opposition
to the alternative.
The future of the Arab Middle East will be decided in the fight between Syria’s Sunni insurgents, supported throughout the region by the Saudi Wahhabis – the patrons of religious fundamentalism – and its secular Baath regime; between the fundamentalist Hamas and the secular PLO in Palestine; and between Egypt’s young secular opposition, forged in the protests of Tahrir Square, and the Muslim Brotherhood and radical Salafists.
Since April 1990, when the EU Parliament, with no significant opposition, adopted the first two directives on the use and release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), public opinion has grown increasingly suspicious and hostile.
I realized at once that
opposition
to GM crops and foods has as much to do with social and political values as with concerns about health and safety.
Hostility to GMOs is symbolic of broader
opposition
to the encroachment of market forces that are perceived to be creating a world in which money rules with nary a consideration for historical traditions, cultural identities, and social needs.
Today, the West is witnessing anti-globalization
opposition
from members of professional groups, who fear the loss of their jobs to foreign counterparts.
A recent survey showed overwhelming Pakistani
opposition
to US military incursions into their country.
Even Jaitley, now India’s finance minister and a prominent cabinet member, has not expressed any
opposition.
Already, Bangladesh’s Awami League government, which returned to power this year after a controversial election that was boycotted by the principal
opposition
party, has embraced an unprecedented level of cooperation with India on security and counter-terrorism issues.
Their idea of romance centers on its
opposition
to staid values and predictability of bourgeois life.
It remains unclear who is to blame for the violence, but, after his interior minister came under fire, Lugo named a replacement from the
opposition
Colorado Party.
Abdurrahman Wahid, the former chair of NU, for decades advocated respect for religious pluralism, and was pivotal in mobilizing democratic
opposition
to the authoritarian leader Suharto.
Indeed, despite intense
opposition
from the US, China’s project in Gwadar may soon be followed by a joint project with Iran to lay a pipeline carrying 750 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
The
opposition
underestimates the Kirchners’ achievements, arguing that the international context, particularly high commodity prices – and thus strong export revenues – bailed them out.
It put the US in effective
opposition
to the United Nations peace initiative then being led by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose approach was to call for a ceasefire followed by a negotiated political transition.
In fact, the US has probably been lured into serving these countries’ own narrower interests, whether it be Israel’s unconvincing vision of its own security or the Sunni countries’
opposition
to Shia Iran.
Evangelicals were brought in on the basis of so-called “family values,” meaning
opposition
to abortion and gay marriage, and promises of active government support for religious activities, including direct payments to religious groups for social services that they provide locally and internationally.
This
opposition
extends to Christian evangelicals voters, who tend to live in working-class and middle-class households that depend on many kinds of government social services.
Opposition
figures have been persecuted, dismissed, kidnapped, imprisoned, and tortured in police stations and jails.
How long, one wonders, will Jean-Luc Mélenchon – a contender in France’s presidential election last spring, who now aspires to lead the
opposition
as the head of La France Insoumise, a left-wing populist party whose name translates roughly as “rebellious France” – continue to sing the praises of Venezuela’s murderous regime?
He has implied that they were merely young people from fancy neighborhoods who got what they deserved; and he has dismissed the government’s savage attacks on the
opposition
by musing that, “sometimes people get burned.”
The statements from Mélenchon and his confederates are unworthy of any party that wishes to be viewed as the
opposition
in France.
Venezuelan
opposition
leaders who still enjoy freedom of movement in Paris, Madrid, and Washington, DC, should be extended official welcomes.
More recently, certain leaders of the anti-Chavista
opposition
– now exiled to the wilderness, for the time being – have alleged that Maduro’s regime has deep ties to North Korea, Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, and the freelancing militant group Hezbollah.
The reinternment, organized by Hungary’s anti-communist
opposition
on the 31st anniversary of his execution, drew more than 100,000 attendees, heralding the beginning of the end of the country’s sclerotic regime.
But democratic transformation in Hungary required an
opposition
strategy throughout the 1980’s: revolution wouldn’t work, as the Soviet invasion in 1956 showed.
The proposal turned out to be a step too far and subsequently went down in Dutch history as “black Monday,” named after the day on which the then foreign minister, Hans Van den Broek, faced near-unanimous
opposition
in the European Council of Ministers.
Similarly, the revelation three years ago that the then-Australian
opposition
leader and aspiring prime minister, Mark Latham, had assaulted a taxi driver and broken his arm in a dispute about a fare was relevant for those who believe that a nation’s leader should be slow to anger.
In his first overseas visit as President, speaking in the Turkish Parliament, he said:“The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam….America's relationship withthe Muslim community, the Muslim world, cannot, and will not, just be based upon
opposition
to terrorism.
Back
Next
Related words
Government
Political
Which
Their
Parties
Would
Party
Support
Leader
Leaders
Election
Power
Country
Groups
Democratic
Other
Could
Against
There
After
