Sentence examples for abandon opposition from inspiring English sources

Later in the week it will debate whether to abandon opposition to a nuclear deterrent in favour of the more nuanced position, presented by Alexander, which called for a credible alternative to Trident but without continuous at-sea deterrence or the planned four submarines.

I suspect they will abandon opposition to high-stakes testing once teachers will no longer be penalized.

When Labor released its election costings, it quietly abandoned opposition to about $6bn of spending cuts including abolishing the $1.3bn energy supplement, a cut to the research and development tax offset saving just under $1bn and a cut to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Indeed, corporate America, which has seen the benefits of fair employment practices first-hand, long ago abandoned opposition to it.

In his response piece, "Is Conservatism as We Know It Doomed?," Connor Friedersdorf makes the case that conservatives have actually already abandoned opposition to New Deal-style social programs, and only profess anti-statist views to satisfy a small minority.

The bishops should abandon their opposition to placing adopted children with same-sex couples.

At the same time, Moscow is stoking up diplomatic – and domestic political – pressure on Western countries to abandon their opposition to the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.

Such is the lesson of the Bush administration's decision to abandon its opposition to Iran's construction of a nuclear power reactor at Bushehr.

The National Union of Students (NUS) has been told by the government to abandon its opposition to the Prevent strategy designed to counter the spread of extremism in England and Wales.

Labour played down reports last night that Ed Miliband is set to abandon his opposition to a third runway at Heathrow, but he is under pressure from the shadow chancellor Ed Balls to be more supportive when the airports commission reports next week.

Buckles's departure follows a string of corporate mishaps, including G4S's £5.2bn bid for Danish cleaning company ISS, which it was forced to abandon after opposition from shareholders.