Sentence examples for alleviate opposition from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, the government has retreated from previous plans to offer 30% of EDF to investors, so giving it a bigger pot of cash to play with, to alleviate opposition to the sale.Neither the government nor EDF relishes further battles with the unions.

To help alleviate opposition to the intrusive motorway design, the 60 feet wide carriageway was built to pass below the natural landscape, where possible.

The act of kicking the ball away to alleviate pressure from the opposition has gained an almost animalistic connotation in England – "hoofing".

A demonstration of how the whole system will work together, and what kind of value it might offer potential customers, could help considerably in alleviating any remaining opposition to the union of Tesla and SolarCity.

Against this backdrop, the Syrian National Council, the main umbrella organisation for Syrian opposition groups, has tried to alleviate the concerns of the Kurdish people during the last 16 months of the struggle against Assad.

Demonstrators are demanding general elections, measures to alleviate a brutal economic crisis, freedom for hundreds of jailed opposition activists, and independence for the opposition-controlled National Assembly legislature.

One way to alleviate this concern both with Russia and with the opposition in the United States is to offer to let Russia buy such a system from us and install it in Russia.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Friday drew a sharp line in the sand before the next big battle over funding the government, pledging his opposition to any bill that does not alleviate the spending cuts scheduled to become law this fall.

He failed to mention his opposition to just about every Democratic proposal to alleviate poverty, his support for budget cuts that shred the safety net, and his own plans for making it even less robust.

After his meeting with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, the Syrian opposition leader said: "Russia has a certain vision but we welcome negotiations to alleviate the crisis and there are lots of details that need to be discussed".

Syria's opposition says the government approved the first convoy in a cynical ploy to alleviate international pressure.