Sentence examples for curb opposition from inspiring English sources

His assurance did little to curb opposition, and town-hall-style resolutions against the law have only picked up steam.

Although the law has since been amended, it retains much of its original intent when introduced by the British to curb opposition against colonial rule.

The Singapore state, it must be said, resorts to endlessly creative tactics to curb opposition attempts to reach out to the electorate and communicate alternative ideas and policies.

And though public services were poor -- Baghdad residents received full electricity, but those elsewhere saw far less -- the regime ran a substantial food-for-the-poor scheme during the UN embargo era in a bid to curb opposition to Saddam's rule.

But warfare in Angola and South African interference continued to provide pretexts to curb internal opposition.

But he has already tried to curb political opposition, suspending both houses of parliament and banning political rallies.

While the general did not rescind General Orders 38, the suppression of The Chicago Times was to be his last major attempt to curb Democratic opposition in the Department of the Ohio.

A3 Curbs on Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition party leader in Zimbabwe, was called to police headquarters and told to surrender his passport and to report weekly until he is tried on treason charges.

The problem is that, like any other curb on motorists, opposition to it can be fierce.

Mr. Blair came to power in 1997 promising legislation to curb hunting, but opposition has proved far more intense than he expected.

"It is usually the high-profile, high-emotion cases" that override concerns about prison crowding, said Lizzie Buchen, state coordinator for Californians United for a Responsible Budget, a collection of groups whose acronym, CURB, reflects their opposition to prison and jail expansion.