Sentence examples for declaration of opposition from inspiring English sources

But the first declaration of opposition was made today.

However, Robinson consistently refused to renounce past statements such as his declaration of opposition to the building of all mosques "because they preach homophobia and antisemitism".

Although revered and even loved in his native land, not least for his prophetic declaration of opposition to the crude dictatorship of the colonels that darkened his final days, his work resists easy comprehension.

The United Nations resolution was passed after a highly public declaration of opposition by the United Nations Staff Council, which represents more than 5,000 workers in New York and 18,000 more involved in peacekeeping and other operations worldwide.

The war began after a pronunciamiento (declaration of opposition) by a group of generals of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces, under the leadership of José Sanjurjo, against the elected, leftist government of the Second Spanish Republic, at the time under the leadership of President Manuel Azaña.

He agreed to limit the scope of the declaration after days of opposition protests, but there was further outrage at the end of that month when the constituent assembly approved a rushed version of the constitution - despite a boycott by liberals, secularists and the Coptic Church, who said it failed to protect freedom of expression and religion.

One placard read, "The swamp has been drained," a declaration of victory over opposition rallies that occurred over the winter.

Alexandra Fuller arrived with her parents and elder sister, Vanessa, in Rhodesia in 1972, seven years after Ian Smith had made his disastrous unilateral declaration of independence in opposition to black majority rule.

Kim Jong Il and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin appeared, however, to have made amends in Moscow when they signed a declaration of their strong opposition to the Bush administration's national missile shield plans.

Compounding the fear of the Poor People's Campaign was "A Time to Break the Silence," King's controversial public declaration of his unequivocal opposition to the Vietnam War.

Earlier, the government team reportedly presented a "declaration of principles" to the opposition, which it rejected.