Sentence examples for degrees opposing from inspiring English sources

Hundreds of thousands of people have signed an online petition organised by a leftish campaign group, 38 Degrees, opposing what it claims are plans that could see "our national forests" fenced off, logged or turned into holiday villages.

The Republicans have hit a sour spot in politics — they are 180 degrees opposed to what most Americans want on just about any issue you care to name.

"The government has a huge credibility problem, having signed a treaty of historic importance, and yet [having] been pursuing a path of [energy policy] travel that is 180 degrees opposed to what is needed," he said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest religious authority in Iran, told supporters that US policies in the region were "180 degrees" opposed to Iran's in a speech punctuated by chants of "death to America" and "death to Israel" in Tehran on Saturday.

And a tightening of economic sanctions might well displease Cuba's dissident movement including those in jail who in varying degrees oppose the American embargo.In some ways, Castro's crackdown has eased things for the White House.

Of course, cutting your effort in half the day after a bad day is absolutely 180 degrees opposed to the advice you'd give to somebody you care about when they are facing a similar situation.

This analysis confirmed that the traits that contributed most to this pattern were related mainly to shell strength and reproduction, although these were not 180 degrees opposed to each other as would be expected if the trade-off was complete.

1. Do we see lateral movement of the stars in all but the two 180 degree opposed directions? 2.

Mr. Fast's fiction was always didactic to a degree, opposed to modernism, engaged in social struggle and insistent on taking sides and teaching lessons of life's moral significance, and he liked it that way.

One was animal research, where only 31% of persons with a postgraduate degree oppose the practice, compared with 56% of those with a high school education.

While both universities were agreed with regard to the exlcusion of those reading "ordinary" degrees (also referred to as "pass" degrees, as opposed to hounours degrees), Oxford rejected the second clause which would have potentially excluded a small number of rowers given the differences in timetables between the universities.