Sentence examples for deliberate opposition from inspiring English sources

Isis has made efforts to project its so-called caliphate as blind to colour, ethnicity and nationality – in deliberate opposition to the discrimination it claims exists in the west.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known aSaintsmoreon commonlyalso added same-sex marriage into its definition of apostasy, which they define as an "act in clear, open, and deliberate opposition to the church and its leaders". .

In supporting Assad, Russia acts in deliberate, intransigent opposition to the US.

He cited a section of a church handbook that defines an apostate as one who "repeatedly acts in clear, open and deliberate public opposition to the church or its leaders" or "persists in teaching as church doctrine information that is not church doctrine" after being warned.

He says that Labour made a deliberate decision in opposition to use accusations of sleaze as a tool with which to dislodge the Conservatives.

The broadcast on Sunday was a deliberate provocation to opposition leaders, who had singled out the use of televised confessions as an especially appalling tactic.

"We are witnessing the disintegration of the Soviet monetary system," Mr. Petrakov said, accusing the centralized command system of worsening the downward spiral of the economy daily with deliberate measures of opposition.

Advocates of the fence accuse the government of deliberate foot-dragging because of opposition to the barrier among the Jewish settlers in the West Bank and their supporters.

Some activists blamed the government for the attack and said it was a deliberate attempt to smear the opposition and create sectarian strife.

Our opposition to the deliberate application of pain and violence to confined prisoners is an article of faith in our long commitment to the rule of law.

In a deliberate and crude gesture of opposition to Zapatero, the Vatican has conducted its largest ever mass beatification, honouring 498 pro-Franco "victims of religious persecution" during the Spanish Civil War.