Sentence examples for difficult opposition from inspiring English sources
France will not be seeded in next week's draw and could face difficult opposition like Portugal or Ukraine.
Jaap Stam felt Reading showed resilience in the face of difficult opposition in their dramatic victory at Ewood Park.
But the city faces difficult opposition from residents close by, including those whose homes were burned when the ship came barreling ashore in flames.
Roberto Mancini's team will find Villarreal difficult opposition in Spain, where Giuseppe Rossi will continue to score regularly having been priced out of a move to England this summer by a high buy-out clause.
Head coach Gary Street said: "Samoa will be difficult opposition.
We would all provide difficult opposition and the play-offs are such a lottery.
In November, after several months of difficult negotiations, opposition leaders announced the formation of a new coalition, which was called the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
It had been "really difficult for opposition parties to get a word in on the issues that matter to most Kiwis".
But the relatively modest number of protesters who turned out on Tuesday — fewer than 500 people in a city of around half a million, in the evening after the end of the workday — suggested that it could prove increasingly difficult for opposition leaders to gain traction the farther they get from Russia's largest urban centers.
The media openly speculate that a vote of no confidence will occur if MacAskill does not resign, but it would be difficult for opposition parties to garner the two-thirds majority required (87 of the 129 seats), if the SNP is able to maintain control of its 47 Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
Top aides to Mr. Bush said today that they had detected no softening in support among senators for Mr. Ashcroft, although some acknowledged that the timing of the announcement -- just before the long Christmas holiday weekend -- made it more difficult for opposition to mobilize quickly.
