Sentence examples for external opponents from inspiring English sources

Internal and external opponents are generated.

The energy that drives any fictional plot comes from the darker forces, whether they be external (opponents of the heroine or hero) or internal (components of their selves).

Tories can be forgiven for thinking that this stricture doesn't apply to them anymore, especially in the absence of a credible threat from their external opponents.

If Labour's winning candidate apologises for the past, he or she would soon come under huge pressure from internal and external opponents, and the media, to prove their "modernity" by ruling out any additional public investment in the future.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange wrote that the "the material is embarrassing to Syria, but it is also embarrassing to Syria's external opponents".

All the elements of a classic Hollywood nail-biter are in place: a ticking clock, a mission that veers between triumphs and crushing setbacks and a virtuous protagonist who isn't just battling external opponents,but also her own personal demons.

Not under pressure, but apparently without any external force or opponent's skill, you look at the board and it may be some other game you are playing.

Here is the paradox of the progressive liberal, committed to greater diversity and "working together" with the community while being hungry to extend police powers and protect the force against external scrutiny; an opponent of class divisions who failed to inspire the lower ranks; a moderniser who savoured the traditional benefits of joining the great and the good.

Opponents to external voting usually point at the threat to national sovereignty, in particular when diaspora outnumbers domestic population; the high costs of organizing elections abroad; and the greater risks of fraud (Lopez-Guerra, 2005; Rubio-Marin, 2006).

The 2012 election was about continuing the hard work of making real change despite big external obstacles and political opponents who'd rather sabotage than collaborate to get things done.

The attacks came hours after Syria's President Bashar al-Assad claimed he bears no responsibility for the hundreds of thousands of people killed during the six years of civil war, and said war was likely to "drag on" because of continued external support for his opponents.