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There is something both proudly old-fashioned and fiercely modern about any farmer who flies in the face of mass food production.
Environmental campaigners have also fiercely opposed fracking plans and over 20 arrests have been made since Thursday at Balcombe in West Sussex, where the fracking firm Cuadrilla has been attempting to move oil-drilling equipment on to its sites.
And in Colorado the fiercely anti-immigration conservative and former presidential candidate Ted Tancredo was comfortably overcome by a more moderate former congressman, Bob Beauprez, in the primary to choose the Republican candidate for the state's governor.
His default switch is set to positive and he is fiercely loyal to the NHS, which he joined 10 years ago, working first as a cleaner, before moving to portering.
The Bar cannot and will not accept these unnecessary and crippling cuts and will continue to fiercely oppose them at every opportunity until our reasonable requests have been met with the appropriate levels of consideration".
But Israel's prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu was fiercely critical, telling Obama that his country "vehemently opposes" the deal.
When she and I found ourselves beleaguered after the 1981 budget – it was fiercely attacked on the day after its delivery – she was the only voice to speak up in defence of it.
Nevertheless, the unique issues facing candidates in Alaska, which is both heavily dependent on federal subsidies and fiercely independent-minded, leaves November's race between Sullivan and Begich looking like one of the closest in the country, with both parties emphasising their ability to secure influence in Washington.
Putin, who is fiercely secretive about his private life, has built an image of a robust, active leader through shirtless photo-ops and high-octane stunts.
However, the reality is that many of the SDLP stalwarts who formed the party and who argued most fiercely against the so-called 'greening' of the SDLP, were of Labour traditions steeped in Irish republicanism.
It took three more years for a case against Nadir to be assembled, triggering his midnight dash from a small airfield in Dorset, in flight from more than 50 fiercely contested charges.
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The adverb "fiercely " modifies verbs, adverbs, or adjectives to intensify their meaning. It indicates that an action or quality is expressed with great intensity, passion, or force. Ludwig AI confirms its usability in written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
