Sentence examples for first opposed from inspiring English sources

America had at first opposed the project.

Edye loved having art in their house and at first opposed creating the foundation.

Actually, Delamere at first opposed the idea of special reserves for natives.

AMR at first opposed the merger, but reversed itself under pressure from creditors.

Occupants of 380 West 12th Street had first opposed the project as too bulky.

Perhaps because the debate over removing the philosophical exemption has been rancorous and long, the governor first opposed the legislation.

The first opposes the verbal to the visual and stigmatizes the latter as the medium of deception and false appearances.

The first opposes an American corporation's attempt to silence a local consumer critic; the second opposes a foreign government's judgment against Yahoo for allowing hate speech on its United States-based system.

Mr. Rosenberg's faction, called Membership First, opposes the plan and has advocated an aggressive approach in negotiations with producers.

"Or will [Shorten] be like jelly on that plate – the wibble-wobble wibble-wobble jelly on a plate, first opposing, then supporting, then not knowing what to do".

If the case turned on whether we should agree or disagree with the CLS world-view, I would first oppose them.