Sentence examples for formerly opposed from inspiring English sources
Leading House Democrats formerly opposed a commission altogether.
The Corporation of London are on their side, as are English Heritage, who formerly opposed substantial demolition.
Although the actual payment may vary and even decrease as cigarette consumption decreases, such a substantial amount has put pressure on tobacco companies to support legislative efforts they formerly opposed, since further litigation could bankrupt them.
What it does offer, however, and what will be campaigned on, are re-branded ideas that the government formerly opposed, and ideas it has appropriated from the opposition's own reform agenda.
Balakirev, who had formerly opposed academicism with tremendous vigor, encouraged him to assume the post, thinking it might be useful having one of his own in the midst of the enemy camp.
For instance, the Irish Green Party has been wiped out after it supported a centre-right Fianna Fail government that was later blamed for the country's economic collapse, having signed off on an oil refinery project that it formerly opposed.
The remaining old-style alternative spaces have had to retrench in ways that many critics say have turned these formerly anarchic operations into institutionalized reflections of the very system their movement once opposed.
In these desultory days of auto-tune, when singer and pole dancer -- two professions with formerly diametrically opposed skill-sets -- are now, sadly, interchangeable, Donna Summer's protean abilities seem even more impressive.
In my walks, I have noticed that public housing especially is built on formerly not-solid ground, as opposed to today, when we are beginning to see more and more expensive housing on the waterfront.
Parliament's intelligence and security committee, formerly chaired by Sir Malcolm Rifkind, also opposed replacing ministers with judges.
His successor, Jens Weidmann – formerly an adviser to Merkel – is equally opposed to the ECB's bond purchase programme.
