Sentence examples for gentle opposition from inspiring English sources

(For the record, Quinn voiced gentle opposition to Mayor Bloomberg's proposed soda ban back in the spring).

Counterparty controversy Metal cashing Hope springs a trap ReprintsThe gentlest line of opposition is simply that the Fed's net is cast too wide.

From there the skit poked gentle fun at Clinton's slow opposition to the pipeline, her late-arriving support of gay marriage, and her inability to take a vacation.

In his 1937 book Nationalism and Culture, the anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist Rudolf Rocker praised Laozi's "gentle wisdom" and understanding of the opposition between political power and the cultural activities of the people and community.

Brontë's book is about the elemental opposition of harsh, ruthless storm and gentle, merciful calm.

In such circumstances it takes rare poise and awareness to appreciate when there is a gentler route to the net, especially if the opposition is Wimbledon in the full throes of Crazy Gangness.

You should be in no doubt that the roaring protests against fracking will make the opposition to wind farms look like a gentle breeze.

The mayor's gentle remarks were in contrast to his initial harsh opposition to Mr. Levy, and seemed to signal, for now, that Mr. Giuliani was backing off from another fight over the management of the city's schools.

Clarke's support was no doubt intended as a gentle pointer towards the sheer, induced muddle-headedness of the opposition, but it also emphasises a creeping sense that Prior might be back sooner rather than later.

I was interested whether he had done his search for new voices in some kind of conscious opposition to the Cowell monolith or for his own quiet, gentle reasons.

These are not just platitudes: the PAP's strength lies in preserving the broadest of churches, co-opting its gentler critics, and depicting the remainder as extremists beyond the bounds of tolerable opposition.