Sentence examples for ground opposition from inspiring English sources

On the ground, opposition sources reported another day of violence.

It appears that there will be little of that type of ground opposition at the polls.

"We got to No1 in the world by being really methodical, very insular, and we ground opposition down.

On the ground, the opposition to Mr. Arafat accepting the Clinton proposals was vehement.

"A U.S. liaison team is on the ground with opposition forces in the area," she said.

He also had to give ground to opposition demands that part of the new VAT revenue should be earmarked for the country's 22 states.

"They're taking us back to the status of a mandatory state," he asserts.On the ground, the opposition appears stronger.

IN his speech on the night of his re-election, President Obama promised to find common ground with opposition leaders in Congress.

But in most other European countries, social-democratic parties have occupied the secularist ground, in opposition to the moderate religious conservatism of the centre-right.

Republican leaders and others on the right have excoriated opponents of Mr. Bush's cabinet choices, whatever the ground of opposition.

The border regions of Pakistan, and Quetta in particular, are emerging as the main center of Taliban support in the region, and a breeding ground for opposition sentiment to the American campaign in Afghanistan and Mr. Karzai's government.