Sentence examples for half opposed from inspiring English sources

French public opinion has been split, with at least half opposed to more refugees coming to France.

While a YouGov poll in September revealed that more than half opposed further welfare cuts, there is a Government and media-fuelled pandemic of hate against "scroungers".

A recent survey of farmers and industry figures found almost half opposed the scheme, citing amongst other concerns the threat to smaller farm enterprises.

Digging into specifics, the McClatchy-Marist poll found 8 in 10 voters opposed to major cuts in Social Security and Medicare, and about half opposed to major cuts in defense spending.

The survey found 32percentt of the public supports allowing public school teachers to earn tenure, and half opposed.

- 62.6% opposed the Chile FTA (2003) - 62.14% opposed the Singapore FTA (2003) - 41.3% opposed the Australia FTA (2004) - 39.32% opposed the Morocco FTA (2004) - 92.6% opposed the Central America Free Trade Agreement (2005) - 40.4% opposed the Bahrain FTA (2005) - 87.6% opposed the Oman FTA (2006) - slightly more than half opposed the Peru FTA (2007).

Floridians are divided over same-sex marriage, with 4 in 10 supporting it and half opposing.

Polls show that a small majority of Americans oppose gay marriage while about half oppose gay civil unions.

Three-quarters approve of registering firearms with local governments, but more than half oppose limiting the number of guns any individual can own.

Yet Basques already enjoy considerable political autonomy and, though most voters back nationalist or separatist parties, fully half oppose independence.By staying out of the negotiations, the government gives ETA more control.

However, in practice almost half oppose the full gatekeeper model.