Sentence examples for harsh oppositions from inspiring English sources

Anything but a lost, halcyon epoch of unity and consensus, our founding era saw deep, harsh oppositions among Americans over what kind of society our independence from England was meant to bring about.

"It is not time for harsh opposition during these difficult times for Greece, when Greeks are suffering.

But then the Christian Brothers High Schooll in Memphis changed their tune, and instead met the gay student with what he has described as "harsh opposition".

Moving the facility to the United States would require lawmakers' approval at a time when the White House faces harsh opposition from a Republican-controlled Congress.

The two sides are betting that American government regulators would favor any transaction that strengthens competition, avoiding the harsh opposition to AT&T's $39 billion bid for T-Mobile last year.

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.

A move by the European Central Bank to buy government bonds on a grand scale would certainly face harsh opposition from the Bundesbank, the conservative and influential German central bank that, while officially under the European Central Bank, wields outsize influence because of its historical role as defender of the German currency and as Europe's bastion of anti-inflation fervor.

The first step, then, is to put Obamacare into effect — if we can do so efficiently and effectively, even in the face of such harsh opposition, it may well have the potential to begin to pave the way back to a better politics.

Harsh opposition to Texas energy firm SWN spread throughout Canada this week.

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, another right-wing darling for his harsh opposition to undocumented immigration, is also in the race.

In short -- as documented at length in my book Reagan at Reykjavik -- he set strategic goals on where he wanted to take superpower relations and nuclear weapons; figured out a pathway of how to get from here to there; trusted the leadership team around him; stayed the course during harsh opposition and grave setbacks; and managed to turn such setbacks into strategic breakthroughs.