Sentence examples for has opposed for from inspiring English sources

He said the repeater-tax provision, as proposed, would amount to a hard salary cap, something the union has opposed for decades.

One of the most surprising compromises involved the Liberal Democrats' agreement not to oppose a new generation of nuclear power plants, which the party had opposed for years.

The fund wants an increase in agriculture taxes — a move that members of Parliament, many of them landowners, have opposed for decades.

He's been willing to experiment with limited voucher programs," which Democrats have opposed for fear they could undercut public schools by diverting taxpayer dollars to private schools.

He got Texas Democrats to pass an abortion bill that they had opposed for decades -- and to effectively help him mollify the Christian right in his state.

Mr. Hollande stressed that he would continue to work for the swift introduction of euro bonds, which he described as "a useful measure for Europe" that the Germans have opposed for the near term.

They are also designed to give the towns more leverage in rejecting affordable housing proposals, which many of them have opposed for, among other reasons, size, density, impact on schools and town services and environmental objections.

It was a move his father almost certainly would have opposed, for it meant splitting up the Ingram assets, and Bronson Ingram had traveled that painful route before.

The president has put in place new mileage standards for cars that will save massive amounts of potential oil imports -- standards that Republicans have opposed for decades.

He supports subsidies for nuclear power and clean-coal technology, but has opposed them for ethanol, solar and wind power.

Mr. Lomborg has opposed demands for what he calls devastatingly expensive reductions in carbon emissions.