Sentence examples for in opposition at from inspiring English sources

Labor was in opposition at the time so no ministerial guidelines applied.

Fringe parties of left and right will probably vote against, as could several in opposition at home.

Ranchers and indigenous people — cowboys and Indians — whose lands would be affected united in opposition at public hearings.

But Mr Ma's Nationalist party, the Kuomintang, in opposition at the time, blocked the purchase, arguing it was too expensive.

Ranchers and indigenous people cowboys and Indians whose lands would be affected united in opposition at public hearings.

"There was not one speaker or letter in opposition at the public hearing," said Peter B. Webster, the first selectman.

The Congress Party is part of the ruling coalition in the central government but is in the opposition at the state level in Chattisgarh.

The 2008 agreement was opposed both by the left (Communists) and right (the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP, then in opposition), furious at such cosying up to America.

It's often said in Washington that Republicans are better in opposition than at governing, and the last two years have borne out this observation with a vengeance.

But that agreement has become snarled in opposition from at least one auction winner, Verizon Wireless, according to people close to the discussions.

The governing coalition, the Malay-dominated Barisan Nasional (BN), has never lost a federal election, while proof that it was more of a democracy than neighbouring Singapore was to be found in opposition victories at a state level.