Sentence examples for least opposed from inspiring English sources

People living in south-west England, West Midlands and Scotland appear most resistant to development, while Wales and the north-east are least opposed.

The only people to whom the film extends any sympathy are those who at least opposed Hitler's wish for the German people to perish with him.

Then there was Barack Obama, who opposed Prop 8 but also, formally at least, opposed same-sex marriage.

Are some of them inclined to feel so strongly that they choose to forget about Saddam Hussein and put opposition to the Bush government ahead of any sense of a liberal obligation to fight, or at least oppose, tyranny?

An ideological commitment to state-run schools pervades the opposition benches; Mr Blair sometimes relied on Conservative votes to pass legislation loosening the state's grip on education.Were Labour unambiguously hostile to Mr Gove's reforms, it could at least oppose him coherently.

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

In the same vein, several opposition activists campaigned for an elderly historian who supports the ban on "propaganda of homosexuality" and would like to ban abortion, because at least he opposed the annexation of Crimea.

I got the impression that of the eight recalcitrant states, Louisiana and Florida were perhaps the least implacably opposed to change — Florida probably for fear of alienating the tourist trade, Louisiana because of the stand taken by the Catholic Church.

Mr. Giuliani is correct in saying that city taxes have been cut by $2.4 billion during his tenure, although a number of the tax cut proposals were initiated by the City Council and some were at least initially opposed by the mayor.

But unlike Mr. Giuliani -- who at least publicly opposed a rise in the fare and denied that his reduction in subsidies had anything to do with it -- Mr. Bloomberg's message seems to be: An increase is inevitable, I won't pretend to stand in its way, and since an increase is coming, why not make it big enough to relieve the city of some of its burden in paying for subways and buses?

(And, as things stand, Labour is, at the very least, not opposing the reforms).