Sentence examples for measures opposed from inspiring English sources

Comparative effectiveness research is one among many promising measures opposed by Republicans.

In Bolivia Evo Morales nationalised the gas industry and renegotiated agreements with foreign investors - measures opposed by orthodox economists.

In an interview with the London Evening Standard, he called for the introduction of eurobonds and mutualised bank deposit insurance - both measures opposed by Germany.

But opinion polls show that most sportsmen and gun owners support much-needed gun measures opposed by the industry, like strong background checks on gun buyers.

In fact, Mr. Kasyanov is credited with supporting a one-third increase in oil-export taxes and a requirement that oil companies pay their taxes in cash rather than through barter, two measures opposed by the so-called oligarchs.

By the time it was passed by both houses late on Thursday night, the bill had become a 57-page document containing a raft of measures opposed by voting rights organisations.

That seems implicit in the measures opposing gay marriage on the ballots of 11 states.

A deep-red conservative, Tenney takes a dim view of gun-control measures, opposes same-sex marriage, and said, in a 2014 interview with Fox Business, that "we shouldn't even have a minimum wage".

The measure, opposed by the administration, is unlikely to make it through Congress.

Visteon shareholders voted yesterday in favor of a nonbinding proposal that directors of the company, which makes auto parts, be elected annually, a measure opposed by the board.

Both proposals failed, but the pay resolution received 14.5percentt of the vote -- high for any measure opposed by a corporate board.