Sentence examples for oppose vigorously from inspiring English sources

The scandal discredited the monarchy and encouraged the nobles to oppose vigorously (1787 88) all the financial reforms advocated by the king's ministers.

That law was in many respects a model for Mr. Obama's national health care law, which Republicans oppose vigorously and which Mr. Romney has vowed to repeal.

The joint statement by the two groups said they were preparing an $8 million program to oppose vigorously the government's prosecutions of at least seven of the detainees who were once held in secret Central Intelligence Agency prisons.

"The Department of Justice is prepared to oppose vigorously any attempts by Timothy McVeigh to overturn his conviction and sentence or to force a new trial," Mr. Ashcroft said.

J.W. Williams, head of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor, declared he would oppose vigorously any reduction of hourly wages, while William Green, president of the federation, said there was no way in guaranteeing steady employment in the building industry.

However, at the same time, on 24 April 1943 Churchill assured the Soviets: "We shall certainly oppose vigorously any 'investigation' by the International Red Cross or any other body in any territory under German authority.

In Florida, it was pushed heavily by the National Rifle Association but opposed vigorously by law enforcement officers.

As it was, this outcome was completely unacceptable and had to be opposed vigorously.

The vaguely worded proposal for new talks raises questions over calls in the US to arm the Syrian rebels – a position that is opposed vigorously by the Syrian government and by Russia.

The French were opposed vigorously but eventually established three blockhouses and forced some of the local tribes to submit.

That bill is better known as the controversial and eventually nixed Waxman-Markey climate bill, a bill opposed vigorously by the fossil fuel industry (and some environmentalists, too). .