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Fiercest opposition came from Patrick McLoughlin's Department for Transport, which flatly opposed Manchester's desire to regulate local bus companies.
And Lucas promised to be a beacon in the Commons for those who opposed what she called "five more years of savage austerity".
But the second or third generation want to pursue art claims, as opposed to other financial assets, because it gives them a key to the taste of their grandparents and a glimpse of how their lives were before the Nazis".
When Newman penned his latest piece for The Australian on how climate change science is a conspiracy, he claimed the United Nations was "opposed to capitalism and freedom" and how climate action was a campaign for "authoritarians".
A year ago more than a third of the bank's investors opposed its remuneration report, which saw bonuses increased despite a 30% fall in profits.
Ms Weissová-Hošková was introduced by the Nash's artistic director Amelia Freedman to an editor from Penguin, who commissioned the diaries Helga had kept as a child in Terezín, for publication this year – a major event, for such contemporary records (as opposed to memoirs) are rare.
"Alex's job was to come in in a big way when the white paper was launched – [that was] actually the period of the campaign when it becomes the people's campaign as opposed to the media campaign," said Pringle.
The Royal College of Nursing has opposed assisted suicide since 2004, but adopted a neutral stance yesterday after a recent consultation in which almost half (49%) of its members said they supported the policy, while two out of five (40%) said they were against it.
Ebert was conflicted – it offended him to preface his article with such a warning, not least because the NSFW label was, as he put it, an "unsightly typographical offence", but mostly because it "would contradict the point I was making", namely that he was opposed to American puritanism, preferring Europe's supposed festive nudearama.
That is not a verdict that you are likely to hear from the Conservatives or from Labour for that matter, both of which like to appear as parties opposed to mass migration, but the Office for Budget Responsibility makes clear that it is one key factor fuelling Britain's economic recovery.
She expressed her regret that some parties in the Assembly remained opposed to the NCA operating with its full range of powers in Northern Ireland but said that the "UK government completely accepts the crucial importance of ensuring that NCA's operations in Northern Ireland are fully consistent with the devolution settlement.
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The word "opposed" functions primarily as an adjective, describing a state of disagreement or resistance. As noted by Ludwig AI, the word is grammatically correct and usable in various contexts. For example, "The proposed changes were opposed by commercial rivals."
Expression frequency: Very common
