Sentence examples for opposed as a from inspiring English sources

Africa becomes a continent to help as opposed as a continent to contribute".

He was cautious — even on the Iraq war, which he had opposed as a Senate candidate.

But not even Goldwater had been as implacably opposed as a Democratic senator from West Virginia, Robert Byrd.

He noted that Mr. Romney had once supported an immigration bill similar to the one he opposed as a presidential candidate.

In 1991, he wrote a letter to Newsday strongly protesting a cartoon depicting Clarence Thomas, whose nomination to the Supreme Court he opposed, as a shoeshine boy.

At the heart of the challenge is "the mandate" — a provision requiring nearly all Americans to buy coverage or pay a penalty — that he so vigorously opposed as a candidate.

Nearly all Democrats are opposed, as is a strong contingent of Republicans, who are hesitant to hand Obama a victory.

Mr. Thompson has said he opposed as an infringement on states' rights the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.

Should I support someone whose policies I oppose as a vote against someone I dislike as a person?

Finally, only Labour and the conservatives can boast a higher approval rate than the legalisation of marijuana, a policy we predominately oppose as a country.

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, finds herself increasingly on the defensive over the bonds, which she opposes as a near-term remedy for the region's financial woes.