Sentence examples for opposed attempts from inspiring English sources

They have opposed attempts to share knowledge about, say, suspicious movements of foreigners.

Regulators have defended their plan, pointing out that automakers have opposed attempts to measure rollover propensity.

The Democratic-controlled State Assembly and the powerful state teachers' union have opposed attempts to impose caps.

And each predecessor religion, in turn, opposed attempts to treat it as a prelude to something greater.

The banks, meanwhile, have ardently opposed attempts to offer federal insurance on deposits in money-market mutual funds.

The United States government has even long opposed attempts to create a worldwide right to food under international law.

He said Russia will oppose attempts to impose foreign political ideology on sovereign countries.

MasterCard and Visa and the firms that process the transactions oppose attempts to change the system.

We therefore consistently oppose attempts to take these issues to this council and will continue to do so".

Private-equity firms may be wrong to oppose attempts to make them disclose the performance of a fund as a whole at frequent intervals.

This argument is aimed mainly at Britain, which opposes attempts to revive the constitution but is the chief proponent of more enlargement.