Sentence examples for opposed by elements from inspiring English sources

The proposal is opposed by elements of the government, and smaller palm oil companies.

The move had been opposed by elements of the UK media.

"If we can give them pride in Inverness and get all these school kids to go and support their local team then we are certainly playing our part". Hughes' club is the result of a 1994 amalgamation of Caledonian and Inverness Thistle that is still opposed by some elements of their former supporters.

Reforms were opposed by conservative elements, including the Hetmans Partyy.

No wonder then that the theory is opposed by some religious elements, especially those that are ignorant of science.

Tells about Gorbachev's reforms, which are opposed by the Stalinist element in Soviet society.

By Robert Cullen The New Yorker, October 17 , 1988P. 98 Tells about Gorbachev's reforms, which are opposed by the Stalinist element in Soviet society.

He pledged to raise wages for city workers and require that businesses offer more sick days to their employees, two measures fiercely opposed by Mr. Bloomberg and elements of the business community.

She called for an all party committee on political reform, chaired or advised by the former MP Tony Wright, who left the House of Commons this year after chairing a respected committee on the reform of parliament and whose recommendations met with varied success including some of its elements opposed by the government.

Senator Obama's long-standing plan for Iraq included two elements opposed by Senator McCain and President Bush.

These social group were in turn opposed by the more reactionary elements within Díaz's government, mostly concentrated in the federal army, who though that the rebels should be dealt with through brute force.