Sentence examples for opposed the draft from inspiring English sources

In communities across the North, enrolling officers were targets for men who opposed the draft.

From the start, bureau officers throughout the Northwest encountered armed crowds that opposed the draft or the arrest of deserters.

"I beg of you not to vote," said a member of Parliament who opposed the draft bill, Mohammad Ali Sheik.

At some point during these years, Mr. Friedlander, who opposed the draft, enlisted briefly in the Navy amid the Vietnam War.

The 50-plus countries that opposed the draft protocol, and the campaigners who egged them on, complained that the text still allowed the use of cluster munitions known to cause unacceptable harm.

Most members of Egypt's Christian minority, about 10 percent of the population, have opposed the draft constitution since the Coptic Church withdrew its representatives from the constitutional assembly in a dispute over the role of Islamic law in Egyptian jurisprudence.

And Britain has joined Germany in opposing the draft on those grounds -- to the frustration of some British money managers.

But to hold the referendum, Congress must first approve a law authorizing it, and Mr. Morales's conservative opponents, who fiercely oppose the draft Constitution, control the Senate.

Across town, several thousand of Mr. Morsi's opponents rallied in Tahrir Square to oppose the draft constitution and what they describe as Mr. Morsi's power grab.

But countries and disarmament groups opposing the draft treaty said the humanitarian impact of the proposed protocol would be minimal and would legitimize continued use of other cluster munitions that are recognized to cause unacceptable harm.

There were protests in Brussels, Washington, and Manila opposing the draft, while groups that were invited to consultations in Peru walked out in the middle of the process.