Sentence examples for opposed the term from inspiring English sources

The KMT government initially opposed the term, due to its implication that other people on Taiwan, including the KMT government, were newcomers and not entitled to the island.

The party's stance towards the proposal now is unclear; while it may be wary of prolonging the crisis that has engulfed the coalition, party leader Andrea Nahles said Tuesday that she opposed the term "transit centers".

The news was first announced in a statement from AP's Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carrol on the wire service's blog, who said the change resulted from conversations with people who opposed the term, as well as a commitment to eschew labels.

Dame Sheila Sherlock, already in 1959, opposed the term 'primary biliary cirrhosis' as many of her patients were free of cirrhosis at the time of diagnosis and the mean survival was 5 and a half years (3 11) even for the fatal cases, whereas many asymptomatic patients would survive more than 10 years (5).

On Tuesday, Mr. Yassky faces a runoff election against Councilman John C. Liu of Queens, who opposed the term-limits change.

Mr. Pullman declined to explain why he opposed the terms of the loan, saying only, "I have nothing against James Brown personally, but I could not work with Mr. Brown's people".

Politicians on the extremes who opposed the terms of Greece's €130 bailout won more votes than the center-right and center-left parties that have dominated Greek politics for decades and had back the deal.

Although there is significant overlap between the formal opposition and the protesters who are camped out in parts of Sana and other major cities, the protesters have opposed the terms of the agreement that would allow Mr. Saleh to step down with immunity.

BBC Scotland understands that all the non-SNP councils at the meeting opposed the terms of the budget offer.

"These are the best results that anything, short of a 24-hour lockdown, is going to produce," said Drew Hunter, the secretary of the task force on college drinking that opposes the term binge drinking.

Furthermore, many critics who oppose the term believe the "outsider" distinction can ghettoize artists who are already disenfranchised enough.