Sentence examples for opposed to the draft from inspiring English sources

An Air Force veteran, Mr. Eisele is also opposed to the draft, favoring a volunteer service.

§ 5510, as opposed to the Draft version of that statute, was broad enough 'to include all [the rights] covered' by § 1 of the 1871 Act, 2 Cong.Rec.

An abortion clause has also proved divisive, with religious leaders and politicians opposed to the draft arguing it provides a loophole for abortion in the future.

EIA's 2040 projection for the contribution of wind (14%) and solar (6%) to total electricity output under the Clean Power Plan is significant but these non-dispatchable sources will clearly remain constrained by technical, physical, and financial limitations, regardless of the much reported on "shift to renewables" in the final version of the Clean Power Plan as opposed to the draft proposal.

He was not necessarily opposed to the draft, telling reporters he would support it for a defensive army or to help eliminate poverty, illiteracy, and racial discrimination.

It was a cynical move by the government to appease the population segment opposed to the draft while at the same time building our armed forces with volunteers who might have been misled about what they had enlisted to do. .

That is, if a group is opposed to the prevailing draft of a recommendation or a consolidated agreement, then it should suggest the changes necessary for it to accept that proposal.

"I think the people who are keeping us as a nation are my brothers, my brother-in-laws, my uncles, my father - the people who are sitting and studying". Although Pindrus did military service himself, he is vehemently opposed to the compulsory draft being extended to ultra-Orthodox Jews.

But, in practice, broad consensus will be hard to achieve as the opposition parties in parliament (especially the intractable CHP) are vehemently opposed to the AKP drafting a new constitution because of their suspicions that the AKP is intent on overthrowing the secularist order.

Japan and other delegations opposed to the adoption of the Draft Revised Standard stated that they did so because the draft standard did not permit antimicrobial treatments and transportation of water in bulk containers which are required to ensure Codex aims taking into consideration various conditions in the world.

She said that she was opposed to the motion "as drafted" (ie, the original Downes version, without the amendment) and she urged delegates to vote against it.