Sentence examples for opposes as a from inspiring English sources

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, finds herself increasingly on the defensive over the bonds, which she opposes as a near-term remedy for the region's financial woes.

Mr. Salmond's plan envisions seeking approval in his consultation exercise for a third choice, full autonomy for Scotland within the United Kingdom, which the Cameron government opposes as a way station to independence.

Kurdish leaders believe in federalism and support the efforts of other provinces, like Diyala and Anbar, both with Sunni majorities, to gain autonomy, a status Mr. Maliki opposes as a threat to Shiite dominance.

They remained at loggerheads over American plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, which Washington describes as a hedge against an Iranian nuclear breakthrough and which Russia vehemently opposes as a threat in its backyard.

Mr Kasich is under fire for accepting federal money to expand Medicaid, a government health scheme for the poor both because it is a form of socialised medicine and because the expansion is part of the Obamacare health law (which Mr Kasich says he opposes as a "top-down" scheme that chills business investment and fails to control costs).

Mr. Ashcroft's record and his fervent activism against, for example, abortion rights and court-ordered desegregation plans have understandably raised fears that he would use the office to undermine or overturn laws and constitutional protections that he opposes as a matter of personal conviction.

Nearly all Democrats are opposed, as is a strong contingent of Republicans, who are hesitant to hand Obama a victory.

Africa becomes a continent to help as opposed as a continent to contribute".

He was cautious — even on the Iraq war, which he had opposed as a Senate candidate.

But not even Goldwater had been as implacably opposed as a Democratic senator from West Virginia, Robert Byrd.

Should I support someone whose policies I oppose as a vote against someone I dislike as a person?