Sentence examples for opposing operation from inspiring English sources

503) during the Battle of Normandy, opposing Operation Atlantic between Troarn and Demouville on 18 July 1944; losses were: two from combat, plus the company commander's tank which became irrecoverably trapped after falling into a bomb crater created during Operation Goodwood.

Fitwatch (formed in early 2007) campaign against FITs by actively obstructing their operations, and by passively opposing their operations by photographing units (a form of sousveillance).

Which two Israeli officials opposed the operation?

Other members of the group opposed the operation because innocents would be killed, Mr. Fadl testified.

Management, meanwhile, were meeting cabin staff unions, which have also opposed the operation.

Forces of morality and the clergy, and then of law, frequently opposed the operation of slot machines.

The parents, an unidentified couple from the Maltese island of Gozo, had opposed the operation in an unsuccessful legal action that cited religious objections.

The state transportation commissioner, Jamie Fox, said last week that he opposed the operation of motor vehicles offices by private companies, a practice begun during the Whitman administration.

"What guarantees are there that the pesh merga will ever withdraw?" Qusay Abbas, a member of Nineveh's regional legislature, which has opposed the operation, said at his home near one of the new checkpoints.

The twins' parents -- identified only as Roman Catholics from the Maltese island of Gozo in the Mediterranean -- opposed the operation for religious reasons but decided not to contest a Sept. 22 court decision that the girls should be separated.

20 NEW YORK/REGION 31-35 A Change in the Tone In the Debate Over Indian Point Some who favor closing the Indian Point nuclear power plant say that if it would help close the plant, they would not oppose continued operation of the region's old oil-burning plants, even though they create air pollution.