Sentence examples for opposition gain from inspiring English sources

They did not let the opposition gain an inch, and if it did they knocked it down with firepower".

Should the opposition gain sufficient ground to topple the government, Osama bin Laden may no longer have the assurance of safety from his host country.

The big opposition gains rattled the government.

It has been a seesaw, with the opposition gaining ground, then the government taking it back.

The party retained its control in 1983, but the opposition gained strength in the 1987 election.

The government-dominated electoral authority redrew constituency boundaries this month, with the effect of minimising potential opposition gains.

Specifically, can't we distinguish between midwifing a democratic movement that initiated in the streets (Egypt) and imposing one before a local opposition gains serious traction (Iraq)?

The opposition gained ground but much worse was the wide-scale disenfranchisement of the Pushtuns, the country's largest ethnic group, through fraud and poor security.

Thieu's maneuverings for his reelection in the Oct. 3rd Presidential election, &about the Aug. 29 House of Rep. elections, in which the opposition gained strength.

The opposition gained ground but much worse was the wide-scale disenfranchisement of the Pushtuns, the country's largest ethnic group, through rampant fraud and poor security.

"As the opposition gains more territory, it is important to hold them to the same standard that we would apply to all sides".